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Table of Contents (I recommend you read the TLDR first to get a gist of what this thread is about)
1. Discussion about posts on r/orthotropics
2. Why should you make a camera like this?
3. How to make a camera setup like this?
4. How to use a camera setup like this?
5. Some other notes.
TLDR: Taking a picture of your face every single day is one of the best things you can do to ascend. This is because it allows you to accurately rate yourself, it allows you to test out different looksmaxxing methods, and you will never get accused of frauding your photos ever again. This thread talks about how to make a camera set up to take pictures in the exact same position every single time. It goes into detail on the types of lighting, the angle your head should be at (frankfurt plane), and how far you have to be to avoid lens distortion.
I sincerely hope you enjoyed this thread and got some valuable information from it
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If you have skimmed through this thread, this is your sign to fully read it, as i put a lot of effort into it and i really think its worth your time.
But if you aren't going to read the whole thing then read the TLDR and the "Other Notes" part.
1. Discussion about posts on r/orthotropics
2. Why should you make a camera like this?
3. How to make a camera setup like this?
4. How to use a camera setup like this?
5. Some other notes.
Sometimes I occasionally scroll on r/orthotropics and i see dumb posts like this
It makes me so annoyed because the angles between these two photos are so obviously different and people blindly put the credit to mewing in the comments.
I'll admit his ramus did grow a bit though.
The really sad part is that the guy who posted this genuinely believes there is no difference in the angles between his pictures.
So when i saw this post, and many others like it, it inspired me to make a guide on how to actually take proper portraits of yourself.
I will be guiding you on how to set up your phone camera in a consistent position, the best lighting you should use, how to align your head properly in these portraits, and some other tips.
It makes me so annoyed because the angles between these two photos are so obviously different and people blindly put the credit to mewing in the comments.
I'll admit his ramus did grow a bit though.
The really sad part is that the guy who posted this genuinely believes there is no difference in the angles between his pictures.
So when i saw this post, and many others like it, it inspired me to make a guide on how to actually take proper portraits of yourself.
I will be guiding you on how to set up your phone camera in a consistent position, the best lighting you should use, how to align your head properly in these portraits, and some other tips.
But first lets talk about why you should even do this.
There are three main reasons as to why
Now that I've given the multiple reasons on why this is such a good thing to start doing, lets move onto making this camera setup...
There are three main reasons as to why
1. If you use this method you will never get accused of frauding your photos again.
This is because you'll ensure that your photos are taken in the exact same angles, positions, and lightings.
This is because you'll ensure that your photos are taken in the exact same angles, positions, and lightings.
2. If you use this method you can accurately asses your bones and ratios.
Since these photos you take will be taken in the frankfurt plane, it will offer a clear and consistent view of your face.
Its almost like taking an xray of your skull at home
Since these photos you take will be taken in the frankfurt plane, it will offer a clear and consistent view of your face.
Its almost like taking an xray of your skull at home
3. If you use this method you can track your progress. Ideally you should be taking a picture using this method every morning, and this will allow you to test different looksmaxxing techniques.
For example:
Let's say you're going on HGH, and you want to regulate your nose growth.
You can take pictures everyday using this camera and accurately asses your nose growth pixel by pixel since it is in the same position every single time and you wouldn't have to eyeball things.
For example:
Let's say you're going on HGH, and you want to regulate your nose growth.
You can take pictures everyday using this camera and accurately asses your nose growth pixel by pixel since it is in the same position every single time and you wouldn't have to eyeball things.
Now that I've given the multiple reasons on why this is such a good thing to start doing, lets move onto making this camera setup...
To do this method, pick an area in your house with plenty of space (to manage lense distortion). This could be a hallway, a room, or something like that.
I picked this area in my room highlighted in yellow (ignore the board in the back).
After doing this put your phone somewhere at the end of the area in your house.
You can do this with a phone holder.
You can do this with an object, by laying your phone on the object
Or you could just tape your phone to a wall like an autist, whatever works for you...
Just make sure that you will be able to put your phone in this EXACT same position consistently.
When setting this up your phone camera should be slightly above eye level like this
Next grab some good lighting. You will need lighting over head above the phone camera, i'm using a ring light. but you cant pretty much place lighting anywhere, all that matters is your face is clear.
(the lighting shouldnt be that high up because it would make ur cheeks darkened if you have well developed cheekbones, so just put the lighting slightly above the camera)
I picked this area in my room highlighted in yellow (ignore the board in the back).
After doing this put your phone somewhere at the end of the area in your house.
You can do this with a phone holder.
You can do this with an object, by laying your phone on the object
Or you could just tape your phone to a wall like an autist, whatever works for you...
Just make sure that you will be able to put your phone in this EXACT same position consistently.
When setting this up your phone camera should be slightly above eye level like this
Next grab some good lighting. You will need lighting over head above the phone camera, i'm using a ring light. but you cant pretty much place lighting anywhere, all that matters is your face is clear.
(the lighting shouldnt be that high up because it would make ur cheeks darkened if you have well developed cheekbones, so just put the lighting slightly above the camera)
Now that you have this camera set up. You must learn how to use this.
To avoid lense distortion, find the best distance you should be between your phone by walking back and forth, there will always be a place where there is no distortion.
make sure to mark this distance
by placing a rug on the floor on this exact spot for example, and you can always keep in mind to keep ur heels on that rug so you will always be at the same distance.
Now here is the most important part. we need to mark our external acoustic meteuas and infraorbital margin with a marker.
what is that you may ask, lets look at the frankfurt plane.
In human anatomy, the Frankfurt plane is a reference plane that passes through the inferior margin of the left orbit and the upper margin of each ear canal or external auditory meatus. This plane is used as a standard reference point to define the anatomical position of the human skull. It was established in 1884 at the World Congress on Anthropology in Frankfurt, Germany.
These pictures that we take of ourselves will be adjusted to the frankfurt plane.
we must mark the upper margin of our external acoustic meatus, do this by feeling around, and then mark it with a marker
then we must mark our infraorbital margin
if we get a closer look this is where it is located.
so i then again marked this place with a marker:
You have now marked these essential places and when you are taking a side profile picture just make sure that these two places are completely connected horizontally.
then flare your ears out if you need to when taking your front profile pictures, and adjust your head level to be in the frankfurt plane.
(if anyone needs more explanation please ask because this is really rushed)
To avoid lense distortion, find the best distance you should be between your phone by walking back and forth, there will always be a place where there is no distortion.
make sure to mark this distance
by placing a rug on the floor on this exact spot for example, and you can always keep in mind to keep ur heels on that rug so you will always be at the same distance.
Now here is the most important part. we need to mark our external acoustic meteuas and infraorbital margin with a marker.
what is that you may ask, lets look at the frankfurt plane.
In human anatomy, the Frankfurt plane is a reference plane that passes through the inferior margin of the left orbit and the upper margin of each ear canal or external auditory meatus. This plane is used as a standard reference point to define the anatomical position of the human skull. It was established in 1884 at the World Congress on Anthropology in Frankfurt, Germany.
These pictures that we take of ourselves will be adjusted to the frankfurt plane.
we must mark the upper margin of our external acoustic meatus, do this by feeling around, and then mark it with a marker
then we must mark our infraorbital margin
if we get a closer look this is where it is located.
so i then again marked this place with a marker:
You have now marked these essential places and when you are taking a side profile picture just make sure that these two places are completely connected horizontally.
then flare your ears out if you need to when taking your front profile pictures, and adjust your head level to be in the frankfurt plane.
(if anyone needs more explanation please ask because this is really rushed)
So right now you might be thinking that this thread is mediocre and not worthy enough to be BOTB.
You might saying to yourself, "This sub5 curry just told us how to take pictures of ourselves in the Frankfurt plane, without lens distortion, in the correct lighting, how is that useful in anyway?"
And while you may be right that doing this method by itself is useless, its best to pair this with other things.
For example: Later today i will be uploading a thread on training your mentalis muscle for better chin projection. I will then proceed to give my mentalis muscle a "pump" to prove that it can get hypertrophy, and then make a second thread/video after 30 days documenting the growth i got.
But since it is a very small muscle it will likely grow in really small amounts, so by doing this method i will be able to track miniscule amounts of growth in my mentalis muscle.
So this is why you need to use this camera setup to document something, and it would be pretty useless to do this without doing something along side it.
You might saying to yourself, "This sub5 curry just told us how to take pictures of ourselves in the Frankfurt plane, without lens distortion, in the correct lighting, how is that useful in anyway?
"And while you may be right that doing this method by itself is useless, its best to pair this with other things.
For example: Later today i will be uploading a thread on training your mentalis muscle for better chin projection. I will then proceed to give my mentalis muscle a "pump" to prove that it can get hypertrophy, and then make a second thread/video after 30 days documenting the growth i got.
But since it is a very small muscle it will likely grow in really small amounts, so by doing this method i will be able to track miniscule amounts of growth in my mentalis muscle.
So this is why you need to use this camera setup to document something, and it would be pretty useless to do this without doing something along side it.
TLDR: Taking a picture of your face every single day is one of the best things you can do to ascend. This is because it allows you to accurately rate yourself, it allows you to test out different looksmaxxing methods, and you will never get accused of frauding your photos ever again. This thread talks about how to make a camera set up to take pictures in the exact same position every single time. It goes into detail on the types of lighting, the angle your head should be at (frankfurt plane), and how far you have to be to avoid lens distortion.
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To get on my tag list you must compliment me. example of someone doing that:
this is because i had a traumatic childhood
so i constantly need love and compliments so i can heal from it and continue to make threads like this
I sincerely hope you enjoyed this thread and got some valuable information from it
.If you have skimmed through this thread, this is your sign to fully read it, as i put a lot of effort into it and i really think its worth your time.
But if you aren't going to read the whole thing then read the TLDR and the "Other Notes" part.
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