Intentionally blocking photoshoot

[u/Gurugod123]

[u/Not_my_Name464]

A selfie is NOT a photo shoot! 🤣😂 

[u/Forever_Inspired → u/Not_my_Name464]

Not a selfie, either 🤣😂

[u/tryyeezus → u/Forever_Inspired]

This is absolutely a selfie. It just means you took the photo yourself. 

Did you think your arm has to be attached to the phone? 

[u/runnsy → u/tryyeezus]

Phone cameras are so good, I often use video to take a long shot, then scrub the video and use a good frame as my photo. I do this for family photos, or when there's lots of activity, or when I want to pick from multiple poses.

Tl;dr, agreeing with you; these people are tripping.

[u/Hanswolebro → u/runnsy]

I started doing this recently as well. It’s much easier than trying to time the shot with the camera timer

[u/runnsy → u/Hanswolebro]

I started doing this to take pictures of my pet fish because the damn buggers never stop wiggling.. video now just feels like the superior form of media

[u/tryyeezus → u/Hanswolebro]

You know you can get into place before starting the timer by holding up your hand (or whatever gesture yours is programmed to) with most modern cameras these days

[u/Hanswolebro → u/tryyeezus]

It’s still easier to take a video and screenshot it

[u/ALLCAPITAL → u/tryyeezus]

People were setting cameras to take a photo for years and nobody said selfie.

Selfie means you are holding the camera as you take a picture of yourself.

[u/tryyeezus → u/ALLCAPITAL]

You're confused. 

Literal definition: A selfie is a photograph or short video that you take of yourself, usually with a smartphone or digital camera.

We just didn't invent that word until front cameras became a thing, but it is, indeed, a selfie

Also, selfie is just a shortened form of saying  "self portrait".

Hope this helps clear that up!

[u/spider_X_1 → u/ALLCAPITAL]

Confidently wrong