It's always a great idea to post photos of your day to day activities especially 1 to 1 meetings to give prospective clients a feeling of what it is like to work directly with you.

Well, you could always just grab your phone and hold the camera out with your arm, or use one of those terribly intrusive selfie sticks (sorry if you love yours), but then it’s just another selfie. How can you capture yourself in action in order to paint a picture for a potential client that would allow them to picture themselves working with you?  Especially if you need to have your hands in the image, and therefore not available to work the camera…

If you have no one around who can take a photo for you, it’s a great time to use the 10 second timer on your phone.

Here’s how:

First pick a spot in the room where there is good lighting – facing the light coming through a window is best, avoid the flash if you can. Then set up your shot.

Next, set up your camera making sure you fit everything into the shot that you need - don’t forget to leave room for yourself! Lay the phone the long way (landscape) on the ground, on a desktop, on some books in front camera mode (so you can see what you are shooting) and lean it against something (a book, water bottle, you don’t need a fancy tripod) so that it is fully upright and parallel to you. 

            Open the camera app on your phone

            Tap on the camera icon

            Tap on the clock icon in the camera 

            Choose between the 3-second or 10-second timer

Tap the shutter release and wait for the countdown to finish (your iPhone camera's flash will blink as the timer counts down) before the photo is taken. This should allow you time to get yourself in the picture or stabilize your phone to avoid shaky images.