vanity question . . . how to get good pix for avatar

hi all,

here's a non-food question!  i notice that most of you have great pictures for your avatars and i'm frustrated.  mine always seem to be blurry and weird.  what's the secret to a good clear picture of your face?!?!?!?

thank you for your help with this VERY important question!  

I get some of my best photos from my phone- holding my arm out and snapping away. For every 10 I get one good one I love. My current pic I took in my car waiting for a friend- passed some time and took a bunch of pics. I also set my camera up in my living room on automatic and let it shoot away as I pose- make some modeling poses ha ha. Again for every 20 I get maybe one or two I like.

I must admit I LOVE taking pics of myself now. I avoided cameras for so long now I can't stop sometimes :)

 I would have to agree that the phone is the way to go. I tried to add I pic I took on my 12 megapixel camera and no matter HOW small I made it...it was still too big for the 20000 byte max (that is sooo small) so I am using an old pic that I took from my old flip phone.

:)

I want to know too! Mine is blurry and my head looks kind of squished lol

Looks like the pic needs to be 100 pixels by 100 pixels at 72 dpi. If you need help to do that, message me privately to send your pic to me and I can make it the correct size. I am a graphic designer so I know how to do it properly.

 thanks so much!!!  will send a message right now!  i am the very opposite of a graphic designer!