Camera Tips (for us girls who use the mirror)

[JVlifeonstandby]

You can put your phone on it or a camera of any kind.They are fantasitic.

• 

lol, it does look a tad frightening

[Kevin Dong]

I would say important things are to make sure your room is well-lit, you are centred in the shot and that you don't cover your face with hair/the phone. Alexis gave a fine example

[toban]

OK, I'm not a girl and I don't use a mirror to take my own photo but >

> I have a few suggestions to add to Kevin’s.

Always keep in mind that when taking these self-photos while you may think you are only taking your own picture, actually you are showing off your home as well - the camera records everything in front of it whether you want it to or not.

So before you pick up the camera look around and be aware of what your place looks like and remove what you don‘t want to show to the world. Recently I've seen pictures posted on the web that were taken in a bathroom with several brownies floating around in the bowl! Yuk!! In another set a girl is nicely posed on a sofa but at the end of which there's a large clear bag of household garbage with an Oreo box plainly visible. You can avoid this with kind of mess by spending a few minutes tidying your place up and that’ll make the difference between an effective picture and one that turns your potential clients off.

1. - remember that you want to present yourself as clean and neat and you don’t want to give the impression that you’re a slob - so clean up your apartment - pick up all the clothes and umpteen odd shoes that are laying around on the floor and don’t leave any other garbage laying around because it may end up in your picture too.

2. - if you‘re in the bedroom maybe try straightening up the pillows and bed sheets too and don't forget the shoes and clothes on the floor!

3. - if you’re using the bathroom mirror please tidy up the dozen of bottles and tubes on the countertop that detract from you in the picture and for gosh sakes close that lid on the toilet.

4. - make sure there is no source of light (a window, a lamp etc., even a ceiling fixture can spoil a picture) behind you. You want as much light to fall on your face or body as possible, otherwise the pictures will turn out way too dark and your good features can‘t be seen!

5. - take lots of pictures and study them all carefully before you post them and then only post the very best one or two. A few good pics will do way more for you than 8 or 9 dark, out of focus or poorly focussed or composed pics.

6. - to make you best pics even better consider getting a photo-editing suite to alter your pictures. That would let you rotate the picture so it is right-side up or crop something out, make it bigger or smaller or brighten the shot etc. There are lots of free programmes to do those kinds of things that can be downloaded, are simple to use and will make a huge difference to your pictures.

Almost all digital cameras come with a CD which contains some kind of editing software like Photoshop, uLead, Finepix etc. so if you have some kind of a digital camera you probably already have software that you can use to improve your pictures. Probably the best way would be to do the editing on your computer because with a bigger screen you can better see what you're doing but there are also some programmes that can be downloaded directly to your phone to allow you to make the changes there.

[JVlifeonstandby]

this post has become quite the hot topic

[mr-kink]

Really.. Agree that the toilet isn't my thing but some guys like it.. lol..

Anyhow.. I'm into full body shots and trying to get a good look..

Not all girls that do mirror shots are trashy BTW.. or without class..

These basic cell phone pics (mine are all 8MP) are great for showing the real goods with no edits..

Some people have their pics photo shopped to hell and they do not look like them in person..

Other than my bedroom being in it's typical state there's nothing wrong with this pic..

Bit over exposed maybe.. And it's a mirror shot..



Mind you I have lots of big mirrors in the house..

[ATTACH=CONFIG]45739[/ATTACH]

It all depends what image you want to project. You look OK in that shot but the messy bed is unappetizing.

[JVlifeonstandby]

I for one love the pic

[Alexis]

It all depends what image you want to project. You look OK in that shot but the messy bed is unappetizing.

Seems I was first to point that out.. lol..

It's candid.. very real.. something I'm trying to get across too..

Besides.. it's not likely anyone makes it to my bedroom..

That's for very select individuals..

Those that come to see me see the dungeon..

See all my pro pics for those..

Here's another good one but not in a mirror.. used the self portrait feature on the camera..

It's my new morning look.. still in pj's..

[JVlifeonstandby]

Seems I was first to point that out.. lol..It's candid.. very real.. something I'm trying to get across too..Besides.. it's not likely anyone makes it to my bedroom..That's for very select individuals..Those that come to see me see the dungeon..See all my pro pics for those.. Here's another good one but not in a mirror.. used the self portrait feature on the camera..It's my new morning look.. still in pj's.. [ATTACH=CONFIG]45793[/ATTACH]

just when I thought you couldn't get any hotter

[daisuki888]

Don't use the mirror and get a gorilla pod
http://joby.com/gorillapod

Every tgirl should get one of these.

what do you call o that thing it look so flexi.