Here’s how to take a selfie like a Gen Z expert.
These photos are meant to be fun and often come out distorted. Gen Z users told CNBC they help take some of the pressure off of posting on social media.Here's how you can take a .5 selfie of your own.
The .5 selfie rose to prominence after Apple first introduced an Ultra Wide camera lens to its iPhone 11 product line. The style is particularly popular with members of Generation Z, or people born after 1997, according to the She also likes to take .5 selfies when hanging out with friends, and she joked that if she doesn't reach to take one, someone else will. Aquino said it usually takes her just two or three times to nail the shot since she isn't striving for perfection."Sometimes, I don't look at the camera, sometimes, it's literally the back of my head and me walking in the streets of New York, sometimes, it's me sitting at a table with friends," she said.
"I think it just creates less of an expectation for the photo," Lesser told CNBC in an interview."You get some cool angles and funny, goofy proportions and you're like, 'This is hilarious.'"For many professional social media creators, the more casual online aesthetic has proved to be a lucrative one. Popular Gen Z creators like Alix Earle and Emma Chamberlain, who has more than 15.7 million Instagram followers, have built brands around their relatability.
Since the angle of the camera is so wide, you usually don't have to worry about squeezing multiple people into frame. As a result, .5 selfies can serve as a great way to capture large group settings or pretty backgrounds.
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