Poll: How often do you take photos of yourself?

[v]

Or ask others to take photos of you?

Photos with others in them count for the purposes of this poll.

Do *not* count photos that were not taken by you or that you didn't ask to be taken (like, if a friend wants you to be in a photo with him/her, that doesn't count -- but if you ask the friend to be in a photo with you, it does count).

[kayakjenn]

I really don't do selfies now that I've gained weight but even when I was a normal weight I took maybe one a month. I used to ask H to take pictures of me with the cats (it's silly, but I had a cat years ago that was my favorite cat of all time and there are no pictures of us together, which makes me sad.)

[L]

Usually on a kids birthday or a Holiday...that's it.

[shortstax]

I take a lot of selfies with my son. I've been trying to make a conscious effort to grab a few pics lately since I'm pregnant (and this will probably be the last time.) I think I'll want to look back on some of these pics when I'm old (but not enough to pay for professional maternity pics, lol.)

[Deleted]

This really varies by month. I take a lot more pictures of myself in the summer because I tend to do more fun stuff - concerts, travel, parties, etc. I tend to take pictures at this types of things, so some months I take more because there are more of them. I usually include whoever I'm with in the picture, it's rarely of JUST me.

I rarely take a picture just for the sake of taking a picture. I am not the "we're at happy hour, let's take a picture together!" type, nor do I take selfies unless I'm traveling alone or just want to send a text to my mom/bff to show them my hair/outfit/whatever that we had been talking about.

My vacation to Europe last year was probably the only time in my life that I took a bunch of pictures of just me. And honestly, I probably never would have thought to do that, except the people I was traveling with were doing it and we all took turns I'm glad I did though.

[BeagleMama]

I don't take selfies or photos alone but I'm also sure to take pictures at special events and trips.

[gt7301b]

After a trip to Europe where I had close to zero pictures of me I make an effort to take pictures of people. Judging by the pics on my phone I average at least once a week.

[tacosforlife]

I chose daily or nearly daily, but I would say it veers closer to the "nearly daily" side. I take a LOT of pictures of me cuddling with the cats while I WFH and send them to H at his office to cheer him up when he's having a bad day. LOL.

[hopenotlost]

About once a week, maybe more. I take selfies with my girls a lot because they enjoy it.

[Deleted]

Once every few months before but now several times a week with my child

[raangoli]

At first I had said once every few months. Then I realized that it's probably like once a month since I see things that are so silly/crazy/funny that I want my picture with it. Examples include: a minion pinata, an Elf on the Shelf stuffed plush that looked just like me.

[noodleoo]

I think H and I used to take more photos of us together. Now we rarely do. Mostly it is only on vacation, we don't take many photos in every day real life. It is kidn of a pain now, when I'm trying to find a photo of us for our Xmas cards! I'm planning to ask my sister to take one of us at Thanksgiving that we can hopefully use.

[Velvetshady]

I dislike having pictures taken of me. The closest I've ever come to a "selfie" is when my legs/lap are present in a picture of cats. I *think* I did actually have a picture taken of me last weekend with my god-daughters, but that was even from a distance.

[ESF]

Nov 25, 2014 10:00:12 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

I chose daily or nearly daily, but I would say it veers closer to the "nearly daily" side. I take a LOT of pictures of me cuddling with the cats while I WFH and send them to H at his office to cheer him up when he's having a bad day. LOL.

I do this with the dog.  H gets a dog picture almost every day, and I'm in some.

I also take makeup FOTDs for the CEP makeup thread with some regularity.

I take a ton of selfies.  

[Deleted]

Not a ton, usually only if I'm traveling or out somewhere. Although I did take selfies with the dog last time MH was traveling for work to send to him.

[tacosforlife]

Nov 25, 2014 11:05:23 GMT -5 ESF said:

Nov 25, 2014 10:00:12 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

I chose daily or nearly daily, but I would say it veers closer to the "nearly daily" side. I take a LOT of pictures of me cuddling with the cats while I WFH and send them to H at his office to cheer him up when he's having a bad day. LOL.

I do this with the dog.  H gets a dog picture almost every day, and I'm in some.

I also take makeup FOTDs for the CEP makeup thread with some regularity.

I take a ton of selfies.  

Velociraptor likes to sit on my chest when I'm in the office. I'm actually quite adept at working when I have 12.5 pounds of orange fur draped across me and purring. So I send H pictures. And since he hates his job, I usually just make him really jealous.

I also sometimes capture Fatty and force him to take a selfie with me. He hates it. It's amazing.

[Ashley&Scott]

I take pictures almost daily, but I'm not in all of them. I answered multiple times a week for pictures that I'm in. I only have special occasion pics from my childhood so I try to document more of M's day to day life - some pics are just him, some are me/M or DH/M, some are all 3 of us.

[emilyinchile]

I said once a week. This number is primarily composed of Instagram selfies/action shots and photos I take of me with Lola to send to my H when I think we are in a particularly cute cuddling position. Otherwise I only really take pictures of myself on trips or at big occasions.

[rikki]

I hate photos of myself. Hardly ever, and when I do, they are almost always immediately deleted.

[genet313]

Honestly? As infrequently as possible b/c I hate photos.  I am the least photogenic person on this earth (and I'm not just being a downer, DH agrees with me).   So I try to avoid the camera.  I do take bump photos for the pregnancy b/c I feel like I "should" but I try to hide my face and just focus on the belly.

[explorer2001]

Basically only on vacation, or possibly at a special event.

This is a very in frequent occurrence.

[Deleted]

Daily.
I'm single and always doing something fun, but that requires I take more selfies because no one else is around to take a photo.

[arch01]

Every month. I request that we have a family picture every month on/around the 22nd-the day of the month DS was born on.

Other than that, rarely. I wish there were more pictures of me and DS together.

Pre-DS, never. We're bad about taking pictures of ourselves.

[v]

Nov 25, 2014 13:32:56 GMT -5 @blissoff said:

Daily.
I'm single and always doing something fun, but that requires I take more selfies because no one else is around to take a photo.

I like to think that I also am "always doing something fun," 95% of the time with someone else so it would be easy to have a photo taken of me doing whatever.  But I can't remember the last time I took a picture of me and/or another person who is not a child.  I take pictures of the places I go to and interesting things I encounter, but not of me doing them.

I do take cat pictures nearly daily, but if I'm in them, it is only a small sliver of my lap that I can't crop out of the picture.

I need to get much, much better about taking photos of us on vacation.  I think there are only 2 photos of my husband and me in 2014 and it would probably be better to have a few more to pick from when looking back at this year (the 2 photos we do have are awful).

[hamster]

Without the dog? Very rarely.

With the dog? That's another story.

[Deleted]

Nov 25, 2014 14:37:28 GMT -5 v said:

Nov 25, 2014 13:32:56 GMT -5 @blissoff said:

Daily.
I'm single and always doing something fun, but that requires I take more selfies because no one else is around to take a photo.

I like to think that I also am "always doing something fun," 95% of the time with someone else so it would be easy to have a photo taken of me doing whatever.  But I can't remember the last time I took a picture of me and/or another person who is not a child.  I take pictures of the places I go to and interesting things I encounter, but not of me doing them.

I do take cat pictures nearly daily, but if I'm in them, it is only a small sliver of my lap that I can't crop out of the picture.

I need to get much, much better about taking photos of us on vacation.  I think there are only 2 photos of my husband and me in 2014 and it would probably be better to have a few more to pick from when looking back at this year (the 2 photos we do have are awful).

Well, I take plenty of images of the scenery or whatever around me. But I also try and sneak my face in there also.

I don't post a selfie a day or anything. I can't recall the last selfie I've posted. It's been a few weeks maybe.

[pattieice]

I have never taken a selfie. I hate pictures of myself. Before I had kids I never took pictures. I think I have about 10 pictures from four years of college. In fact I had pictures taken of the kids yesterday and chose not to be in any of them.

[Deleted]

Nov 25, 2014 14:37:28 GMT -5 v said:

Nov 25, 2014 13:32:56 GMT -5 @blissoff said:

Daily.
I'm single and always doing something fun, but that requires I take more selfies because no one else is around to take a photo.

I like to think that I also am "always doing something fun," 95% of the time with someone else so it would be easy to have a photo taken of me doing whatever.  But I can't remember the last time I took a picture of me and/or another person who is not a child.  I take pictures of the places I go to and interesting things I encounter, but not of me doing them.

I do take cat pictures nearly daily, but if I'm in them, it is only a small sliver of my lap that I can't crop out of the picture.

I need to get much, much better about taking photos of us on vacation.  I think there are only 2 photos of my husband and me in 2014 and it would probably be better to have a few more to pick from when looking back at this year (the 2 photos we do have are awful).

I am definitely like this too. I think BF and I were dating for 2 months before I even had a picture of him - my BFF was asking me daily for a pic and I just never got one until Christmas! We have more pictures of us now, but they are all from when we were on vacation or out doing something fun. I have exactly zero pictures of us just hanging out at home or out to dinner or whatever we normally do.

I was just saying the other day how I need to print some new pictures. All the pictures in our house are of my family and friends and were printed and framed before we met. We've been together over a year and he lives there too... we really need an update!

[AAM2012]

Nov 25, 2014 14:37:28 GMT -5 v said:

Nov 25, 2014 13:32:56 GMT -5 @blissoff said:

Daily.
I'm single and always doing something fun, but that requires I take more selfies because no one else is around to take a photo.

I like to think that I also am "always doing something fun," 95% of the time with someone else so it would be easy to have a photo taken of me doing whatever.  But I can't remember the last time I took a picture of me and/or another person who is not a child.  I take pictures of the places I go to and interesting things I encounter, but not of me doing them.

I do take cat pictures nearly daily, but if I'm in them, it is only a small sliver of my lap that I can't crop out of the picture.

I need to get much, much better about taking photos of us on vacation.  I think there are only 2 photos of my husband and me in 2014 and it would probably be better to have a few more to pick from when looking back at this year (the 2 photos we do have are awful).

Yes Bliss I am sure you are always doing something fun and that in itself requires a pic.

But to answer OP's question I very rarely take pics of myself or have anyone take a pic of myself. If I agree to be in a pic then DH is usually with me but that is rare. I appreciate the scenery around me and like to share that beauty with my friends and family on FB/instagram versus a pic of my face which they've seen numerous times in person

[Deleted]

AAM2012 you're my favorite hater.

And, yes, everything needs to be captured. Does everything need to be posted. Definitely not.