(This is quite possibly my favorite self portrait of me and my wife. I'm laughing and she's embarrassed by me taking out pic...perfect.)
- Who knows your best angle better than...you?
- Great way to track events in your life. This can translate to a fun canvas collage or photo wall that chronicles your year. Especially if you add friends or loved on in the pic.
- Shoot it 'til you get it right. The beauty of digital instant gratification. If you took a bad photo, delete it and re-shoot it
- Plethora of photo editing apps. Instagram, vsco cam, afterlight are all amazing photo apps that can make the dullest photo become canvas print worthy.
- A selfie is a self-portrait. There are a ton of self portraits hanging up in museums all over the world. I know, that one was a stretch. But think about the personal history you can create by looking back at your past photos. A self-portrait is part of your photo diary.
- Poor lighting. I have seen a lot of selfie photos with super bad lighting. Bad lighting will ruin any photo much less one you take of yourself.
- The dreaded double chin. What can happen often when you try to stretch your arm out too far to get a shot is that you mash your shoulder to your chin. And that's not going to be flattering for anyone.
- Not memorable. Granted that not every photo you take is going to be something you want to put on your wall.
- Difficult to get a flattering angle. Most cameras on phones are wide angles which means they can stretch and distort a face if you don't old it at the right angle. Finding that angle is
- Self obsessed? I think that there is a stigma forming by the older generation that think that the selfie craze is just a bunch of self obsessed kids taking pics of themselves. I personally think that it really depends on the person. There may be some of those personality types in the mix, but I think it is part of the way that age group communicates to their friends and family. There is a definite threat for it going overboard though so I would always tend toward moderation.
A collection of selfies can be designed as a photo collage then made into a canvas print. This is a collection of photos from 2013. This is a perfect way to print your pics from the year. Just so you know...there is a shot of my wife with the painted face, but she might kill me if I shared it with the world. I, on the other hand, have no shame.