S NAGA MALLESWARA REDDY

Like majority of Facebook users, most of the users of WhatsApp also love to change their profile pictures and status messages in order to keep their friends and contacts updated about what the latest in their lives.

If you are using WhatsApp and are not aware how to change your profile picture and status message on the chat app here is quick guide to help you. Please remember in this piece we are taking into account only Android devices.

How to change profile picture:

Step 1:

Click on the WhatsApp icon and press "Menu" button

Step 2:

Select "Setting" option

Step 3:

In the Settings menu, select "Profile"

Step 4:

Tap on the profile picture. A pop up window will come up with three options to choose profile picture -gallery, camera and remove picture. Choose gallery if you want to upload a picture that is saved on your phone, choose camera if you want to capture a fresh picture (via front camera if your phone has one or through rear camera) and finally you can remove picture if you don't want to have any picture on profile. I guess you don't want that.

Step 5:

After, clicking or uploading the picture you can crop the picture, otherwise WhatsApp will automatically crop it. We would recommend you to do the cropping yourself. After that you just need to press OK and your profile picture will be updated. Do remember you will be needing active data connection to update your profile picture so do switch on your data connectivity or WiFi.

How to change status message:

Step 1:

Click on the WhatsApp icon and press "Menu" button

Step 2:

Select "Status" option

Step 3:

You can choose from a list of 11 default status messages or create a personalised one using the write box which is displayed on the top under "Your Current Status"

Gone are the days when you had to depend on someone else for taking your photographs. Mobile phones with front camera have now allows people to do that on their own. One just needs to switch on the front camera of his mobile and say cheese!

Self-portraits may be taken for a variety of reasons - capturing a moment which may not come back again, clicking yourself in different moods and may be you are tired of clicking picture of others and missing not being a part of the group picture.

How to do it?

Step one:

Switch the camera app on your phone

Step two:

Tap options icon > use front camera.

Step three:

Say cheese and press the cameras button (if your phone has one) or just tap on the screen.

How to get good results:

Try to keep camera at least on arm's length and remember to practice, practice and practice! Taking a good photo can be accident only once but not twice.

Don't shy away from being creative in terms of posing, facial expression, choosing

background and angles, and exploring different lighting conditions.

Most of you (not the slim and trims ones) will agree with me that whenever you take full frontal face pictures they rarely come out well, so when taking a self-portrait or what is popular nowadays known as selfie, present three-quarters of your face to the camera. The reason most of the professional cameraman will say this is that it will bring out different angle in your face and softens the overall look.

Keep your chin down pull your head forward a bit to hide double chin and reduce red eye effect.

If you are clicking in an outdoor location, always make sure you're facing the sun to avoid shadows. Also keep in mind that sun is not glaring directly into your eyes otherwise you will have snaps with your eyes shut.