Selfies... Good or Evil?

I have a weird history with The ever popular Selfie. I often wonder if it is a good thing, that is helping people realize their own beauty? Or is it a narrcisitic act that is sucking the humility out of today's young people?

This thought occurred to me this past Easter when my mom who is in her late 50s was very excited about taking Easter selfies. Now I am sure to everyone else in the world..this would seem cute, but to me it was a little weird.  Because I hate taking selfies. I have never been good at it, I never feel attractive enough and I just really don't see the point. Like "omg eating Breakfast#no filter#Im a liar#Hashtagsarestillstupid. What? It was just weird to me that someone who lived through the ages of black and white photos, film, Polaroids, and disposable cameras would be excited about a selfie and I Honestly was not all that excited about it.  I see girls, and guys post these types of pictures all the time and its really just not something I am into. But then again I suppose they do come in necessary when you are just starting out a blog and you feel weird asking your friends with decent cameras to be photographers for you..



Because I am not at a point in my blogging Career Where I can hire a photographer to do all my photogenic bidding that means I have to do one of 2 things. I have to beg my wonderful boyfriend to take pictures of me.. Or I have to man up and take a selfie.

On a normal day I have really bad luck taking selfies. I don't look right, it ends up blurry, my make up looks funny in the lighting, or i get it at a funny angle. 

This picture was possibly one of the best selfies I have ever taken. My last blog post was on a new makeup that I have been trying out (and loving by the way.)  Of course there is a filter here and I also re took this picture a couple hundred times and It turned out really well. 

There are also those rare occasions where I get to take a picture in good lighting and Im not alone to make it awkward. I love taking pictures with David because I love making Memories.


So ultimately as of Right now, I really think selfies are ok as long as you don't over do it. Its ok to feel pretty and want to remember that moment..but its not ok to beg for everyone's attention every single day.

With that being said, I really wish I knew the art to taking a good selfie. I see girls on instagram, at work and I have friends who just seem to be beautiful every time they take a picture...My question is how do they do this?
Am I just not attactive enough to look good in a selfie from the get go or is their a science to it...And maybe this science will lead me to a true opinion on if selfies are good or evil..because at this point my mind could change tomorrow.

So I will do some research and I will come up with the best 5 steps in taking the perfect selfie.
You will see this later on in a follow up blog post.



Well Any way thanks for Reading!!!

XoXo

Nica 

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