http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/selfportrait Questions tagged with 'selfportrait' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:24:21 -0800 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:24:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/74556/How%2Dto%2Dlook%2Dreal%2Din%2Dphotographs What's the best way to react when a camera is pointing at you so that you look real/ not like an idiot in the photograph? Whether someone else is taking the picture or you're trying to do a quick self-portrait, more often than not the outcome is awful - as MySpace/ facebook/ Match etc testify. You look at the outcome and wonder, "who is this person?" I want to have photographs of me of which I want to say, "this is me - I am this person." How? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.74556 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:24:21 -0800 camera capture photograph photography pose selfportrait russmail http://ask.metafilter.com/63256/Im%2Dso%2Dvain%2DI%2Dthink%2Dthis%2Dpictures%2Dabout%2Dme Is there a commonly used term, slang or otherwise, besides self-portrait, to describe a picture taken of yourself, by yourself, holding the camera at arms length? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.63256 Wed, 23 May 2007 13:13:55 -0800 camera language selfportrait word TuxHeDoh