Pic taking

[Pogie]

Sometimes I find taking my own pics is a real shit show. My selfies are hit or miss often focusing on areas I don't want to draw attention to or cutting out areas that I do. Does anyone have advice (besides turning back the clock 25 years) on how to get better pics? Does it take a willing camera man?

[BB4fking]

I find taking lots of pictures helps since once you get a chance to check you may find many are out of focus due to movement, shaking hands or trying to hold the phone at weird angles. 

[BootmanLA]

A cameraman helps. What also can help is a remote control, which allows you to position the phone in a stationary place, pose so that what you want to appear is showing on the screen, then trip the button on the remote. (Most smart phone cameras can be controlled by a generic wireless bluetooth remote, available for less than $10 online). 

Finally: digital pictures don't cost, like film used to. Take a hundred. Even if you discard 98 of them, that's two possibles left over. Then another hundred. All it takes is time and patience.

[pozfckr75]

Some digital cameras allow them to be controlled vi WiFi on your smartphone using an app, so u can see what the camera is seeing (even if you’re bent over, for example 😈) and also adjust focus, exposure and sometimes zoom.