{"id":11365,"date":"2024-12-18T18:39:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/best-selfie-ever\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:40:18","slug":"best-selfie-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/best-selfie-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Best. Selfie. Ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The art of selfie-ing is a truly delicate one. \ud83d\ude42 It takes a lot to get the right balance of face and background in the photos but once mastered can cement your position as the envy of all &#8216;your Facebook friends&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your Facebook friends&#8217; however are very different from &#8216;Your friends on Facebook&#8217; and unfortunately, the latter group are not quite as easily impressed and may call you on any douchebag-ery shown in your selfies. Been using <strong>#JourneyOfDiscovery<\/strong> in your photos?<\/p>\n<p>You can definitely count on that lot to take the mickey out of you upon your return from your said &#8216;journey of discovery&#8217; (i.e. your holiday &#8211; a <strong>#Holiday<\/strong> would have been much better, no?)<\/p>\n<p>In any case, I have a few rules I use for my own selfies but this post is not about me! Oh no!<\/p>\n<p>This is about you!<strong> I want to find out what your &#8220;One Golden Rule&#8221; for taking selfies is and a photo of&nbsp;your &#8220;Best. Selfie. Ever.&#8221;<\/strong> Awww, heck, you can even hashtag it <strong>#BestSelfieEver<\/strong>!!!<\/p>\n<p><em>You can upload your <strong>Best Selfie Ever<\/strong>&nbsp;using<strong>&nbsp;the Disqus comments<\/strong> tab below (or if that&#8217;s too niggly, put it on our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/HandLuggageOnly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong>, share it on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/HLOBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong> or even on our&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hloblog.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>&nbsp;via <a href=\"http:\/\/hloblog.tumblr.com\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the submit page<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/HandLuggageOnly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/HLOBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinterest<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; whichever platform you prefer!)&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll get the ball rolling and put my answer below:1.) My golden rule is to make sure you capture the background as a first priority, then and only then can you stick your face in the corner of the photo!<br \/>\n2.) I&#8217;ve been a bit greedy\/undecided so I&#8217;ve uploaded 3 #BestSelfieEver &#8211; I forgot to mention you can upload as many as you like! \ud83d\ude09 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3404\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blog\/4289795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/1492142_10152685683304784_1275024237252459757_o.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Travel Selfie on Hand Luggage Only Blog (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/1492142_10152685683304784_1275024237252459757_o.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, 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on Hand Luggage Only Blog (2)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10603956_10152685684479784_5462090444619926415_o.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10603956_10152685684479784_5462090444619926415_o.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10603956_10152685684479784_5462090444619926415_o.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10603956_10152685684479784_5462090444619926415_o.jpg?resize=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room upgrade in Hong Kong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3402\" style=\"width: 2048px\" 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