in which i learn that taking a selfie is REALLY hard
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RT @metaLulie
Tips for Better Selfies (men) 🤳
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BASICS
0. Take many. Try method acting, not posing: feel/think the impression you want to give off.
1. Take at arm’s length. Lens distortion makes faces rounder (worse for men!).
Too close makes chins smaller and noses / foreheads bigger:
https://twitter.com/metaLulie/status/1264252734380834816
you can visibly see my frustration
mindboggling that there are theoretically infinite angles you can take a picture from and there are only a handful of decent ones
fyi everyone is always seeing you from the angles you think are bAD
wondering if being photogenic is simply being familiar with all the angles you can be seen fromn, and the confidence that arises from that
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RT @m_ashcroft
@maybegray @QiaochuYuan @visakanv @mesolude I get the fear. I am not a selfie or record myself person at all, but as I do it more it gets less scary. Then I wonder why it's scary - it's my face. That people can see. I wear my face all the time and people see it all the time. Strange how it's still a scary thing to be seen.
https://twitter.com/m_ashcroft/status/1207372117131567105