Knowing how to take good self portraits is a handy skill for any traveler. We at least try to get a few good pics of ourselves together on each trip, even though sometimes we'd rather not. But we're already sad about the lack of pictures we have of ourselves from the first many years we spent together, so we make a good effort. Here's how:
The person with the longest arms takes the picture. Since most cameras are made for right handed people, when you turn the camera around you have to use your left hand. It helps to have a view of yourself with a little flipper screen or a phone camera. Hold the camera slightly above your heads so you're both looking up. Take a ton of pictures in sequence as follows:
Take your first picture. It looks good but inevitably your wife will complain that she looks waaay too short and you will think you can get a better shot. FYI, you can't so it's ok to stop the tutorial here.
Take another one but forget to keep your eyes open or to adjust your stance to make your wife happy about how short she is looks.
Attempt to smoosh your faces together but get a weird and blurry picture.
Try again with no success. Miss time the picture and make your wife look ugly.
Think "maybe a smooch will make the picture really sweet!"... It doesn't. You're just creepy now.
Try again but now you look odd because you're mid sentence when you click.
Ok ONE last try! Darn it, eyes closed.
Give up. Ask another person to take your picture.
Love it. :)) ha!
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