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Introduction/why it's important to take the best photos of yourself you can.
posted this thread because despite searching the forum thoroughly could not find another thread even similar to this one, despite this being one of the most important things
I think it goes without saying in this modern climate, social media and the pictures you take of yourself are the most important way to put yourself out there socially and prove your neurotypicality. This goes for dating apps as well as regular texts with women or simply just trying to mog lousy tiktokcels. It's a great way to put yourself out there, and if you want a vibrant social life you'll follow this guide to a T.
If you've spent time on this forum you'd know that what matters most to women is the ability to pull a man with a high sexual market place value. The feminoid brain wants to be able to show you off and make other women jealous to inflate her own ego and borderline narcissistic self worth. In order to pander to this, it's vital to look the best you can in the pictures you send to her. In this practical guide I'll go in depth on the biomechanical framework for taking aesthetic, visually optimal selfies and go in depth on the key attributes that it takes (I.e. lighting, angles, camera physics, and geometry) to take a selfie that will have her watering her sweet nectar
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This thread is a scientific breakdown on how to take the most visually pleasing selfies possible without noticeably frauding and looking like an aspie subhuman squinting and clenching your jaw as hard as you can at the camera trying to squeeze out as much PSL as your LTN face can muster.
Let's dive right in buddy boyos!
FIRST! WHY MOST SELFIES LOOK LIKE SHIT!! ENTER: LENS DISTORTION
Water I know, but it's often overlooked how much of a factor this plays in destroying your physical beauty!
Even PSL God's fall victim to it so if you want to spam my thread with "muh cope" shut your dirty negroid mouth
here are some notable PSL Gods and supermodels looking like shit when it's time to take a selfie:
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The difference is like Heaven and Earth! No ones spared! Not even the top 1% in genetics!
Lens distortion is known to enlarge whatever is closest to the camera (your nose, lips, midface) and shrink whatever is further away (such as your jawline, sides of face, or chin if you have an overbite like me).
Obviously this is extremely detrimental to anyone trying to look good in a selfie.
So what can you do?
Investing in a selfie stick is my biggest piece of advice. You could swing by your local Walmart right now and pick one up for around 7 USD. Seven dollars for a free 2 PSL is without a shadow of a doubt worth it.
But even if you're just a lazy little soyboy faggot by simply fully extending your arm and positioning the phone around 0.8-1.2 meters (optimal distance) will instantly make your photo look better. Take myself for example. This video was taken with the simple iPhone camera app and the difference is insane.
Now that your phone is a significant distance from your face, your best option now is to zoom in 0.9x-1.1x to eliminate wide angle distortion and make it look like you're just taking a regular selfie to your average female.
YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND!! ENTER: ANGLES!!
note: these are not the full results of the guide simply just the angles. I don't have access to a selfie stick or ring light right now and I am using shitty overhead lighting
Angles are the golden ticket to an aesthetic selfie. They are, if you will, the hidden secret of selfie geometry. Angles change your facial features, proportions, and the overall dimorphism of your face all adding to a much sexier you!
Unfortunately in real life we have no way of changing the way people see our face without looking like a retarted freak so why not abuse this superpower online for the sole purpose of mogging without fail?!
Now, what angle should we use for the most visually aesthetic selfie you may ask? It's not that simple you poor abused dog, but I'll go over the 3 most important ones for each archetype and you have to find out for yourself which you look best in! Good luck! I'll also include a picture of myself using that angle with the typical iPhone camera lens for each.
Verticle Angle (pretty boy/robust pretty boy)
This angle is mostly used by models showing off their full front profile. You see this all the time on runways or when serious looks are important.
It requires a 2-7° downward angle towards you with the camera slightly above eye level. This gives the appearance of a sharper jawline, a better canthol tilt and less UEE, makes the nose appear smaller, reduces the appearance of midface length, and accentuates the cheekbone shadows adding to that model look.
3/4 frontal angle (high dimorphism ogre/assymetrical robust prettyboy)
try to avoid shooting dead on as it flattens bone definition and tends to widen the face. Use around a 15-25° rotation of the head with your chin slightly forward but not up. Your eyes should always be looking through the lens and not at the screen.
This creates maximal jaw definition, fixes asymmetry, and creates contrast with shadows.
Downwards Angle (lean athlete/robust prettyboy/ ogre)
Gives appearance of more bones mass than you actually have and the cool thing about this angle is that it uses lens distortion for good.
Camera should be below your chin and extended minimally outwards (not the full arm extension). Rotate camera up a few degrees and ta-da!! Try jutting on this or biting your cheeks because realistically no ones gonna call it out on a picture like this. Works best by far if lean. and paired with a picture of your pumped physique. Trust even a lmtn will have females WATERING if they use this technique.
MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE OF ALL SELFIE AESTHETICS!!! LIGHTING!
Lighting is either your best friend or your worst enemy when it comes to taking visually pleasing selfies. It creates roughly 70% of all attractiveness in photos. You can have the most OP angle, but without proper lighting you're still going to be a recessed LTN with an Andrew Tate skull.
In this section I'm gonna pair lighting techniques with the angles we've already talked about to make sure you look as best as your genetics allow in any and every photo you take from here on!
First though, I recommend purchasing a ring light for indoor selfies. This is the best tool you can have for making sure you look your best and is genuinely so important that if you don't plan on getting one you can exit my thread right now you worthless piece of shit.
That being said, I do not own a ring light so I will not be able to give you guys examples on how these look. Despite that, I'll do my best to describe these techniques so that even @RideTheTiger will be able to easily follow my instructions!
Before we begin, please note that it is vitally important to NEVER EVER do any overhead lights as it guarantees eye bags, flat skin, bad shadows, and an aged look (in a bad way).
For verticle Angle selfies- "The Golden 45"
This is by far the most flattering light source and works with any of the angles I listed above. It's bright but also soft and comes from 45° above as well as 45° to the side. It highlights cheekbones, shadows your jaw area, deepens your brow ridge and gives you the most optimal eye color brightening possible while indoors.
Try to position yourself 45° sideways to a large window with indirect sun and an overcast sky. with the ring light slightly above you at 45°
for horizontal selfies- "idk what to name it"
Position your ringlight parallel to your face with a soft lighting and sit with the window behind you. This casts the best possible shadows in all the right places and with the angles already neutralizing asymmetry this is the best way to look your best from your 3/4s.
FOR upward SELFIES- "upward light thing"
try to have a window behind you with a ring light facing towards your face (or go to Snapchat and use the ring light thing on your camera options). This will create the most optimal photo showing off bone mass and your lean face.
THE EXPRESSION THEORY! EXPRESSIONS MAKE OR BREAK YOUR SELFIEE!
In the end this really comes down to you and your own personal flaws and strengths, but here are a couple expressions that will make the average man look several times more attractive and neurotypical as an added bonus.
I'll also give you the best angles to use each expression with no matter your failos or strengths.
NEUTRAL PREDATOR (verticle Angle)
Closed lips with a slightly clenched jaw and very slightly narrowed eyes (not enough to look like a corny TikTokcel, but enough to hide eyebags and improve your overall eye area).
This will look great if you want that masculine intensity in your selfie.
EXPRESSIONLESS (upward Angle)
completely neutral with unfocused eyes and relaxed lips. Conveys effortless beauty and makes you seem like you don't care much about the photo. Perfect if you want to display a nonchalant vibe.
MICRO SMIRK (horizontal Angle)
Raise one corner of your mouth by 1-3 cm and have confident eyes with a slight squint. Bite your cheeks ever so slightly for more definition
If you have elite dental aesthetics show some teeth. A good smile will give a mtn at least lhtn smv. It's like a mid girl with giant titties who tries to cover them up.
ENVIROMENT AND COLOR THEORY
Your background plays a surprisingly big role in how you look in a selfie. Just like how someone may wear a certain color sweater to match their eyes, the background will accentuate your facial aesthetics.
Keep a minimalistic background. Too much clutter can destroy aesthetic composition. Ideal backgrounds are blank walls or natural outdoor scenes.
Your face is the anchor of the selfie, so your background should ideally contrast your skin tone and not pull to much focus away. If you have paler skin try a darker background and for tanned skin try a medium or neutral background.
Note: If you have colored eyes, avoid too much background color as they reduce pop.
COMMON MISTAKES/ADVICE
Do not shoot dead-on or use filters of any kind to boost your appearance. Don't force a smile and try to have good posture.
TL;DR
Find natural windowlight, turn off all overhead lights, use 1.0x or slight zoom and not wide angle, camera slightly above eye levelHead turned 15–25°, chin forward/down, neutral or micro-smirk expression, Shoulders visible, clean background, keep the camera at least 0.8m from your face
And with all this you should be good to go to craft the perfect selfie!!
Good luck and love y'all!!
please note: there's no lighting, angle, or expression for your sub5 face. If you're very ugly don't expect this to be some game changer for you. sorry @Bobbyrino you 5'4 hapa mutt
posted this thread because despite searching the forum thoroughly could not find another thread even similar to this one, despite this being one of the most important things
I think it goes without saying in this modern climate, social media and the pictures you take of yourself are the most important way to put yourself out there socially and prove your neurotypicality. This goes for dating apps as well as regular texts with women or simply just trying to mog lousy tiktokcels. It's a great way to put yourself out there, and if you want a vibrant social life you'll follow this guide to a T.
If you've spent time on this forum you'd know that what matters most to women is the ability to pull a man with a high sexual market place value. The feminoid brain wants to be able to show you off and make other women jealous to inflate her own ego and borderline narcissistic self worth. In order to pander to this, it's vital to look the best you can in the pictures you send to her. In this practical guide I'll go in depth on the biomechanical framework for taking aesthetic, visually optimal selfies and go in depth on the key attributes that it takes (I.e. lighting, angles, camera physics, and geometry) to take a selfie that will have her watering her sweet nectar
.This thread is a scientific breakdown on how to take the most visually pleasing selfies possible without noticeably frauding and looking like an aspie subhuman squinting and clenching your jaw as hard as you can at the camera trying to squeeze out as much PSL as your LTN face can muster.
Let's dive right in buddy boyos!
FIRST! WHY MOST SELFIES LOOK LIKE SHIT!! ENTER: LENS DISTORTION
Water I know, but it's often overlooked how much of a factor this plays in destroying your physical beauty!
Even PSL God's fall victim to it so if you want to spam my thread with "muh cope" shut your dirty negroid mouth
here are some notable PSL Gods and supermodels looking like shit when it's time to take a selfie:
My Gallery — Postimages
The difference is like Heaven and Earth! No ones spared! Not even the top 1% in genetics!
Lens distortion is known to enlarge whatever is closest to the camera (your nose, lips, midface) and shrink whatever is further away (such as your jawline, sides of face, or chin if you have an overbite like me).
Obviously this is extremely detrimental to anyone trying to look good in a selfie.
So what can you do?
Investing in a selfie stick is my biggest piece of advice. You could swing by your local Walmart right now and pick one up for around 7 USD. Seven dollars for a free 2 PSL is without a shadow of a doubt worth it.
onn 12.9"-39" Wireless Selfie Stick with Smartphone Cradle, GoPro Mount and Bluetooth Shutter Remote, Black - Walmart.com
Buy onn 12.9"-39" Wireless Selfie Stick with Smartphone Cradle, GoPro Mount and Bluetooth Shutter Remote, Black at Walmart.com
www.walmart.com
But even if you're just a lazy little soyboy faggot by simply fully extending your arm and positioning the phone around 0.8-1.2 meters (optimal distance) will instantly make your photo look better. Take myself for example. This video was taken with the simple iPhone camera app and the difference is insane.
Now that your phone is a significant distance from your face, your best option now is to zoom in 0.9x-1.1x to eliminate wide angle distortion and make it look like you're just taking a regular selfie to your average female.
YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND!! ENTER: ANGLES!!
note: these are not the full results of the guide simply just the angles. I don't have access to a selfie stick or ring light right now and I am using shitty overhead lighting
Angles are the golden ticket to an aesthetic selfie. They are, if you will, the hidden secret of selfie geometry. Angles change your facial features, proportions, and the overall dimorphism of your face all adding to a much sexier you!
Unfortunately in real life we have no way of changing the way people see our face without looking like a retarted freak so why not abuse this superpower online for the sole purpose of mogging without fail?!
Now, what angle should we use for the most visually aesthetic selfie you may ask? It's not that simple you poor abused dog, but I'll go over the 3 most important ones for each archetype and you have to find out for yourself which you look best in! Good luck! I'll also include a picture of myself using that angle with the typical iPhone camera lens for each.
Verticle Angle (pretty boy/robust pretty boy)
This angle is mostly used by models showing off their full front profile. You see this all the time on runways or when serious looks are important.
It requires a 2-7° downward angle towards you with the camera slightly above eye level. This gives the appearance of a sharper jawline, a better canthol tilt and less UEE, makes the nose appear smaller, reduces the appearance of midface length, and accentuates the cheekbone shadows adding to that model look.
3/4 frontal angle (high dimorphism ogre/assymetrical robust prettyboy)
try to avoid shooting dead on as it flattens bone definition and tends to widen the face. Use around a 15-25° rotation of the head with your chin slightly forward but not up. Your eyes should always be looking through the lens and not at the screen.
This creates maximal jaw definition, fixes asymmetry, and creates contrast with shadows.
Downwards Angle (lean athlete/robust prettyboy/ ogre)
Gives appearance of more bones mass than you actually have and the cool thing about this angle is that it uses lens distortion for good.
Camera should be below your chin and extended minimally outwards (not the full arm extension). Rotate camera up a few degrees and ta-da!! Try jutting on this or biting your cheeks because realistically no ones gonna call it out on a picture like this. Works best by far if lean. and paired with a picture of your pumped physique. Trust even a lmtn will have females WATERING if they use this technique.
MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE OF ALL SELFIE AESTHETICS!!! LIGHTING!
Lighting is either your best friend or your worst enemy when it comes to taking visually pleasing selfies. It creates roughly 70% of all attractiveness in photos. You can have the most OP angle, but without proper lighting you're still going to be a recessed LTN with an Andrew Tate skull.
In this section I'm gonna pair lighting techniques with the angles we've already talked about to make sure you look as best as your genetics allow in any and every photo you take from here on!
First though, I recommend purchasing a ring light for indoor selfies. This is the best tool you can have for making sure you look your best and is genuinely so important that if you don't plan on getting one you can exit my thread right now you worthless piece of shit.
That being said, I do not own a ring light so I will not be able to give you guys examples on how these look. Despite that, I'll do my best to describe these techniques so that even @RideTheTiger will be able to easily follow my instructions!
Before we begin, please note that it is vitally important to NEVER EVER do any overhead lights as it guarantees eye bags, flat skin, bad shadows, and an aged look (in a bad way).
For verticle Angle selfies- "The Golden 45"
This is by far the most flattering light source and works with any of the angles I listed above. It's bright but also soft and comes from 45° above as well as 45° to the side. It highlights cheekbones, shadows your jaw area, deepens your brow ridge and gives you the most optimal eye color brightening possible while indoors.
Try to position yourself 45° sideways to a large window with indirect sun and an overcast sky. with the ring light slightly above you at 45°
for horizontal selfies- "idk what to name it"
Position your ringlight parallel to your face with a soft lighting and sit with the window behind you. This casts the best possible shadows in all the right places and with the angles already neutralizing asymmetry this is the best way to look your best from your 3/4s.
FOR upward SELFIES- "upward light thing"
try to have a window behind you with a ring light facing towards your face (or go to Snapchat and use the ring light thing on your camera options). This will create the most optimal photo showing off bone mass and your lean face.
THE EXPRESSION THEORY! EXPRESSIONS MAKE OR BREAK YOUR SELFIEE!
In the end this really comes down to you and your own personal flaws and strengths, but here are a couple expressions that will make the average man look several times more attractive and neurotypical as an added bonus
.I'll also give you the best angles to use each expression with no matter your failos or strengths.
NEUTRAL PREDATOR (verticle Angle)
Closed lips with a slightly clenched jaw and very slightly narrowed eyes (not enough to look like a corny TikTokcel, but enough to hide eyebags and improve your overall eye area).
This will look great if you want that masculine intensity in your selfie.
EXPRESSIONLESS (upward Angle)
completely neutral with unfocused eyes and relaxed lips. Conveys effortless beauty and makes you seem like you don't care much about the photo. Perfect if you want to display a nonchalant vibe.
MICRO SMIRK (horizontal Angle)
Raise one corner of your mouth by 1-3 cm and have confident eyes with a slight squint. Bite your cheeks ever so slightly for more definition
If you have elite dental aesthetics show some teeth. A good smile will give a mtn at least lhtn smv. It's like a mid girl with giant titties who tries to cover them up.
ENVIROMENT AND COLOR THEORY
Your background plays a surprisingly big role in how you look in a selfie. Just like how someone may wear a certain color sweater to match their eyes, the background will accentuate your facial aesthetics.
Keep a minimalistic background. Too much clutter can destroy aesthetic composition. Ideal backgrounds are blank walls or natural outdoor scenes.
Your face is the anchor of the selfie, so your background should ideally contrast your skin tone and not pull to much focus away. If you have paler skin try a darker background and for tanned skin try a medium or neutral background.
Note: If you have colored eyes, avoid too much background color as they reduce pop.
COMMON MISTAKES/ADVICE
Do not shoot dead-on or use filters of any kind to boost your appearance. Don't force a smile and try to have good posture.
TL;DR
Find natural windowlight, turn off all overhead lights, use 1.0x or slight zoom and not wide angle, camera slightly above eye levelHead turned 15–25°, chin forward/down, neutral or micro-smirk expression, Shoulders visible, clean background, keep the camera at least 0.8m from your face
And with all this you should be good to go to craft the perfect selfie!!
Good luck and love y'all!!
please note: there's no lighting, angle, or expression for your sub5 face. If you're very ugly don't expect this to be some game changer for you. sorry @Bobbyrino you 5'4 hapa mutt
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