Influencer Advice – How To Revolutionize Your Selfie & Social Media Game
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Whether you want to raise the bar of your selfies and online posts for business or personal purposes, it most certainly can be done. All you need to do is follow some fundamental steps in the game of social media. The best bit is, you can actually start working on your skills from today. Here’s what you need to know:
Start With Your Smile
Your smile is one of the first things people will notice about you, in person and in photos. In addition to your daily brushing, flossing and regular dental checkups, maintaining a pearly white smile requires avoiding smoking, caffeine, sugar and red or colored drinks. Your dental care routine will not, however, reverse any staining or discoloring you may already have. In these cases, professional teeth whitening is the best solution for brighter, noticeable results.
Composition is Key:
Composition refers to everything that a photo or work of art is composed of; this includes every item, angle and background the viewer sees in the final result. There are two elements to consider when planning the composition of portrait photography; There’s the subject; in a selfie, that’s yourself, and the content of the entire photo, which includes your background and any other objects captured.
Learn To Pose
This doesn’t necessarily mean emulating your favorite editorial model – although it can if that’s what you’re going for. This step means learning to work with your body and face shape. Experiment with different angles in the mirror and test photographs to learn how you look in different poses and lighting and how they portray you.
Pay Attention To Your Surroundings
If you want the main focus of a photo to be yourself, make sure there are no other distracting elements in your composition. Be conscious of your camera’s focus, especially if you’re using auto features to take photos, you want to make sure the focus is on you and not an attractive plant or stranger in the background! Color is also an important consideration when making up your composition. Avoid wearing the same colors and patterns as the environment you are in so you don’t get lost in it! Play with contrasting or complementary colors to shift the attention in your photos.
Editing – Don’t Overdo It
Tempting as it may seem, do not rely too heavily on using pre-set filters for your social media posts, or too many visible edits. Social media users are well aware of the preset filter options, so a post that is too obviously edited can come off as inauthentic or cheap. That’s not to say you should avoid editing altogether if you can bring out the sharpness, or certain colors in a photograph through clever editing, go for it!
Timing
This refers to the timing of both taking and posting your photos. In outdoor photography, the 30 minute period before and after sunset, known as the ‘Golden Hour’ of photography, is when the most vibrant colors are present. Patience is sometimes required to capture a beautiful, spontaneous moment incorporating nature or animals, such as special cloud formation or birds or butterflies in the frame!
The best time to post your content can vary depending on your online following. During business hours or slightly after hours is usually safer to get more likes than an obscure early morning hour where most people are sleeping!
Follow these tips to boost your original social media content and you are bound to shine online. Just be sure to keep your message and posts consistent because, at the end of the day, it’s authenticity that keeps followers.