Okay, welcome back to the Six Figure Mastermind. Today, we're talking more
about selfies and how to actually get a selfie without having to hold the camera.
I'll tell you how to do it. Stay tuned.
Let's talk selfies. They're big in the industry now and they're great for
business because people want to see your face. Especially if you're building your
own brand around you, okay? You've got to know how to take good selfies. So, I'm
going to recommend that you look at a couple of my other videos to see how
you look at a couple of my other videos to see how
lighting and structure and angle and all of that. Why would you not want to hold
your phone when taking a selfie? A couple of reasons. The first is this, there's a
couple of mistakes that people generally make when they're holding their phone
for a selfie. Biggest one is, people will look at the screen instead of at the
actual camera when they're taking a selfie. This happens especially with
videos. People will look at themselves rather than the actual camera. That's a
big mistake because when your picture or your video comes out, your audience is
not going to be able to make eye contact with you because you're constantly
looking just to the side of where they're focusing. So, always look at the
camera. The second reason you don't want to hold
your own phone for a selfie is because of distortion. Distortion is what happens
when the camera is either too close or at a weird angle and you look
disproportionate. Maybe your hands look bigger than they should because you're
holding your phone down.
maybe your chin looks bigger than it should, maybe your
forehead looks bigger than it should. When you're holding your own phone, you
have a limited amount of space to work with as far as your extension of your
reach. I have a few friends that I say they have selfie arms because their arms
are long enough to avoid that distortion. But normal people like me, I don't have
selfie arms and therefore I have distortion in almost all of my selfie
images. Okay, so be aware of that. That's one reason to give you phone to someone
else. And that's frankly why selfie sticks were invented, okay? The third
reason not to hold your own phone for your selfie is because the camera on the
front of your phone is generally lower quality than the camera on the back of
your phone. And it's easier to hand a phone off to someone and not be holding
it yourself when you're trying to create a selfie and you're trying to use the
better lens which creates a better image, which creates better marketing, okay?
A lot of people don't know that that the camera in the back of the phone is
actually a higher quality camera than the camera on the front.
So, let's talk about 3 major ways to avoid holding your phone during a selfie.
I've covered a couple of them. The first one is the classic selfie stick. Now, you
can pick up selfie sticks anywhere you go. Usually there at grocery stores, big
box stores, online, amazon.com will have them. Selfie sticks are very easy to use
and they work very simply. Basically, it's a stick that's going to hold your phone. You
can see yourself in the image. Again, remember to look directly in the lens
instead of just off to the screen, on the side. And it'll come with a little button
that plugs into your phone and when you click the button it'll snap the picture,
no problem. When you're using a selfie stick, one of
the biggest mistakes people will make is they'll get a picture of the selfie
stick in the photo. Now, if that's on purpose, great. If it's not on purpose
move your arm, make the angle, so that selfie stick is not showing in the photo.
People didn't come to your photo to see your selfie stick and all your gear and
equipment. They want to see you. So, compose your photo in a way that it's
not in the photo, okay? Another way to use your phone to get a
selfie without holding your phone is to set a timer. Timers are super easy to set
up on your phones and most people don't know they exist. It's actually a very old
technology that used to be around when when cameras first came out with 35
millimeter film. They used to have timers on them. So, people could place the camera,
run back and get in the photo. You don't see it very often nowadays and it's
actually an underutilized tool that allows you to get a good photo with
everyone in it including you, without the arms, without the distortion and without
the weird views and angles. So, hand your phone off to a bench. Set a timer, run
back get in the picture and check it later, okay? You could use your
instant gratification camera, you can check it 10 seconds later and redo it if
you need to. But your images are going to look a lot better.
The last way to use your phone and get a selfie without actually holding it is to
just be the classic friend who says, "Hey, can you take my picture?" This is the
easiest thing to do and people are still willing to do it all the time. There are
a couple caveats you may be dealing with someone that doesn't know how to work
your phone or that doesn't know how to compose an image. So, be clear with your
people when you're handing your phone off. "This is how you take the picture.
This is what I want the image." If you want to be like an extra cool like, super
friend on the street that's helping someone out, take a
look at our other videos and learn how to compose your lighting and learn how
to get the angles just right to get ever in the picture and they're going to think
you're a professional photographer, okay? So, those are the 3 major ways.
Get yourself a selfie stick, use your timer or phone a friend. That's the
easiest way to get a selfie without having your phone in your hand. Try
shaking it up. You're going to get a variety of images, use them all on your social
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