Be your own paparazzi: why the 2000s flash photo is back, and how to shoot it alone
Hard flash, a background gone black, a glint off your sunglasses. The red-carpet photo never needed a red carpet. It just needed someone to fire the flash, and that someone can be your iPhone.
SHOOTS Journal · 7 min read
Never run out of poses
Every photographer has a running script: chin down, turn, walk to me, laugh. Now your propped-up iPhone has one too.
SHOOTS Journal · 5 min read
Shoot it, DUMP it, swipe the rest: my 3-app camera roll routine
Twenty-five photos in, one carousel out, and a camera roll that doesn't make me sigh. The whole routine, from shutter to post.
Gül Eda, xoxo · 5 min read
Why I built SHOOTS
Because nobody should have to choose between being in the photo and taking it.
Gül Eda, xoxo · 6 min read
The 10-minute solo photoshoot: my exact settings
Two rounds, fifty photos, one wall to lean the phone on. The recipe I use when I need new photos, have no time and have nobody around.
Gül Eda, xoxo · 6 min read
12 poses that work on a self-timer
No photographer to say “chin down”. No problem. These are the poses that hold up when the only direction you get is a beep.
SHOOTS Journal · 5 min read
Why a voice saying “Iconic.” makes you take better photos
Solo shoots are quiet. Too quiet. Here’s what changes when your phone starts talking back.
SHOOTS Journal · 5 min read