Tips for taking selfies and people shots

Do you want yourself, your family, and friends to look best in your shots? Here are some camera options you can adjust or select before taking selfies and people shots.

Portrait scene

Using the Portrait scene helps a little in smoothing the skin in your selfies and people shots.

1. Switch to Camera or Selfie mode. To find out how to switch between capture modes, see Choosing a capture mode.
2. On the Viewfinder screen, tap to show the camera options.
3. Tap .
4. Tap to select the Portrait scene.

Live Makeup for selfies

Touch up your skin with Live Makeup before taking your selfie. See Applying skin touch-ups with Live Makeup.

Angle of selfies

Do you want the angle of your shots to look exactly the same as how you see yourself on the Viewfinder screen?

1. Switch to Selfie mode. To find out how to switch between capture modes, see Choosing a capture mode.
2. On the Viewfinder screen, tap to show the camera options.
3. Tap > Camera options.
4. Select the Save mirror image option.

Skin touch-ups for people shots

Beautify the skin of your subjects before taking their shots.

1. Switch to Camera mode. To find out how to switch between capture modes, see Choosing a capture mode.
2. On the Viewfinder screen, tap to show the camera options.
3. Make sure you're using the scene setting.
4. Tap .
5. Tap Make-up level, and then adjust the skin smoothing level.

Related How-tos

Using Auto Selfie

Using Voice Selfie

Taking photos with the self-timer