https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:41:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247852 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:08:35 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2247852@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie! I’d like to come up with a twist rather than exactly replicate the pose from 5, but the compliment’s appreciated. He does like the new boots, so maybe I should wear them indeed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247798 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:31:27 +0000 Angie 2247798@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lots of good ideas here! I think #5 in the first set of pics is a great pose and cute pic. As for the outfit, maybe something with your new white boots?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247586 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:04:57 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2247586@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bijou, thanks for your enthusiasm! I want to have fun with this and hope seeing me interact with the famous landmark will help lure him to visit here (post-pandemic). Here’s another he liked, of the cathedral—but I’m not in it, oh nos. Looking at his comments on other pix of me &amp; the ones he took of me, I know I need to turn my face to the camera &amp; probably not make a goofy funny face, as much as I love that part of 8. But my body language can be all kinds of crazy. Something like 7 or a Cossack squat would let me get low enough to “hang” from the bottom of the gate, but I love the dangling legs/tiptoes of 8. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247571 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:08:33 +0000 Bijou 2247571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a fun idea, #8 made me laugh, but I do like your pose in #5 too. Red is a great colour on you and will help you to stand out and is fun because it also match the key hook. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247389 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:59:20 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2247389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the ideas. </p> <p>At this point I’m just going to see what gets here first—the appointment or the suitcase. I have some pretty clear ideas, so if I need to whip one off in a hurry, I could—but I’m crossing my fingers that the “happy dance” gif is all that will be needed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247351 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:44:58 +0000 chewyspaghetti 2247351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You could make the picture by hand and then take aphoto of it (maybe with a digital border) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247348 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:22:55 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2247348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RL, agreed on feet not at base of structure, but I think I want to look like I’m lower than it. </p> <p>Zaeobi, any cut and paste would look primitive out of necessity—it’s easy to “cut out” a figure in portrait mode on my phone, but I don’t know how to combine it with another image. Whatever I did that way would be very beginner level by default—maybe in a charming way, but maybe not. </p> <p>I love working with scissors—am much more comfortable with them than with writing implements, but want to do this digitally, so it reaches him immediately instead of taking a few days to get to him through the mail. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247287 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:02:19 +0000 rachylou 2247287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think he meant just so as your feet aren’t level with the base of the structure… a cut and paste of two pics seems an easy strategy to me, I like that suggestion </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247269 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 02:37:38 +0000 Zaeobi 2247269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry I don't have any master photography tips to share (evident from my forum photos lol) but I think if you deliberately make the photoshop look homemade (not 'pro' level) then that could bring in the 'goofy' element? </p> <p>Or maybe I'm just trying to justify my own lack of photography skills, lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247245 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 23:00:35 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2247245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ack! His appointment has been rescheduled! </p> <p>CJH, that *would* be simpler I think the goofiness and evident effort of the photo will give him extra smiles, and if the news is bad, he’ll need all the upbeat I can send. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247239 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 22:37:17 +0000 cjh 2247239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You could always cut out yourself from any background photo and position it onto the gate photo however works best. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247218 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 17:52:44 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2247218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Helena</b>, thank you so much for the empathy! The pandemic does indeed make this—and much of life—much harder for my friend. His half brother and dad both died of this cancer, and his mom is fighting breast cancer. I think he’s feeling really alone, even though he’s super-busy. </p> <p><b>Suntiger</b>, you mean so he can hang a print-out by the key holder? That’s a fun idea I hadn’t thought of but can definitely suggest! Is the flare shape a good one for this, or should I look for a different bright red piece? My puffer jacket is the obvious answer, but I shipped my bag, and it isn’t here yet (actually, I don’t think my BiL has even sent it). I could borrow my son’s big sweater or sweatshirt. </p> <p>A couple ideas: the figured red dress with my newsie boots and bomber jacket (pic 1) but then I have to figure out a pose in a dress, or quieter colors, maybe mustard pants, for my outfit, wrap one arm around a column and have the other arm hanging down, dangling the bright red backpack by its straps. What do you think? </p> <p><b>Rachylou</b>, thank you for the technical tips! Does your brother do iphone? On my 12 mini, I can set the depth of focus/f-stop in Portrait mode, but then it wants me to be within 5 feet of the camera. That’s too close to make the forced perspective work/makes me look much too big (see pic 2 in original post). What should I do?<br /> Related to that, my friend likes my smile (backpack pic); how can I be close enough that you see my face but far enough for the trompe l’oeil to work?<br /> On tip #3, is your brother picturing me on top of the gate? I was thinking more of trying to hang on to a column, like those guys on their ropes that I’ve added to the original post.<br /> If I did a photoshop, I’d want to animate myself in the pic, so I’d be swinging back and forth like a pendulum. Probably too advanced. </p> <p><b>Thank you all</b> for the encouragement and suggestions! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247217 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 17:41:14 +0000 rachylou 2247217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My brother says:<br /> 1) Get closer to the gate, so it doesn’t look smaller than you<br /> 2) Use a high depth of field<br /> 3) Find a way to get higher in relation to the top of the gate</p> <p>Or 3) Photoshop</p> <p>He says the google term for this is trompe l’oeil. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247201 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 14:23:44 +0000 Anonymous 2247201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I vote for the pose in #5. Yes to the flares cause they go with the key holder! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247198 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 14:15:26 +0000 Helena 2247198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not a photography person so not much help there (my guess would be something bright for contrast), but just wanted to send positive vibes to your friend for his cancer screening. Such a scary process for him to go through, esp during a pandemic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-plan-a-picture-please#post-2247124 Sat, 08 Jan 2022 21:52:27 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2247124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m trying to decide what to wear and how to pose for a certain photo. </p> <p>I want to take a picture of myself hanging from the Brandenburg Gate, just like my friend’s keys hang from the hooks I gave him, in case he needs encouragement to “hang in there” after his post-op cancer screening. (The “happy news” gif is already done). Here are some practice shots I took tonight. It seems getting far away from the camera and having it in a high spot will be key. There are plenty of websites like this one <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/travelpixelz.com/blog/photographing-brandenburg-gate%3fformat=amp" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/s/t.....format=amp</a> about photographing the gate, but not for this goofy shot. I clearly need to go during daylight. The sun would be behind the camera in the morning, or I could shoot into sunset later in the day. Realistically, I’ll probably go when the clouds clear and the sun is shining, no matter the time of day. </p> <p>I haven’t decided yet what to wear or the exact pose. What color scheme would work with my wardrobe and the plaza? Green pants to match the chariot on top of the gate, or red flares to stand out, or something else? I want my hair to look thick &amp; long, my arms &amp; legs muscular (he actually squeezed my bicep to check, lol). What profile do I want—flare pants, straight or “skinny” legs, short or midi skirt? I’m thinking of my LLBean pilot's jacket, which is dark brown &amp; welted just past my waist. Any suggestions on the pose? I don’t want to duplicate my pose in 5 (to which he said “you are amazing!”) where I am actually shaking apples off a tree, but how else do I do this? I should probably work out something where I’m lower to the ground, but who hangs with their legs bent?</p> <p>There are many people on the forum who are skilled at this sort of thing. It’s just a goofy shot to cheer up a friend, but I’d be grateful for advice. TIA!</p> <p>ETA I might try a pose like these<br /> <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/businessman-swinging-on-rope-isolated-over-33722896" rel="nofollow">https://www.shutterstock.com/i.....r-33722896</a><br /> <a href="https://www.istockphoto.com/de/foto/angst-geschäftsmann-hängen-von-ausgefranste-seil-auf-weißem-hintergrund-gm175483225-21067869" rel="nofollow">https://www.istockphoto.com/de.....5-21067869</a><br /> I’m thinking the key will be stretching out my upper body, even with my knees bent. Screenshots added to pictures. </p>