Photos of yourself

how about a tripod? we have a mini one we use that grips things and we can attach it to fences or the back of benches etc for family photos. Set the camera onto a timer. Something like that would work for a single person too.

 

Practice. I'm getting better at selfies with practice. Like, my profile photo I had 15 photos to get one I really liked. I even went and brushed my hair halfway through!

Also, Tripods are good. I'm actually better at taking selfies, and groupies? (me and DH) with my DSLR. I figured out how to look into the lens mirror and tell where the photo is. And of course, my newer DSLR has a flip screen that I often forget to use. Ugh! I need to work on that.

For me, it's less about equipment, and more about becoming comfortable with myself and reminding myself that I deserve to be in the photo too. It doesn't matter what I weigh, what my hair looks like, or if I'm in at-home clothes (hello 2020!). I made it a goal a few years ago to take a photo of myself at least once a week. It could be a selfie, or one someone else took, but every week, I needed to be in a photo. That helped me work on both the confidence, and the technical skills.

Plus, it's digital. I just delete the bad ones and try again!

 

I do selfies, but most of the time is with my daughter Bianca.

 

I hear you. I’m working on a Christmas book for the years 1969 thru 2004. There are years and years of Christmas photos of my daughters and my husband and only a rare photo of me. I wish I had handed my husband the camera once in a while. It makes me sad that I’m not pictured in these wonderful memories.
I have gotten better the last few years. So start NOW. Good luck.

 

I have used a tripod to take photos of myself over the years. I have a small tripod that can sit on a table and hold a lighter weight camera (Rebel T5 would be too heavy for it) that I got when I had my Canon A95. Since that camera had a flip screen it was easy to use for self-portraits with or without the tripod.

I also have a regular tripod that I use quite often. Used it a lot for taking photos of the dogs and was able to get a few good photos of myself with Pepper and Paige using the timer on the camera and the tripod. Still use it to take the "Barkday" photos of Peyton.

I've never gotten the hang of phone selfies but then I get mostly blurry photos when using the phone to take photos. My hands shake when using it. I need the grip and weight of a regular camera. That's why I loved my A95, it was small enough to fit in the purse and I took selfies with it a lot! I have finally found a smaller Canon camera to replace the A95 that died about 5 years ago and it has a flip screen so it isn't hard to take selfies if I want... haven't wanted to for 2 years though except for the mask photos in 2020! That camera goes in my purse when I go anywhere.

 

Back in 2008 when I first started digi-scrapping, I realized that the last photo I had of just my mother and myself was when I was 10 years old... taken in 1965. Mom always took the photos so I had more recent photos of my Dad and I. Sad to say that realization was too late for me as my Mom passed away in 1996. But I made it a point from that day on to have a photo of Dad and me taken at least every 2 years so I do have one of us taken 9 months before he passed away.

 

I’m so glad you got the pix of you with your dad.

 

Selfies! Out of the 24,000 Picts on my phone, over 5,000 are selfies. Mostly my friends and I.

I have a rule though when I take those type of pictures. I make sure to take at least one of myself only. If filters are involved, I have to have one group and one selfie filter free at the minimum.

 

I'm trying to get better at taking selfies. I have to really work at it and sometimes I get a decent one.

 

My husband has gotten better about asking if I want to be in photos. Sometimes I will just ask people to take a picture. Everyone once in a while I do some selfies with my DSLR. I do a lot of mirror photos. I take loads all at once and get like 2 I'm happy with, lol. That's the lovely thing about digital! I agree with Cheryl, the key is good lighting. It can make all the difference!

This is an example of one of my "mirror selfies" I took in November. It's pretty much SOOC. I edit a small fleck of mascara that was on my face.

 

Oh! I forgot a tip, but Cheryl made me remember:
See if you phone has the smile feature - when you smile at the camera, it takes a photo. Yes, I always end up having to manually do a few, but the automatic ones help get more natural photos since my arms aren't as long!

 

I am horrible at selfies. I can never seem to do them right. My kids and husband always laugh at me....I look so silly trying.

My hubby is good at taking photos of me throughout the week with the kids. And if I want a group shot I hand him my phone...he's much better at selfies than me.

 

Even though I'm with my immediate family a lot, no one but me takes pictures. If I hand someone the camera, they take a couple of bad photos and then hand the camera or phone back. (Why is *every* photo they take dark, blurry, or from a very unflattering angle because they're sitting and don't want to get up?) So I've gotten good at taking selfies. If my hair looks good one day or we're someplace with a picturesque background or it's a special occasion when I'll have photos of everyone else, I make sure I take good photos of myself, too. I read some articles about posing for better pictures, so now I can get a decent one in fewer takes. When we're out in public I quickly snap a couple and just hope for the best, but when I'm home I go outside and keep shooting until I have a few I really like. There have been times I've taken 40+ photos, but the beauty of digital is that no one but me has to know that! My phone has a feature where I can say "Shoot" and it takes the photo, so I find I can get better photos doing that than trying to push the button with my hand. I have a little tripod that hooks onto things. I like it for getting group photos that I'm in, but if it's just me in the photo I get better ones just holding my phone.

 

selfies.. set the 3 or 10 sec timer and that helps too

 

Selfie sticks (mine doesn't have the tripod "legs", it's just the thing to hold the telephone) also helps a lot, specially if you are in the outdoors and want to take a photo of yourself with a landscape on the background!

Actually, even if we are home we prefer to use the selfie stick, we used on xmas eve to take a photo of us (me and fiance only), sitting on the sofa and our xmas tree!
and if you live on a dangerous country, wich I suspect it's not the case, you need to pay attention when taking photos outside, otherwise you can easily be robbed. (I live in Brazil, no further explanation needed).

 

I showed this to my mom. I took a lazy photo, and then a good one. It totally changed her viewpoint, and she was more willing to stand up and snap a photo for me. I think a lot of people don't know the difference because it's not something they think about or really care about.