Tips on taking your own photos

If I could leave you just two pieces of advice, its GET A TRIPOD and DON'T CARE IF ANYONE IS LOOKING AT YOU. Something I've learned a lot about recently is people are always going to look, talk, and judge. Give them something good to say. Take fire pictures. Do what you want. 

Tripod

Yeah, get a tripod. Even for iPhones, having a tripod means you can get the perfect angle without relying on setting your phone or camera up on whatever objects you find around. If you don't like the angle you get also, you can just adjust it! Perfect!
Currently, I only have a tripod that supports my camera. A really helpful feature on it is the level so I know if the photo is correctly aligned. Also mine tilts, swivels, and lengthens. It's made by 132pro. 

Camera Settings

I set my camera to the "scene" setting by turning the wheel on top. From there, I choose landscape scene so that the entire frame will be in focus when the photo takes. If you chose portrait, you will be able to focus your image and all of them will be out of focus. I set the timer to 10 seconds and get it going and then step into the photo. I wish I had a remote, but we're working with that we have here. 
Sometimes it's helpful to flip the screen out to see what the camera sees while setting up for the photo. Happy photo taking!