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Hey there listeners, it’s Brett Molina. Welcome back to Talking Tech. If you’re like me, you probably take a couple pictures. You see yourself in pictures and you’re like, “Oh my God. Why and how do I look like this?” If that is the case, there is hope. Look, if you’re looking to take better pictures and selfies or group photos, if you’re just worried about, oh God, I look hideous in this picture, my colleague columnist, Kim Komando has a story that you can read on tech.usatoday.com, talking about tips that you can take to help improve how you look in selfies and group photos. One of the first pieces of advice she offers is getting rid of your “turkey neck.”
I always joke about this with my family and worried I have a double chin, but one of the first tips she offers is where you place the camera, because cameras can make certain features look even more exaggerated than they should be. And if you know perspective and you know the right angle to place your camera, that’s going to help. Maybe you want to hold the camera higher up, so you’re looking up a little bit. Kim mentions maybe elongating your neck. Maybe you tip your chin down just a little. Just subtle little of things that you can do to get a better picture. And also what you could do too, is if you have your front facing camera on your iPhone, you can practice, take selfies, take a bunch of them, and just figure out what works
