SELFIE CRAZE
Jun 18, 2019 07:47:20 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
salewis wrote:
Can someone explain the recent trend toward "selfies"? Are people afraid to hand their cameras or phones to a stranger and ask for a photograph when they want to be photographed with another person or in front of a landmark? I have never had someone try to run off with my camera.
Cell phone photography for many, if not most people, isn't about photos of places they are visiting, it about photos of them in front of places they are visiting. Been going on for years now. It seems to fit in with the very self absorbed and ego centric culture that is becoming more and more prevalent here and around the world.
Jun 18, 2019 08:13:11 #
As we've often discussed, we take photographs largely for two reasons: to create a visually or emotionally effective image (ie what we call "real" photography) and/or to create a visual memory of a place we visited or something we did ("snapshot"). If someone is doing the latter, it makes sense to me. However, it seems the vast majority of selfies focus entirely (literally and figuratively) on the person or persons with nothing to show where the photo was taken or what was going on. I would guess this is the narcissistic "it's all about me" selfie which has nothing to do with photography.
Jun 18, 2019 08:13:59 #
“Today is seems people require a dream like projection of themselves, with features and reality nearly unrecognizable...l
I think sometimes people just try to replicate a photo they’ve seen...maybe a celebrity,,,and jazz themselves up a bit. It’s mostly “look at me/is and where we are together”
Personally, I haven’t mastered the art😊
I think sometimes people just try to replicate a photo they’ve seen...maybe a celebrity,,,and jazz themselves up a bit. It’s mostly “look at me/is and where we are together”
Personally, I haven’t mastered the art😊
Jun 18, 2019 08:32:38 #
It is also I kinda age related thing. I really only want to be behind the camera. So 99.999% of the photographs I've taken over the years are not of me. Occasionally a friend pops off a shot, even a few photographer friends had photographed me in years past. So I guess I'm not too ugly, just not vein at all. At least two photo acquaintances thought I made interesting faces. And dogs are so much cuter than humans.
Jun 18, 2019 08:34:27 #
WarpedWeaver wrote:
I like what Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County) dubbed them...Narcissisties.
THAT is exactly what they ARE.
Jun 18, 2019 08:46:49 #
rook2c4 wrote:
It may look like a craze, but I don't believe it i... (show quote)
I think there is also an element of "look where I am" or "look what I'm doing" to selfies. I don't need to have pictures of myself to prove (to who?) that I've been somewhere or done something I think is special. But then again, forums like this are the closest I get to social media.
Jun 18, 2019 08:59:09 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
No more of a craze than using digital technology. Whatever floats your boat. 😉😉
PS: I have a selfie stick. Will use it whenever I find a need for it. Haven’t found a need for it yet. It’s also a mini-pod and the remote can be removed and used separately.
PS: I have a selfie stick. Will use it whenever I find a need for it. Haven’t found a need for it yet. It’s also a mini-pod and the remote can be removed and used separately.
Jun 18, 2019 09:08:01 #
The biggest issue is the narciss sticks that folks use. They back up just a bit more to get that last part in the image.... and fall off the cliff. Darwin award winners all.
Jun 18, 2019 09:14:05 #
Jun 18, 2019 09:23:56 #
I do it often but am selective about who I ask. Many times I take theirs and they take mine. Works for both. Usually ask seniors like myself. I have often had young people ask me to take their photos or their group. I love doing this.
Jun 18, 2019 09:26:23 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
C'mon folks, narcissi-sticks? Really? How many folks have put their camera on a tripod and used the timer so they could get in the shot? None? Or do only lousy photographers, not true photographers, do that? People need to be a bit more inclusive and less judgemental.
Jun 18, 2019 09:33:53 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
gvarner wrote:
C'mon folks, narcissi-sticks? Really? How many folks have put their camera on a tripod and used the timer so they could get in the shot? None? Or do only lousy photographers, not true photographers, do that? People need to be a bit more inclusive and less judgemental.
Actually, I have never done that. Not once, ever! It never even occured to me.
In fact, very few of my photos have anybody in them at all unless it's a street scene where they are an integral part of the action. But other than that I consciously avoid or crop out people from my images since they are a visual distraction from what I'm trying to create. In fact, in my travels, I have often decided not to take photos in interesting and sometimes well known locations simply because there were too many people around. I'd rather take nothing then a second rate image with a tour bus of people blocking my shot.
Jun 18, 2019 10:01:32 #
James Van Ells wrote:
The biggest issue is the narciss sticks that folks use. They back up just a bit more to get that last part in the image.... and fall off the cliff. Darwin award winners all.
Yes, I've seen some people do some really dangerous things, just for a selfie.
Just Google " death by selfe"
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/720800572/hundreds-have-died-in-selfie-related-deaths-since-2011
Jun 18, 2019 10:05:06 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Well people have done selfie with film camera but today's cell phone with front facing camera and camera with swivel LCD make selfie a lot easier to do.
People want to do selfie because the want to do a lot of and asking others to take their pictures that many times isn't easy. They also want it because they can frame it the way they want it and see their pose/expression before taking the pictures.
People want to do selfie because the want to do a lot of and asking others to take their pictures that many times isn't easy. They also want it because they can frame it the way they want it and see their pose/expression before taking the pictures.
I never took selfies and always wondered why my kids took such fantastic "selfies". Then one day I took one of 3 of us at an event, and wow, it's really easy to get a great "selfie" with a cell phone. Y'all can see exactly what the pic will look like, and snap it when you like what you see. Even my 20 Month old grand daughter hams it up for the camera. It is MUCH better than asking someone else to take your pic with your camera, and the results are way better most of the time.
Jun 18, 2019 10:19:50 #
juan_uy
Loc: Uruguay
BigDaddy wrote:
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And to sum up, usually you don't want a full body picture of yourself with a landmark, just the face is enough and will be easier to recognize you :). At least for me.
When I travel, I take photographs with the camera, and use cellphone for selfies with wife and some snapshots to share with family.
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