Technique: Self portraits?

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Does anybody ever manage to take a good one? With digital photography, we now have an infinite number of attempts at our disposal, and the result is always just as tragic.

If anybody has some useful tips, I would certainly like to know about them.

[onlymark]

Isn't that what the self timer on the camera is for?

[Deleted]

The self timer is not meant to take horrible photographs, but that is often what it does.

[thill25]

Well, being as ugly as I am, no amount of technique could help.

FWIW: I'd suggest outdoors or indoors with a good natural light source. Usually, you can count on the magic hour(s) before sunset and right after dawn.