What do people use to take selfies of themselves taking selfies?

I have to help someone take a good selfie for her profile but I can't exactly explain it. As far as I know, the front view lens only captures you and your background and the rear facing lens on the back of the phone takes a picture of what is in front of you, such as a landscape. That said, using an iPhone 4, how is it possible for someone to take a selfie that looks like there's someone taking a picture of them while they're doing it.

Use a mirror, i guess

A mirror, …

It depends.

If they are photo artists, they use a tripod, camera with remote shutter release, lighting which they want to use whether it is even, soft lighting or strong dramatic lighting. My artist friends who do a lot of experimenting with lighting and poses start out with some ideas of what they intend for the images final look. They mount a mirror next to the camera so they can see themselves and they make minor adjustments that can produce the best possible photo.

If they are just playing and not really attempting to produce high quality self portraits, the most of them just use a cheap mobiles or P&S cameras and hold them at arms length or aimed at a bathroom mirror

MOST PHONES NOW HAVE A OPTION So you CAN HAVE THE CAMERA TAKE A PIC ON BOTH SIDES OF PHONE… THAT BEING SAID U FLIP U CAM OPTION So IT LOOKS AT U INSTEAD OF WHAT YER LOOKING AT AND you CAN PHYSICALLY SEE YOURSELF AS you TAKE THE PIC ON THE SCREEN OF THE PHONE SAME Way you WOULD SEE A LANDSCAPE OR A FRIEND IF you WERE TAKING THEIR PIC So you CAN SEE HOW you LOOK EVEN BEFORE you SNAP THE SHOT UNLESS YER PHONE DOESN't HAVE. THAT OPTION you USE A MIRROR I GUESS… All THESE PPL TAKING PICS OF THEM SELFS IN A MIRROR WHEN THEIR PHONE PROLLY HAS THE MULTI CAM SWIVEL OPTION IS BEYOND ME READ YER MANUAL you MIGHT FIG HOW TO USE YER EQUIPMENT. OR you COULD JUST GOOGLE IT LIKE I DO IF I NEED A ANSWER I CAN't FIND IN MANUALS.

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