Self-Photographing Teenagers Discover New Camera Angle

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Trevor stretched his left arm. With his new Canon Powershot in hand, he tilted his head down, shifted his eyes up and looked directly into the lens. 

He pushed the button, the light flashed.

A new self-photo of Trevor was born.

            “This is amazing,” said Trevor, self-photographing teen.  “Look at this angle.  It doesn’t even look like I took a picture of myself.”

            Trevor is one out of billions of teenagers who have discovered the same camera angle.

            “My girlfriend has a similar pose, but her pictures are completely different,” Trevor said.  “She pouts her lips.  I don’t pout my lips.”

            Trevor said his girlfriend occasionally uses two fingers on her free arm to cover her lips when she self-photographs.

            “I’m trying to look surprised,” said Christina, self-photographing teenager and Trevor’s girlfriend.  “It’s hard to look surprised when I’m taking the picture.  I try to forget I’m about to take it.  I really want to look surprised.”

            The previous self-photographing trend was the mirror shot.

            “I used to take my shirt off, stand in the mirror and then take my self-photo,” Trevor said.  “But, the flash in the mirror ruined the shot.  Sure, you could see my body, but not my face.”

            Trevor said because of digital camera technology, he can take up to 6,000 pictures an hour.  His mother, Janice, supports his decision.

            “Since he’s my first born and about to graduate high school, I get a lot of flack for not taking pictures,” Janice said.  “Between carpooling my kids and my chemotherapy, I don’t have the energy to take pictures.”

            Self-photographing is a win for both Trevor and his mom.

            “I no longer have to ask anyone else to take the picture for me,” Trevor said.

            Trevor downloaded his new pictures to MySpace and sent a bulletin to his 1,200 friends. 

            “I think I’ll make this my screen shot,” Trevor said.  “This other picture is almost 20 minutes old.”