So many of us enjoy taking photos and video and this includes taking of ourselves too, yes, selfies. The word that has now made it into the Oxford English Dictionary, who would have thought. Selfie, short for self portrait, seems to be the thing to do if you have a smartphone. Not only does it seem necessary for almost all of us to take selfies but to share them.

Now the only thing is selfies do not always come out the way we intended and I think in many cases this is down to trying to push the button on the screen and keep it steady, or not being able to relax as we hang on to the phone so that we don’t drop it.

Here are some tips for taking a better selfie. Have fun.