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addition, selfie experts also                               directs that your subject (in this case,

     recommend the “chin down, camera up”                       your face) be positioned roughly one-
     trick, to visibly lift inches off your face                third to the left or right, rather than the
     and highlight the cheekbones. For movie-                   center.
     star glamour, you can even fan yourself
     lightly from afar to create movement in                    Pro-tip: Watch out for photo bombers or
     your hair.                                                 the errant lamp-post sticking out from
                                                                behind your head like a staff.
     Pro-tip: A friendly reminder here that
     low angles are an absolute no-                             More than a pretty face
     no—unless you are trying to be ironic.                     Nowhere is it deemed that a selfie must

                                                                only contain your mugshot – you can
                                                                very well invite other parts of you to the
                                                                party. From the full-length mirror selfie
                                                                showing off your latest outfit and the
                                                                widely popular foot selfie (preferably
                                                                against a stunning ocean view), to post-
                                                                manicure nailfies and flirty back selfies –
                                                                there's plenty to flaunt beyond your face.
                                                                Plus, you can optimize the features of

                                                                your phone's rear camera in such cases.
                                                                For instance, with its Big Pixel Sensor,
                                                                the Lava Z10's 8MP rear camera offers
                                                                richer and brighter photos against a
     \                                                          range of indoor and outdoor backdrops.
     Frame to win
                                                                Pro-tip: By choosing interesting
     It may be a selfie, but who said it can't                   patterns, textures, and backdrops, you
     tell a story, too? The best selfies use                     can sometimes tell a far more interesting
     elements from the background to add                        story with your foot than your face. Don't
     context and aesthetic details. After all,                  forget to tag from where I stand for these!
     there's no point if your background is a
     large, grey blur. The trick is to offset your              Take it to the edit table
     face and capture the best elements from
     your setting – be it a gorgeous sunset or                  “If you don't like something on your body,

     a string of twinkling fairy lights at a                    you just crop it,” Kardashian had once
     wedding.                                                   explained on the Jimmy Kimmel Show,
                                                                succinctly stating a golden selfie rule.
     Additionally, it helps to remember a few                   Crop out those unwanted wisps of hair or
     other tricks from photography class as                     an unflattering sign-post, while also
       well, such as the rule of thirds – which                   experimenting with frame dimensions





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