Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 11:29 AM EST [
General]
Whenever me and my husband go away alone I always have to ask strangers to take a photo of us - so embarrassing! When I try to take one myself I always have a double chin which is less that preferable. I just found this product called the Quick Pod Arm Extending Self Portrait Device on Amazon. I place the camera in the Quickshot, set the timer and presto a self portrait minus the double chin! I thought this was such a cool invention I had to share it.
Hi Roxy - Great tip - I could use a Quickshot too. :-) My girlfriend taught me a low tech trick that you might try when/if you don't have the extender handy.
GregHold your arm so that the camera takes the photo at a slight downward angle - meaning you are shooting yourself from above, but not so far above that it's obvious in the photo (just a little bit - sorry if I'm not communicating this clearly - it's really simple, I swear.)
The photo will look normal but you won't have a double chin.
Here's an example from my Flickr photostream:
flickr.com/photos/gregver...
12:41 PM EST