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Daily Mail
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Want to get the perfect candid photo? People claim this is a foolproof hack although it makes you look ridiculous
Social media users have shared a 'foolproof' hack for nailing the 'perfect candid picture' - but prepare to look absolutely ridiculous in public while doing it. In an attempts to capture the perfect seemingly un-posed, relaxed snap, many have started to gallop while giggling up and down the road. While the subjects of the image are prancing, someone else films them, with the theory being that freeze-framing any part of the footage will result in an aesthetically pleasing pose. Some social media users have noted that using this system means that the photos are not candid per se. However, others have simply admired how effective the method is, with some impressed by how well images can turn out when taken this way. One video clip shared by family TikTok channel @thefamileigh showed the father and his two sons laughing as they cantered casually down a path while being filmed. A crucial part of the system requires that the photo subjects enjoy themselves while posing. This often results in those in the photo throwing back their heads in joy, open-mouthed in laughter. Commenting on the @thefamileigh video, and resulting snaps, many were surprised by how well the technique worked. One said: 'It's funny cause I paused and played through the entire video and saw one great shot after another.' 'I actually saw all the candid pictures by pausing at random,' added another. A further viewer wrote: 'I paused a dozen random spots and all were perfect.....' 'I paused it several times and each time it was a great snapshot,' another noted. A further TikTok user said: 'I tried to pause the vid a few times and they actually turned out good hahaha. In a similar vein, another wrote: 'Wait they came out so good though.' 'These are freaking hysterical,' added another. 'I'm gonna see if my kids will do it. I's frame them in a sequence.' Many of the video's viewers were impressed by the system, and agreed that the snaps came out well Meanwhile, another TikTok creator known as @ posted her own video featuring the viral trick. As she linked her arms with a friend, the two women laughed as they cantered for while someone filmed them. Again, social media users were impressed with the results. One said: 'I love every video I see of this trend.' In a similar vein, another added an almost identical view. They wrote: 'Loving this trend.' A further TikTok user asked: 'How does it work every time?' 'Would have come out better with a professional camera but looks pretty good,' wrote another. As with other photos taken using this hack, the image was praised by many TikTok commentators And a further TikTok user wrote: 'Super cute and beautiful photo, made me smile.' The hack has become so popular, that even workers at a Waitrose supermarket used it to try and take their own image. A clip, posted on the upmarket supermarket's TikTok channel, featured two men. They laughed widely as they linked arms, and cantered through the aisles in one of the stores. Their video featured a caption, which was superimposed on top of the moving video.
BBC News
06-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
How social media is transforming wedding days in Norfolk
A wedding content creator said described how more couples are embracing seeing their big day through the candid lens of a mobile with just an iPhone, Beth Denman, 25, and her team take thousands of photos and videos during weddings, which are edited into short form content for social media. She started Social Scenes from her home in Attleborough, Norfolk, two years ago and has now grown it into a team of five. "It's very candid and in the moment... it's the moments that are often missed by the bride and groom," Ms Denman said. She first discovered wedding content creation in 2023, on social media posts from Denman estimated that, at the time, there were just three other wedding creators in Norfolk."I thought that I could totally do this. I noticed that no-one was really doing it in Norfolk," she said. 'Blend in with the shadows' She estimates there are now about 20 people providing a similar service across the wedding planning website, Hitched, has reported a 586% rise in searches for wedding content creators in Denman said she plays the role of the "uninvited but invited guest"."We blend in with the shadows and we gravitate around the wedding to capture different parts," she added. Wedding creators such as Ms Denman work alongside traditional photographers and videographers to capture the big they may seem similar, Ms Denman said wedding creators worked candidly, sometimes providing content for couples within 24 hours."I think if people see it as the death of the photographer or videographer, they're getting the complete wrong conception," she added. "Content creators aren't a replacement for anybody... we are an addition." Wedding photographer Ellie Gillard agrees that the services they provide Gillard has been a wedding photographer in Norfolk and London for 14 years, and has photographed more than 400 weddings. "Content creators serve a different purpose in the grand scheme of things," she said."It's great for people who are very present on social media - the content that they give you are almost instant. "But people have had photographers at their wedding since photography began, and it fits that tradition."She has previously worked with content creators and believes their job is not as simple as some may think. "The growth of content creators means that some people think it's fun, that they can turn up and just point their phones at things," she said. "But there is more to it than that... it's really important that you blend into the day seamlessly." Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Washington Post
26-05-2025
- Washington Post
Miss Manners: On the proprieties of public photography
Dear Miss Manners: As a frequent tourist, I take lots of photos wherever I go. I try not to be intrusive, but it isn't feasible to ask permission of anonymous people in public spaces, and U.S. courts have ruled that nobody has a right to privacy in such settings. Everyone carries a phone these days, and the number of people taking photos has increased exponentially as a result. Candid photos are much more interesting than posed photos or photos without people. Social realism is a movement in art and photography.
