Taking photographs of your teeth

[NeilH]

After spending half an hour over the weekend trying to get a good photograph of my teeth and bite, gave up with the blurry, poorly composed shots. Some people post really good photos so what's the secret? Do you have a technique that consistently gives good results or is it trial and error?

[isthistaken]

I haven't figured out how to post photos here yet, but I like to take my photos while I am looking at a large mirror (with the camera facing myself.)

[oldfart]

I gave up on my Phone and went back to the digital camera. About four-five inches from the teeth. I normally use the bathroom and use the mirror to look in the viewfinder of the camera.

[Ciara]

I'm pretty hopeless too. All my shots are blurry or tilted.

[isthistaken]

I just realized my comment above sounds really narcissistic. LOL

[Tobilei]

I gave up on my Phone and went back to the digital camera. About four-five inches from the teeth. I normally use the bathroom and use the mirror to look in the viewfinder of the camera.

I do this too. Compact camera with live view. Face camera towards your teeth and use the mirror to view on the screen what you're about to photograph. Take lots! I delete about half of what I actually take. Try and use natural lighting if you can. It makes a big difference and if you have enough natural light turn your flash off.

[isthistaken]

I gave up on my Phone and went back to the digital camera. About four-five inches from the teeth. I normally use the bathroom and use the mirror to look in the viewfinder of the camera.

I do this too. Compact camera with live view. Face camera towards your teeth and use the mirror to view on the screen what you're about to photograph. Take lots! I delete about half of what I actually take. Try and use natural lighting if you can. It makes a big difference and if you have enough natural light turn your flash off.

That is what I was trying to figure out how to say!

[Tobilei]

I gave up on my Phone and went back to the digital camera. About four-five inches from the teeth. I normally use the bathroom and use the mirror to look in the viewfinder of the camera.

I do this too. Compact camera with live view. Face camera towards your teeth and use the mirror to view on the screen what you're about to photograph. Take lots! I delete about half of what I actually take. Try and use natural lighting if you can. It makes a big difference and if you have enough natural light turn your flash off.

That is what I was trying to figure out how to say!

Lol, what you said was fine I just talk a lot

[isthistaken]

It doesn't help that I'm technologically-challenged.

[katsface]

If your pics are blurry it means you need more light, or you're trying to take the picture too close and the camera can't focus.

Try taking the picture in the middle of the day in front of a bright window. If you needed more light, that should fix the problem.

If that doesn't help with blurriness, it means you're holding the camera too close to your mouth. Pull the camera away from your mouth a bit, then take the picture. If you want to crop the picture to remove the rest of your face, use a free photo editing program like GIMP, iPhoto (if you're on a mac) or PicMonkey.com to crop away the rest of your face.

Hope that helps a little!

(I wrote a book on using the free photo editing program GIMP, and I run a photography website with tips for beginners. If you have any other pic related questions I might be able to help.)

[starfish88]

The bright window really helps - also if your camera has a micro or close-up setting use that as it helps a bit. I tend to take whole face pictures and crop out the rest of my face.

[anxiousgirl]

I generally take them with my computers webcam or mobiles front camera.. much easier that way if you have the option as you can see what your doing easily and without feeling like an idiot when you don't get have to take 50 shots to get one that works

[amyhenna]

Taking pictures of my teeth is one of my top favorite reasons for having braces

[ladyrastafari]

i use Photobooth on my Mac..position myself so that my teeth and no other identifiers are visible then take the pic.. no issues

[NeilH]

Thank you for your advice, didn't think of using a mirror to see the viewfinder so will give that a try.