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Need to learn to take great selfies & pose for photos
My marketing efforts are currently paralysed by the fact that, even though on cam I'm a sexy goddess of sexiness, my photos are suuuuper boring, unless I take hundreds and eventually fish out a decent one for posting. To produce one sexy marketing snap takes me like half an hour, throughout which time I keep thinking I could have hustled a long show via freechat with less effort.
I tried copying poses from other girls, but my body is not the usual model body - in order to make a panda (or indeed a sloth ;) ) look adorable, you don't pose it like you would a deer, you know what I mean?
Does anyone have any tips or links to tutorials for becoming a better stills model? Obviously, practice is needed, but where do I even start?
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I video myself gyrating to sexy music that gets me in the mood then go back and do screen shots of sexy poses. You could do that on your bed or anywhere in your home. The video could be less than 5 minutes. That works best for me because it feels less forced or I'm trying too hard.
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Trust and know that models/celebrities also take a very long time to take those great selfies. Plus the majority of them are filtered and photoshopped.
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^^Heh, that's true :) It's a time thing, though - whenever I spend time fiddling with photos, I feel guilty for not being logged on. It can turn into such a terrible displacement activity.
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I have this same problem. Especially with regard to taking selfies.
Cherry Dollface's Pinup Modelling Tutorial has some great info, specifically Posing: Part 1, Posing: Part 2, Facial Expressions, and Posing with Props.
You say you don't have the body for normal poses, but it might just be that you don't know what unobvious things those "deers" are doing to make their poses look better. The tutorials above explain the difference between just striking a pose and actually polishing it for photography.
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Absolute genius, thank you. Why hadn't I thought of googling pinup, I have no idea.
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oh my god I climb into this bandwagon too! I have so very many things bottlenecked, because I cant find an efficient way to take pictures! and then everything looks like crap and from 100 pictures I get that (1) I'm ugly (2) I dropped my expensive camera accidentally, and (3) there's not a single one I feel comfortable using. I've put on weight so that also keeps me from starting. so I keep postponing it because I can't find enough hours a day to cam as it is, but that needs to be improved soon! anxiety begone!
I'm online now but later I'll look into those pinup tutorials and come back with feedback! I hope this gets me motivated to jump off with streamlining those pictures! thanks for the nudge!
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Don't forget that even if you dislike one aspect of a photo it doesn't mean its useless. I've had tons of pics that had the WORST faces lol (seriously, I was trying to be sexy, but I look like i'm a total bitch about to have a sneezing fit lol) but they were great body shots, or my feet were particularly well-lit or the whooty was rockin'. Crop, tweak the lighting, maybe a filter or two and bam! content. Look for the workable material :)
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Hopefully the link below will be as helpful to you as it was to me. :)
http://www.scienceofpeople.com/2015/...erfect-selfie/
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I 100% second the taking screenshots of yourself. I look amazing in almost every video of myself, but it takes at least 100 photos before I find one that doesn't make me look washed out and tired (I have bad eye bags, which you can't really notice when I'm moving, but are super noticeable in every photo I take of me). taking a 3 minute video and finding 10 pics out of it is way easier than taking 100 photos, posing for each, and still only getting 10. also, some of my more popular pictures are ones where I though my face looked gross. When it comes to faces, I don't think anyone is satisfied with pictures of theirs.
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Ms.Spectre
Just wanted to bump this and say THANK YOU for the links on posing! I'm a new camgirl and getting pictures has been the hardest thing. I don't have a super flat tummy, and posing/pictures is intimidating. I'm going to work on some new picture sets today. Keeping my fingers crossed I come out with something decent.
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This thread is so helpful. Just when I need some guidance it pops up with a bump :)
xo
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CallistoMorgan
Just wanted to bump this and say THANK YOU for the links on posing! I'm a new camgirl and getting pictures has been the hardest thing. I don't have a super flat tummy, and posing/pictures is intimidating. I'm going to work on some new picture sets today. Keeping my fingers crossed I come out with something decent.
I love when you guys bump older threads. It's like giving the main page a face lift and it shows that there's more exciting topics to explore. So Thank You!
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I make clips so I just take snapshots from them.
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I just broke down and ordered a selfie stick. Yes I'm ashamed of myself lol. They're a $1 on Wish.
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How does one take a good booty selfie/non-shaky booty video with their phone without getting their whole body weirdly twisted and having a constipated look on their face? Does it require some sort of traning, or you just make a series of random upward shots not trying to visually control them, and then choose the few that have your ass in them?
Also, how do you get your phone camera focused on your ass/feet so it doesn't refocus on your face? I tried to focus it manually but it seems impossible to me without getting that extremely stressed expression, since manually focusing with just one hand while having your arm streched out under your ass is quite a task.
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I have a tripod for recording from my phone but I usually use my webcam.
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Classy_Katy
I have a tripod for recording from my phone
How do you get it focused on anything other than face, though?
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I haven't used it for filming that much...everything has been in focus when I have used it though.
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Mine focuses alright but only as far as my face isn't in view; if it is, the cam refocuses to it and what was supposed to be a picture of my butt turns into a poorly balanced picture of my face at a really unflattering angle. Guess I'm just gonna have to resort to making faceless booty shots lol.
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Oh, wow, this thread is super helpful, especially those pin up videos! :) I have the same problem but now I know what I have to do to make things better! :)
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Sunnylexie
Mine focuses alright but only as far as my face isn't in view; if it is, the cam refocuses to it and what was supposed to be a picture of my butt turns into a poorly balanced picture of my face at a really unflattering angle. Guess I'm just gonna have to resort to making faceless booty shots lol.
Is that with your Web Cam? Or phone? You know there's a setting called 'follow my face' on Logitech cams? And a similar setting on IPhone and android. I switch mine off on everything or I get the same x
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Has anybody tried those little ring lights that you can clip on your phone?
I was looking at some on Amazon the other day and they're only cheap and some of them now come with both warm and cool lights on them.
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I love them! The cheap ones run out of battery power really fast and have to be recharged often though.