What does self mean. How to take a selfie, its varieties and interesting devices. What is a selfie, it's a selfie

No one can even imagine for sure how many borrowed words are in the Russian language. A huge number of new terms got into our language at the end 90 -x and early 2000 years. If you count them, then there will be at least a couple of dozen.
Why are borrowed concepts so popular?
The fact is that you can also use Russian phrases by combining two or three words into one, but this new term will be cumbersome and clumsy. Then, as foreign words are chosen in such a way that they can be pronounced quickly and briefly.
And so the concept of "Selfie" appeared. If you try to translate this word into Russian, then it will sound like "take pictures of myself".
Now let's take a closer look at how it arose and what it means, the not-so-well-known word "Selfie".

The history of the term "Selfie"

This word was borrowed from of English language.In this language there is a designation "Self", which in translation into Russian means "self", "self".
That is such a simple English word as"Self" was changed and became in Russian"Selfie". The meaning also changed a little, and began to mean a person who holds a camera or a phone with the lens turned towards him on his outstretched hand.
Also "Selfie" is called the photo that is taken with the help of a mirror or a timer.
If you think a little, you can give a clear definition of the concept of "Selfie" - this is a special kind of portrait that is created by capturing oneself on a camera or phone.

This designation began to gain more and more popularity with 2000 A little later, "Selfie" got a second wind when phones with built-in cameras began to appear all over the world.

For the first time, such a practice of photographing appeared at the beginning 20 th century when to market in in large numbers cameras were miniature for those times.
To make a "Selfie", a person of that time had to have a mirror in full height and a camera, you had to point the photo lens towards the mirror and take a photo of your reflection.
It's funny that in those distant times they never heard of the concept of "Selfie", this term appeared much later in 2002 year.

If you want to learn more about the history of "Selfie" then you need to spend a little time looking for the appropriate forum or site where you will find information useful to you.

The word selfie, which came from the English language, selfie, was formed from "self", which can be translated as "oneself, oneself." In Russian, this phenomenon can be called a selfie or a crossbow. Its whole essence lies in photographing yourself with a camera. Despite the fact that this phenomenon has become popular relatively recently, after the mass distribution of smartphones with built-in cameras and social networks, the history of the selfie has been going on for many years. The first photographs in this style were taken immediately after the invention of Kodak's portable Kodak Brownie camera. Often, a mirror was used for pictures, as well as a tripod for fixing the camera. In this way, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna removed herself at the age of 13.

Anastasia Romanova, 1914

However, this phenomenon became widespread during the heyday of the MySpace social network, and since then the popularity of such photographs has not decreased.

It is believed that the very first selfie in the world was taken by Louis Dagger. The picture is dated 1838. Apparently, in order to take such a selfie, he had to stand still for 3 to 15 minutes.

The world's first selfie

Types and varieties of selfies

Naturally, due to the popularity of this type of images, they have many subspecies, which eventually received their own names. This section will list most of them.

1. The classic selfie, the familiar look of photography.
   
2. Belfi, this picture shows a view from the back of the person taking the photo.
3. Sugly. This kind of fit for those who like to squirm in front of the camera or shock everyone with their terrible appearance, because this name is translated from English.
4. Shufis is just a picture of his shoes, although, in addition to her, a lot more can get into the frame.
5. Beefy, for such a picture you will have to wear a bikini, it is also worth taking the most sexy pose possible.
6. Ussi is a shared shot, but taken by one of the people in the photo.
   
7. Selfie is a selfie of a couple that depicts people in a relationship.
8. Selfie after sex, or After-Sex-Selfie, everything is clear from the name.
9. Felfi usually contains a picture of a beloved pet.
10. Wake Up Selfie contains a photo of a person who just woke up.
11. Scotch selfie, to get such a picture, you will need to wrap tape around yourself, moreover, to make the face look as scary or stupid as possible.
    
12. Liftolook is a selfie taken in an elevator. It does not matter where and how it will be done, the main condition of LiftLook is to use the elevator mirror to create the self.

How to take a selfie

First of all, you should decide on the place where you want to shoot. It should be allowed to take pictures there and selfies should not seem out of place to people around. It is also worth taking care of the background that other users will see, so you should not shoot in the first place that comes across, you can choose a better one to show not only your beauty, but also the beauty of the place where you are.

Lighting is also an important factor, it is better to use natural light, if there are no such sources nearby, then artificial ones will have to be dispensed with, however, it is worth making sure that it falls at the right angle, not too dim and not too bright. Do not use a flash, especially when shooting in a mirror.

Also, you should not just photograph your face from the front, this is not a photo for documents, it is worth experimenting with the position of the face and postures in order to appear in the most favorable light. Do not forget about a smile, it adorns a person's face and it will not get worse from it.

A mirror can ruin a photo

And finally, make sure that your preparations do not fall into the frame, everything is fine in the background and there will be no inappropriate things.

Reflection in glasses can ruin everything

That is why it is worth studying your photo carefully before making it public.

Selfie accessories and attachments

Of course, a lot of accessories for pictures were invented. The most common of them, perhaps, are selfie sticks. They will help move the camera further away, thereby making it possible to capture more space in the frame.

selfie stick

There are also special cameras that can be connected to a smartphone, and then glued to a surface or attached somewhere. There is even a special selfie drone.

Useful devices can be buttons for remotely activating the camera, and do not forget about the lamps that will help you take a picture at night or illuminate a person from the right side.

There are also more strange items that are not suitable for everyone and whose usefulness is very doubtful. These immediately include hats into which you can insert your phone to take a photo. The Selfie Hat was first introduced in 2014 and is designed to fit an Acer tablet.

The selfie comb is a phone case that has a mirror and the comb itself, it allows you to take a picture right after you beauty.

Also, people thought of embedding devices in mirrors, now you can get your own image without a boring phone in your hand.

For lovers of morning toasts with jam, there is an unusual device that will allow you to burn your face on every toast. An interesting move, but how many people like to bite off a piece of their face in the morning?

The user can also purchase selfie shoes that will help you take an unusual picture and surprise your subscribers.

You can find many more devices on the Internet, so we can say that almost everything you need for this type of photography has already been invented and is available for purchase.

One of the most popular and unusual genres of photography today is self, or as they call it - selfie. This well-known entertainment is in great demand, both among kids and teenagers. But not everyone knows what it is and where it came from.

On the background of the sculpture

What is a selfie, it's a selfie

First, let's look at what this interesting word means. Translated from English, selfie or self means itself. That is, it is a kind of self-portrait, which is performed independently, filming yourself on a camera. Well, purely in Russian - it will be a self! 🙂

Since this style is performed independently, the picture itself is taken at arm's length. Therefore, the image of the author in the photo comes out either at an angle, or slightly above or below the level of the head. Also, when taking a picture, many people use a mirror, as well as a tripod to firmly fix the camera when taking a picture, or other devices with similar functions.

Against the backdrop of the Iset River and skyscrapers in the center of Yekaterinburg

The history of the emergence of the famous self

The first independent photographs date back to 1900, it was then that the Kodak company appeared, with which the era of self-portraits began, if I may say so. Pictures were taken using a tripod, on which the camera was attached, then the photographer fixed the future picture through the viewfinder and made a photo portrait.

In many archives of history, information has been preserved about how Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna took the first picture on her own using a mirror, while still at a young age (13 years old). The picture itself was addressed to her friend, and was accompanied by the following words: “I took this picture while looking in the mirror. It was very difficult as my hands were shaking."

In a dirty mirror
In a shop mirror
In a dirty street mirror
In the mirror after the successful surrender of the state

The term selfie itself first appeared in 2002. It was in that year, in Australia, at the ABC Online Internet forum in September, that word thundered for the first time. Since then, a heated discussion of photographs in this style began, and also gained authority not only among the youth, but also the adult generation turned their attention to this fashion trend. So, in his old age, Pope Francis took advantage of the moment, and did not miss the opportunity, published a photo in which he captured himself with his parishioners of the church.

Another proof of the popularity of such photo cards is the fact of December 2012, when the publishing house of Time magazine included "selfie" in the top ten buzzwords of the year.

Literally the next year, after conducting a survey among residents of Australia (namely, the survey was conducted among women from 18 to 35 years old), it was found that most of respondents posted photos of themselves on their Facebook and Instagram pages. And also, after conducting a survey among owners of mobile communications with built-in photo cameras (aged 18 to 24), it showed that almost half of them take photos in a similar style.

Today, many politicians post their own photographs on their social pages. Yes, Prime Minister Russian Federation, at the numerous requests of his fans, provided for public viewing his photographs, photographed by himself, which are extremely popular.

On the background wax figure owners of the largest breasts

After the successful delivery of the state in the magistracy

A small video selection on our today's topic! 🙂

The unsuccessful attempt to take a photo was filmed at a village feast.

Quite an interesting clip of Tkach & Marta. As the description of the video says, these days, not only girls, but also men, don’t care about centimeters in their pants, only the size of the selfie stick matters.

Not all selfies are useful, this video will tell you about it!

To all that has been said, I would also like to add an interesting incident that happened in the history of the selfie. Back in 2011, during an extraordinary journey through the jungles of Sulawesi, David Slater, a photographer from Britain, took a series of pictures of unusual crested baboon monkeys, and just at the time of work, these animals, unexpectedly for David himself, took away his camera and did not hesitate to take a few pictures. And this case became known only because for a long time they could not establish who actually owns the rights to the pictures.

In conclusion, I would like to ask a question to my beloved readers. How often do you take pictures of yourself? If yes, what is the most interesting place for you self? In the comments, you can throw links to your photos, I will correct them so that they are displayed the same way as mine! 🙂

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What does selfie mean

Greetings, dear readers and guests of my photoblog. Today social networks and in general, the entire Internet is literally teeming with photos from the category of “good self” or “beautiful self”. Well, since this topic is so popular, it has not bypassed the pages of my photo site. Today I will share with you what does selfie mean and in general what a selfie and where it came from, and I'll tell you about myself

What does selfie mean

The word selfie comes from English word self which means itself, itself, itself, independently (translation options from google translator). Today, the selfie has grown into a new genre in photography. what is a selfie - a photo of yourself.

Not a selfie, but yourself

To dilute this boring article about the trend flow in photography, I will give a couple of examples of myself from the Internet.

Selfies are taken in pairs

Selfies are taken in famous places

like “I was there too, I drank beer honey, it didn’t get into my mouth through my mustache”))

Well, the signature of the next self speaks for itself

Very often selfies are taken in front of the mirror:

Sometimes I like to relax in front of the TV, which of you doesn't? Especially if the Comedy Club is on TV. Here is the song written by the resident of the comedy club Semyon Slepakov "a song about a selfie." He's on trend too.

What is the best way to take a selfie?

As you can see, most often selfies are taken on phones, smartphones, iPhones. With the advent of telephones front camera social networks are literally overflowing with themselves. You can argue about the quality of photos from the phone for a long time. It is far from the best, but sometimes only the phone is at hand. Better a bad phone photo than none at all.

This trend in photography has become so popular that photo equipment manufacturers make cameras specifically for selfies.

Liftoluk

Liftoluk is one of the selfie trends. Liftolook is a selfie in the elevator, more precisely, even in the mirror of the elevator. Instagram and VKontakte even have separate lift bows, bows and other similar pictures.

What a lot to say, even the Prime Minister of Russia has a liftoluk selfie. Like many Hollywood stars and not only Hollywood ones.

Liftoluk in Russian does not sound so nice anymore. Self in the elevator. Not no. By the way, this is a completely harmless liftoluk. If you search the net, the search engines will give you such selfies and lift bows that you simply marvel. How do people film this and they are not ashamed to post it all on the net. Google it yourself, I will not post such photos here.

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So you found out what does selfie mean learned how to speak Russian correctly not a selfie but a selfie. Well, we looked at the elevator That's all for today.

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I wish you more likes and classes on your selves.

Sincerely, Roman Vlah.