“Hold the camera higher than your expectations.”
– The Sage
The Sage has studied many things in his long life — stars, storms, supermarket reductions — and now, reluctantly, camera angles. His advice for taking a selfie is rooted in simple physics: “Hold the camera higher than your expectations.”
According to The Sage, gravity is not your friend. It drags, it shadows, it reveals truths you did not request. By lifting the camera just above eye level, you restore order. Features realign. Light behaves. Optimism returns. The Sage insists that angle is everything — character is optional.
He does warn against excess. Raise the phone too high and you become a confused ceiling ornament. Too low and you summon dramatic lighting worthy of a ghost story. But just high enough? That is balance. That is wisdom. That is the difference between “Oh dear” and “That’ll do.”
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