To ensure you achieve the right angle for the perfect selfie hold the camera closer to your face rather than far away, tilt or angle your head rather than snapping the photo straight on, and look up towards it to create a flattering downward angle with your camera or camera phone.
A good technique in selfie posing is first to look down and relax your facial muscles until you are ready to take the shot. Then look up and give your camera a big smile. It will be a more natural smile because you only start smiling a second before striking the selfie pose.
Play with different camera angles
Some people might not look their best when staring into the camera. Those highly symmetrical photos are less visually pleasing. Turn sideways and take the picture. There is no winning formula to take memorizing selfies from a specific angle.
But the problem might not be your angles, it could be lens distortion. Because of the proximity of your face to the camera, the lens can distort certain features, making them look larger than they are in real life.
Hold two hand mirrors in front of you with their edges touching and a right angle between them like the two covers of a book when you're reading. With a little adjustment you can get a complete reflection of your face as others see it. Wink with your right eye. The person in the mirror winks his or her right eye.
Thoughtful selfie poses
Opt for the classic thoughtful selfie pose by resting your head in your hand. Just don't rest the full weight of your head in your head or you'll likely end up with squishy chipmunk cheeks. Don't look directly at the camera. Instead, look off into the distance as you snap your shot.
Most popular selfie point
Eiffel tower is considered the most popular destination to take a selfie.
Selena Gomez has the most liked selfie on Instagram, with over 20 million likes.
Avoid Patterns
Style expert Charla Krupp suggests avoiding bold patterns since they draw attention to unflattering curves. Instead, try single-colored outfits because they create clean lines that elongate your body and make you look slimmer.
Make sure that the camera lens is facing you. Also, instead of lifting your chin, you should look into the camera with your eyes tilted upward. Doing so creates an up-from-under look, making the outline of the upper eyelid appear thicker, and the eyes would look bigger and brighter.
It is important to understand that pictures are a 2-D version of real life. This simply means that photos tend to flatten your features or distort them due to certain angles. Also, since photos store everything, any awkward movement which goes unnoticed in real life is captured for everyone to see.
Instead, camera distortion and perspective are to blame for your unflattering portrait. Let's face it: if you're not a rare photogenic beauty or if you don't have good photographers as friends, you most likely look terrible in photos.
04/5The camera angle
It is important to understand that pictures are a 2-D version of real life. This simply means that photos tend to flatten your features or distort them due to certain angles.
One major factor is that photos generally show us the reverse of what we see in the mirror. When you take a photo of yourself using some (but not all) apps or the front-facing camera on an iPhone, the resulting image captures your face as others see it. The same is true for non-phone cameras.