GUIDE: how to take proper self portraits - VRForums - SITEX 2009

booest · 08:48 AM

there seems to a lot of gals that are into self pic (meaning taking photo of themselves)

well some are shy to let others take their pic, epsecially in cases when they are trying out their
new under-garments or some erotic shots which they would like to have taken.
but proper taking is necessary...

to keep it authentic.. the background is not important.. the messy floor and beds are fine...

Equipment Required.
1. a decent digital camera. 3.1 mega pixel or above.
if you are using phone camera also can. but 3.1 mp or better is best.

2. a camera tripod. about S$50 if you are using your phone for mounting
jut use some sticky tape or blutac

3. optional a large fullsize mirror...for those complex short.

- never have the flash hit direct into mirror have the camera at an angle
- look at the camera shutter when you snap

anyone else wanna add more?

Dr_ARCHer · May 22nd, 08, 11:26 AM

1) Don't stand in front of a window. The glare/brightness of the window will often result in dark face/body (unless you use exposure compensation).

2) If using artificial lighting, try to get the white balance adjusted. Incandescent light gives a yellow tinge and results in unnatural colours.

3) More advanced users may want to try using different DOFs for different focus/out-of-focus shots.

Ashyne · May 22nd, 08, 11:29 AM

ya i got a few more to add (love taking pix with my fujifilm 8.3 MP digicam).

first, the lighting should be even (if there is little background), but if there is alot of background, the lighting needs to accentuate the subject (the main person in the picture) by making the subject stand out from the background.

second, when taking a self picture, remember to use TIMER! thats what the timer is for, so that u can set the camera up, get into position, then let the camera shoot by itself! this way u get a professional looking shot.

third, the angle of the camera is very important. for people with nice facial features but not so nice body, try taking a picture that makes your face stand out, yet allow a small portion of your upper body to show in the picture (this would create the effect that the body that is out of the picture is nicer than it really is).

fourth, if your face isnt that beautiful, you can still make it look beautiful with proper lighting. set up dim lights in the room so that a portion of your face is hidden in soft shadow, then take a picture without flash (and set to baby portrait), so your face becomes smooth and delicate in the picture.

Dr_ARCHer · May 22nd, 08, 01:12 PM

Here's a little warning about talking self portraits and how it can get out of hand. Source from Fox News.

School Confiscates Cell Phones After Nude Photos of Junior High Girls Circulate
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Associated Press

SANTA FE, Texas â€” Police in a Galveston County, Texas, school district have been confiscating dozens of cell phones from students after nude pictures of two junior high girls began circulating, the district superintendent said.

"Those students forwarded the images and the circle opened up and got wider and wider," Superintendent Jon Whittemore said Tuesday.

He said that it all started when two Santa Fe Junior High School students took nude photos of themselves and sent them to their boyfriends. The boyfriends forwarded the photos to others, who in turn forwarded them again, he said.

Administrators in this Galveston County district began confiscating phones after learning about the photos circulating at the junior high, which has about 700 students.

"We were checking the phones and, in some cases, asked the parents to come up and claim the phones," Whittemore told the Houston Chronicle for its Wednesday editions.

He said that the two girls and the boys who forwarded the photos will be first in line for disciplinary action. But he said so many students received the images that it would be impossible to discipline them all.

He declined to say how many cell phones were confiscated or what sort of disciplinary action might be taken.

Whittemore told The Galveston County Daily News for its Wednesday editions that cell phones are forbidden on campus, but many students bring them to class anyway.

In November, five eighth-grade students at Alvin Junior High School were suspended after one of them took a cell phone photo of a 13-year-old girl coming out of a shower. That photo was taken by a female student during a sleepover at a girlfriend's home. The student sent the photo to her boyfriend, who sent it to his friends.

bluestrike · May 22nd, 08, 01:24 PM

some other euipements that might be useful
1. small tripod
2. remote control release
3. flip out LCD type DC
4. get a small doll/teddy bear to focus on.