![]() ![]() Subsequently, you can also have your main subject standing perfectly still while things go on around them like in those 90s music videos (you know what I mean). (Kristin Armstrong)īy keeping your iPhone steady while shooting, you allow the subject in front of you to do all the moving/keep things interesting. When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. Like a cinemagraph, the key to creating a striking, captivating, interesting image is stillness - not from the subject you're shooting (well, sometimes, but we'll get into that in a second), but rather stillness from you and your camera as you shoot. Instead of showing off your denim coat with your dozens of buttons in a regular ol' selfie, snap a Boomerang of you putting your coat on. Instead of editing a selfie of you with sparkly, dangly earrings, take a selfie of you with them shining in the sun. Instead of snapping a boring selfie of the new lipstick you bought, take a Boomerang of you putting it on. To which I reply: Then just take a Boomerang!īoomerang-ing your selfies is a really great way to break up your selfie-infested newsfeed: they're more attention grabbing with their movement, they're not super long, drawn out selfie/photoshoot videos like some people make ( cough BEYONCE cough), and they're a great way to show off little details that might now otherwise be noticed in a selfie. "But Cella!" I hear you say, "I don't want to change up my camera angles, background, and makeup! This is how I get my perfect selfies always!!1!" That being said, there's really no excuse to be taking boring, half-assed selfies with the same camera angles, the same background, the same makeup, the same blah, blah, blah. Let's face it: Everyone loves to hate/loves to love/hates to love selfies, but at the end of the day, they're a fad that's persisted over a number of years and it seems like they're here to stay. To Boomerang dat selfie, or not to not Boomerang dat selfie, that 'tis the question (Shakespeare, probably) If you start to think of you Instagram Boomerangs as mini movies with different details people can catch if they're paying attention, then that's what separates the Martin Scorsese Boomerang creators from the Michael Bay Boomerang creators. ![]() Similarly, if you're worried that what you're shooting might be too boring for a Boomerang, you can take a step back, angle the camera, and set up your shot to be more interesting so as you're cutting that piece of cake, a waiter walks by or your friend across from you makes a face. Instead, get 2 or 3 friends to jump at the same time/make a funny face/poke their head out of the pool water while your main subject if jumping, so even if one of your well-timed gags doesn't work, another one is bound to! This can eliminate an otherwise boring Boomerang and give your audience an excuse to rewatch your masterpiece over and over!įor example, if you're taking a Boomerang of your buddying diving into the water at your pool, but don't quite get the perfect moment that his head hits the water, it can look kind of crummy and you probably don't want to waste your time shooting it over and over and over again. Something that can make a Boomerang a successful one is having different 'layers' AKA different things going on at different heights in your Boomerang. ![]()
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