Unintentional Selfies

Hugh Whitehouse talking to the owners and managers of 1-on-1 Sports Barbershop during production of the 10 Year Anniversary video series

Client: Multiple, Regret

Location: Brisbane, Australia

Everyone knows how to take a good selfie: You position the camera slightly above your eyeline, push your chin out and away from your body, tilt your head to the left if you're serious -- to the right if you're slutty, then SNAP! Straight to Instagram. However, all of these rules go out the window when you capture an unintentional selfie while filming other people :D

Unintentional selfies are an unflattering an unfortunate byproduct of video production. Maybe you're adjusting the teleptopter between takes but left the camera rolling. Maybe you had to come in to frame to flatten a hair that kept catching the light. Maybe you need to demonstrate the order of actions to your talent during an unboxing video. Whatever the reason, your focus is on the person you're filming, not you, and SNAP! Another unintentional selfie is born.

A mic adjustment unintentional selfie that almost feels like an action shot.

Me? I like my unflattering, unitentional selfies. They remind me of past projects or glasses or haircuts so I figure they're a thiing to be celebrated... No matter how how bad they are.

Classic "Looking at the copy on the teleprompter" unintentional selfie

I've collected quite a few of these over the years. Sometimes I forget to save them but for your amusement and mine, here's more unintentioal selfies with more images added whenever I remember.