Tithi Sarkar

The Art of Self Portraits Tithi Sarkar

I started clicking my own pictures when one of my friends told me that my pictures looked good because they were clicked by camera. Initially I used to take my own pictures wherever possible after my music class or at my balcony. In lockdown I watched more videos on self portraits and tried to come up with new hacks to get good pictures with less effort. My first video on self portrait went viral because it had ideas which was not found in other videos and that is when I realised that I would work more on it and try to take this forward. So this journey started from that point and I feel proud of myself when I look back to the time I started. Well I still try and look for different ideas and work towards making my content unique and different yet having a touch of my own aesthetic to it.

I am not a professional self portrait artist but learning every single day from my experience. So here are few tips I keep in mind while clicking these self portraits. 1. Make sure the place you are clicking has good lighting. It plays an important role , if lighting is bad pictures won’t turn out that good. 2. Think of a concept before hand and arrange the outfit beforehand so that not a lot of time is wasted in handling it. 3. Keep a shutter button with you, it will save you a lot of time while clicking pictures. 4. In case you don’t have a tripod, keep your phone on a box or arrange it in a place from where you get the best angle suitable for your pictures. These are the few things I keep in mind while clicking.