Nina's Blog - Saturday 3rd January 2026
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
Jeebus! You must be freezing by now!
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Thewhazzupdude I'm indoors with the heat pump on so I'm not freezing. And my house is well insulated. Actually even on my walk I wasn't especially cold because I was wearing winter tights, a long velvet skirt, scarf, and the coat. It was really just annoying that my hat kept threatening to fly off down the fjord!
Lilymoon · F
Just curious who takes your pictures?
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Lilymoon I do. :-)
What I do is to take videos. I just switch my mobile phone to video and start it recording, then I prop it somewhere and strike a few poses in front of it. That way I don't have to hold the poses and wait for a self timer.
Once I have the video I just use the Photos app to extract a few frames. My mobile is Android but I'm sure Apple has similar features. Sometimes I transfer the video to my laptop and extract the frames there using ffmpeg.
It means that most of my selfies are relatively low resolution, 2 megapixel, 1920x1080 but that's plenty good enough for showing onscreen.
What I do is to take videos. I just switch my mobile phone to video and start it recording, then I prop it somewhere and strike a few poses in front of it. That way I don't have to hold the poses and wait for a self timer.
Once I have the video I just use the Photos app to extract a few frames. My mobile is Android but I'm sure Apple has similar features. Sometimes I transfer the video to my laptop and extract the frames there using ffmpeg.
It means that most of my selfies are relatively low resolution, 2 megapixel, 1920x1080 but that's plenty good enough for showing onscreen.
Lilymoon · F
@ninalanyon wow you do a great job!
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Lilymoon I suspect that it's mostly that it's not as difficult as it looks. The great advantage of taking video is that I can pick one good frame out of a hundreds of useless ones. :-)







