Best Tips And Tricks For Taking The Perfect Selfie

1. Take As Many As Possible

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, try, and try, again. Then try some more. When it comes to taking the perfect picture of yourself, practice makes perfect! You really can’t take too many, unless your memory card says so, but in that case all you have to do is delete the ones you don’t like. Taking tons of selfies will help you learn which angles best flatter you personally and will get you comfortable and more confident in front of the camera. It helps to take selfies privately where you’re a lot less self conscious and able to avoid the judgment of prying eyes.

2. Find Your Light

Making sure you’re facing the light, or standing in good lighting is one of the most important factors of taking a good picture. When the light is hitting the most flattering angles of your face, it helps to show off the features you want to highlight. At all cost, avoid taking selfies in fluorescent lighting, known to be the most unflattering scene for any and every skin tone. Not even Halle Berry can pull off fluorescent lighting if she wanted to. Filters can help to save the day and enhance an image if you’ve captured a decent photo in poor lighting, but in order to gain optimum quality, it’s always advised to be sure you’re in the most flattering light. Capturing photos while facing the sun is considered a natural filter.

3. Be Creative

The 'selfie' has taken over pretty much every social media channel in the last 12 months. Animator and Creative Bloq favourite Andy Martin created a hilarious ode to the 'selfie'; superheroes have started taking part; and historical photos have even been given the 'selfie' treatment.

Here, Norweigen artist and illustrator Helene Meldahl takes to Instagram to get creative with the selfie. Using chalk and acrylic markers, Meldah creates weird, wild and wonderful environments before snapping away. Taking up to 30 minutes each, the final images are worth every minute.

4. Find Your Most Flattering Angle

Because we all have different bone structures, our most flattering angles will differ. That means you might not be able to pull off the same angles as your favourite celebrity (that doesn’t mean you can’t look cute too). You just have to discover which angles suit you best. If your face is oval or diamond shaped like Jessica Lowndes and Adam Levine, you’re likely to get away with any angle especially straight on. If your face is heart shaped like Miranda Kerr’s and Jude Law’s, you’re best suited to turning your chin at a 45 degree angle away from the camera. The same goes if your square shaped like Angelina Jolie and Tom Welling, or even round shaped like Selena Gomez’s. No matter your face shape, always experiment with different angles. Quick tip: beauty marks on either side of your face will usually indicate your “good side.”

5. Choose A Flattering Filter

How many of you are guilty of the #nofilter hashtag lie, when you know damn well it took you a good 5 minutes to decide on a decent filter? It’s usually pretty obvious when someone has used a filter. The #nofilter hashtag is a desperate attempt at wanting to appear as a natural a beauty as possible, but there really shouldn’t be such a stigma attached to filters. Filters are guaranteed to make ALL the difference, no matter how naturally good looking you are, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Consider the make up you’re wearing to be like a filter. There are ways of tampering with the hue, brightness, and contrast of your selfie- ever so slightly- for it to appear filterless. Filters are truly magical, and can help you get away with no make up at all or any other unsightly things you’d like to hide.

[Everyday Gossip]