Taking a great selfie can often appear to be an effortless endeavour. However, anyone who has ever tried to battle their best angles, smeared camera lenses and harsh lighting, knows that getting the perfect shot of yourself—be it for a Hinge pic, the ‘gram or a LinkedIn headshot—is *basically* a modern art.
To achieve your best pics yet, there are some golden rules to follow. Luckily, we’ve done the hard yards of putting them all in one place for you. Scroll on for our top tips to up your selfie game.
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1. Find good lighting and flattering angles
The kind of lighting you’re in is a major factor for how your selfie will ultimately turn out.
Good light flatters by highlighting your features, illuminating the skin and smoothing over any blemishes. Meanwhile, poor lighting can do the total opposite.
For selfies, turning yourself to face a light source—be it a lamp or the sun—will ensure your beautiful face is the most visible part of your selfie. Once you’re in a good position, try slightly tilting or moving your camera around until the light sits around eye level, which will help avoid any shadows.
2. Pick the right environment
Having a simplistic background can make your selfies much more aesthetically pleasing. Plus, capturing your snap in an environment with natural lighting (see above) will always help elevate a pic.
Some great places to consider are under the shade of a tree (cottage-core), alley (hello, indie sleaze queen), or building on a sunny day, outside on an overcast day, during golden hour, or in front of a large window from the inside facing out.
3. Use the best phone in the game
Now the last but undeniably most important step: making sure you are capturing your shots on a phone you know is equipped for the job.
Cosmo’s pick? A cutting-edge flip phone from the motorola razr family. There is nothing we love more than the snapback of a vintage-style flip phone—without the OG-era technology.
Namely, the motorola razr 50 ultra boasts the ultimate appeal. The smart phone features the industry’s largest external display at 4.0″, which means you can capture selfies with ease (aka without even opening the device). Plus, it has a built-in Photo Booth mode that further simplifies capturing a candid shot with your friends, anywhere, anytime, producing four (Insta-ready) snaps at once.
The razr 50 ultras’ hands-free option is also a game changer for when your hands are occupied but you still want to snap when you’re feeling your best.
All phones in the Motorola family come with a top-of-the-range 50MP camera system, powered by moto ai, allowing for high-quality capture.
Perfecting your pose is another key factor that will either make or break your selfie, so utilising the Dual Preview feature available with the motorola razr 50 and razr 50 ultra models will guarantee you endless sightly selfies! The devices are flexible so you can capture and create from multiple angles—put the phone in tripod or other flex positions and then use
palm selfie, count-down or timelapse videos to take the photo.
Shop our favourite options below. Happy snapping!
