Traveling alone, how to take photos without looking like selfies?

For many people, traveling is a matter of style and emotion. Of course, we are talking about travel here, not tourism. Traveling alone is becoming more and more popular, so when you are alone, how can you take a photo of yourself that “doesn’t look like you are alone”?

Let’s first analyze the key to the problem: What is the difference between selfies and non-selfies?

I think there are two points: selfies are often relatively close, usually about one meter apart, because human arms are about one meter in length; they are often not visible in selfies My hand, because it is holding the phone, cannot enter the frame of the photo.

If we can find our hands in the photo, and if we are farther away, others won’t think it’s a selfie.

Once you find the problem, you can solve it.

You can ask someone to help, but the results they take often don’t achieve the effect you want, but you’re too embarrassed to bother them with taking more shots, so I’ll skip this.

The following points are all accomplished with the help of auxiliary shooting equipment.

Needless to say, the selfie stick is what we use most now. But with a selfie stick, both the hand and the stick can often be included in the photo, which makes it look less natural and still looks like a selfie.

Most of the original headphone cables of mobile phones have volume keys and pause keys for controlling music. In fact, they can control more than just music, the pause button can also be used as a shutter. The headphone cable is just a line. When held in the hand, it does not attract special attention like a selfie stick. It is equivalent to a camera shutter cable.

For example, if you are sitting in a cafe and holding the headphone cable in your hand, you can support your chin with both hands and both hands will appear in the frame. When taking the photo, as long as your eyes are not looking at the camera, it will appear Very natural. Because your hands are in the photo, others won’t think you’re taking a selfie.

Compared with the headphone cable, the remote control is a wireless shutter, which is more convenient and can be used at a longer distance. You can put the phone further away, anywhere from three to five meters, support the phone well, assume the appropriate posture, and press the shutter button.

The remote control is very small, a little smaller than a matchbox, and no one else can see it when you hold it in your hand. This makes it very natural. You can also search for "self-portrait wedding photos with mobile phone", which are taken by newlyweds using a remote control.

This is a timer function that most mobile phones have. It counts down for three seconds or ten seconds. After pressing the shutter for three seconds, it will automatically shoot. These three seconds are enough for you to take the photo. With both hands withdrawn, if the distance is relatively far, you can set it for ten seconds.

This function is becoming more and more popular. Specifically, you don't need to press the shutter with your hands. You can just say "take a photo, or eggplant" with your mouth, and the phone will automatically take the picture. If you are far away from your phone, you can also control it directly with your voice. Moreover, mobile phones now have large screens. If you have to hold the mobile phone with one hand and touch the screen to press the shutter, you will be unable to hold it. At this time, you can also directly use the voice to control the shutter.

The camera will detect whether there is a smiling face in the lens. If there is a smiling face, it will automatically take the picture without having to press the shutter manually. It should be noted that you cannot be too far away, otherwise the smiling face will not be detected, but you can expose your hands, such as holding your face, and you can also make your face look slimmer.

The above-mentioned tools are all tools that help us press the shutter. There is another type of tool that is also extremely important. They help us support the mobile phone. The most commonly used one is a tripod. When we are far away, the mobile phone cannot stand or adjust its angle by itself, so a tripod is needed to support and adjust the angle of the mobile phone.

I recommend two types of tripods to you. The first is a conventional camera tripod. The height when extended is more than one meter, but it is lighter and only 30 meters when folded. cm, weighs about the same as a mobile phone, and the price on Taobao is about less than 100 yuan. Its advantage is that it can stand in the open space and reach a height of more than one meter when stretched out, which is like the height at which others take photos of us. The disadvantage is that because it is light and cheap, the quality is not particularly good, it is relatively fragile and needs to be well protected. (Of course there are good quality, but the portability will be worse)

The second type of tripod is the Octopus tripod. This one is smaller, only about ten centimeters in height. It can be stood on or wrapped around. On other objects, they can be twisted at will and the price is less than 100 yuan. The disadvantage is that if there is no object to attach to, it can only be placed on the ground, and the shooting angle will be relatively low.

Now we have a tripod to support the mobile phone. We can place the mobile phone several meters away. At the same time, we can also use various wired, wireless, and even voice-activated remote controls to control the mobile phone to take pictures. You don’t have to worry about taking selfies anymore.

However, there are two points that need to be reminded. The first point is to pay attention to safety when the mobile phone is placed far away. In chaotic scenes, it is best not to take such selfies; the second point is, When you first start taking selfies with this method, you won’t be able to take good photos right away. You may need to take many photos to choose a good photo, so you need to practice more and practice makes perfect.

The progress of the times is often due to the progress of tools. If you have good tools, of course you must use them. Looking forward to your beautiful photos on your next trip~

I don’t take pictures of ugly things, only beautiful things; I don’t want to be different from others, I just want new ideas - I am Mr. Zhu Zi.