Selfportraits

Leontine78

Leontine78

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How do you make them?
I am always fighting with the heavyness of my camera combined with the flasher and stuff.
Or do you use your husbands to make the photos?
 
I use my tripod and remote if I want a good self portrait but if I just need something quick I use my point and shoot.

You could always use the timer on your camera too.
 
i've taken photos into a mirror with the camera held lower...or sometimes showing the camera. I've used my little point and shoot and also my iPhone too.
 
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if kiddo isn't around... sometimes I do use the self timer... but most of the time, it's the arm out method. ;) There are many times that the camera is actually upside down so I can get the photo... hee hee...
 
Every couple of months, I get my tripod and remote out and take a selfie... usually with my hubby. That seems to be the only way I can get a good one.
 
I use the tripod and remote, the arm method if I've got a good source of light and don't need the flash, or my iPhone
 
I either take a photo of my reflection in a mirror or use my tripod/remote. I'm never happy with the photos my husband takes, he just doesn't have a photographic gene in his body and he's super impatient about it too.
 
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self timer and tripod, sometimes the arm method. DH is banned from taking photos of me since maybe 1/10 does not focus on my boobs...
 
my camera doesn't have a remote and i have the hardest time getting into the shot the way i want for a timed one. plus, i just like to snap away and hope a couple turn out worth using.

i use my iphone all. the. time. sure some of the filters and stuff are unrealistic or artsy and they aren't all top-quality, but i've taken more photos of me in the last year than i did in the previous 39.
 
My go-to setup is my camera, a wireless remote, me sitting on the ground facing the window with my camera on the windowsill of whichever window has the best diffused light (our window sills are low - 2 ft off the ground). I love the remote because you can fire off a bunch of shots without waiting plus it's easier to get the focus correct since you're in the frame already.

But really the key is finding good light - bright but diffused light so it doesn't cast icky shadows onto your face. And then take lots and lots of shots trying out different angles. Yes, it feels silly, but we all have angles that play to our best features and you'll be much happier with you photos once you can figure it out which angles look best. I also find it helps to upload photos part way through so I can check that things are in focus etc because the screen on the back of my Canon is tiny (it's like 5 years old now).

Oh and I know lots of people love those in the mirror photos but I have never once managed to get them to work. The camera remote set up works much better for me.
 
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