How to Find Your Better Side and Take a Good Selfie (Published 2019)
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How to Find Your Better Side and Take a Good Selfie (Published 2019)
have noticed that people who take and post selfies on the internet tend to choose photos from the same angle and showing the same expression. I think we must choose the photos that look most like our self-image; that self-image is then reinforced by the photos.
Elisa Gabbert • The Unreality of Memory: And Other Essays
To look your most attractive in the bathroom, you want lights that flank or encircle the mirror, as you might find in a backstage dressing room. Shaded or covered sconces positioned at head height about the room will further smooth and soften your appearance. But perhaps the best light sources are those you cannot see, said Doreen Le May Madden, a ... See more
Let There Be Light, but Let’s Make Sure It’s Good Light (Published 2019)
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Given that most of the digital photos we generate of ourselves today are highly curated (i.e. wait let me fix my hair and smile and please take at least 10 photos just to make sure there’s a good one!), Glance Back also acts as an antidote to this attitude by providing you with unexpected and often… unflattering… photos of yourself.
Maya Man • Glance Back
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perhaps the best example of Vanity is Lightricks, the maker of the editing app Facetune. What Facetune did is allow anyone to harness the power of professional-grade photoshopping, a decades-old practice in advertising and magazines, all from a smartphone.
Rex Woodbury • The Seven Deadly Sins of Consumer Technology
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the essential characteristic of “Instagrammability” is readability: “The viewer could scroll past an image and still grasp its meaning, e.g., ‘I saw fireworks,’ ‘I am on vacation,’ or ‘I have friends.’”
Drew Austin • #185: The Painted Word
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Being a creative means embracing the urge to put more of yourself—your identity, personality, and unique way of seeing—into the world, whether it be the way you make your breakfast in the morning or your trick for getting through your morning commute, or the themes that keep coming up among the thousands of photos in your camera roll. When we confo... See more
Spencer Chang • field notes on being a creative [pt. 1]
Portrait Lighting ($4.99). This app can accentuate people’s faces by adjusting the contrast and brightness. It can also lighten or darken the background.
David D. Busch • David Busch’s Sony Alpha a7R II/a7 II Guide to Digital Photography
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