It took 3 minutes to take the first selfie, know the special things related to selfie

There is no need to tell how prevalent the selfie craze is in today’s times. Today, smartphone cameras are mostly being used for selfies. The popularity of selfie can also be gauged from the fact that today smartphones are available with the name ‘selfie phone’, ‘camera phone’. Understanding the needs of selfie centric phones, the market is also doing new experiments. Selfie is no longer just a feature. Inspired by this, names like ‘Gruffi’ and ‘Bothy’ were created. While companies are providing beautification mode with selfies, brands have launched phones with ‘bothie’ feature in the market.

But often this question might have come in your mind that what is this selfie, how would its story have started, who would have taken the first selfie, how has been the ‘selfie journey’ from the beginning till now? Actually, answers to all these questions are available. Today we will tell you step by step where the story of selfie started…

first selfie

It was the month of October or November in the year 1839. Robert Cornelius, 30, set up the camera in the back of his father’s shop in Philadelphia. Took the lens cap out, gave it 5 minutes in front of the frame and put the lens cap back on. The picture that came out after that was called the first self-portrait (and in today’s language ‘selfie’). Later Robert became recognized as a famous photographer. His father had a lamp business, which he ran for 20 years. This business later established itself as America’s largest lamp business. Some experts also believe that it took 3 minutes for Robert to take his first ‘selfie’. After the picture came, he wrote, “The first light picture ever taken”

Selfie got recognition in the year 2013

In the year 2013, the word selfie was included in the prestigious Oxford Dictionary. Selfie was defined like this. “A photograph taken by someone of their own, or taken with a smartphone or webcam, and posted on a social media website.” It is also a fact that ‘Selfie’ was included in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013. Also given the title of Word of the Year.

This space scientist also took a selfie in 1966

American space scientist buzz aldrin Took a selfie from space during the Gemini 12 mission in 1966. Some people believe that in fact, this was the ‘first selfie’. Buzz Aldrin has tweeted about his achievement that he had taken the first selfie from space. Apart from them, the earth is visible in the background in this selfie. While talking to a media channel, he had said, at that time I had no idea that I was taking a selfie. During his 1966 training mission, Aldrin was investigating extravehicular activity. He started his career as an astronaut in the year 1963.

Selfie based smartphone knock and research on selfie

Brands like Oppo and Vivo understood the growing selfie craze in India and launched smartphones specifically named as ‘camera phones’. ‘Bothie’ feature was given in Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8. Which had the facility that users could enjoy better photography experience by using both front and dual cameras. Today, along with selfie, companies are providing facilities like beautification mode, Bokeh effect in smartphones. Many researches are also going on on the selfie craze in the country and the world. A research published last year revealed that 127 deaths occurred in the world within 18 months due to selfies.

The surprising thing was that 60 percent of these deaths were from India. A research said that selfie addiction is taking away their life from people. Some doctors had said that the addiction of continuously taking photos of oneself can cause ‘selfie elbow’. In this disease, one starts complaining of elbow pain. According to American medicine expert Jordan Metzl, when we raise our hands to take a selfie, the elbow remains bent. People continue to click 20-30 times in this situation. In such a situation, there is more pressure on the muscles.

Apart from this, a study by Ohio State University has revealed that men who take and post excessive selfies have an increased level of ‘self-aggrandizement’ and increased risk of mental illness. The report cited the example of 19-year-old Danny Bowman, who skipped school and didn’t leave his house for six months because he couldn’t take the best selfie. He wasted 10 hours every day taking 200 selfies. Whenever his parents stopped him, he got angry at them.

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These are the things of research and facts, now we would like to tell you that there are many selfie based smartphones available in the market but you should choose them on the basis of our reviews. It is not necessary that every smartphone released with the name ‘selfie phone’ is coming with better camera quality. Generally, while taking selfies, we pay more attention to beautification and focus modes than camera quality.