Even before they call it a selfie. Back when people still want their privacy and social media (over) sharing was not even on everyone’s mind. I already like taking my selfie shots. What is a selfie? A selfie is a self portrait or self shots or picture of you that you take by yourself is what I normally do when I travel or when I am feeling vain and want to take a self portrait of me but there’s nobody around to do it. Did you get me? Anyway a lot of people I mingle with back then asked how I do it and asked me advice on how to take good self portrait or selfie.
Tip 1: Practice makes perfect. Using a mirror in front of you stand in front of the mirror. Take your camera. Have your camera lens facing you and the camera/photo preview screen face the mirror. Then take a shot.
Tip 2: Look at the lense of the camera and look at the lense directly. If you take a closer look you will see your shadow/reflection on the lens. Make sure you have steady hands and click the trigger and take the shot . Wait at least 3 seconds before moving your hands away from your face so you get a clear picture and not blurry.
Here’s some sample of my selfie shots.
This one was back in 2006 the oldest selfie in my file that I can find
I also played with my digicam setting and this selfie was done in black and white Black and White Selfie
I can even do a selfie even when I’m drunk! Tipsy Selfie
I call this my trademark selfie shots in events. I take a photo of me with the people around me or the venue I am in as a background
This one is taken at an Avon event in 2010 with Ruffa Gutierrez and Bianca Gonzalez in the background. Celebrity Selfie
This was at a somekinda amazing race game with the bloggers in Cavite some friends in the background taken in 2009. Selfie with People
With food as a backgroun at the Krispy Kreme Baked Creations launch in Manila in 2010. Foodie Selfie
With the scenery as a background taken in 2010 at the rooftop of a building in Mandaluyong overlooking the Ortigas Center! Selfie Scenery
I can also do a group selfie! This one is the oldest in my file with my friend from Brothers! Unselfish Selfie
If you didn’t know, ALL of my Makeup Review and OOTDs are selfie shots!
- Regular Selfie
- Black and White Selfie –
- Tipsy Selfie
- Celebrity Selfie
- Selfie with People
- Foodie Selfie
- Scenery Selfie
- Unselfish Selfie
Stay gorgeous everyone!
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i love to take pictures but rarely with a selfie shot, i’m not really good looking on it 🙁
I used to do selfies too! Haha. It was fun! Especially when I use digicam – no front view camera. Nice tips you got there 😉
The raunchy, goofy, poignant, sexy or drunken self-portrait has been a common sight since phone camera met social media. Now, nearly a decade since the arm-extended or in-the-mirror photos became a mainstay of MySpace — duck face or otherwise — selfies are a pastime across generations and cultures.