Good afternoon, Ty Buchanan has mentioned this in a post long ago, but you should implement an Apple Watch, or other watch, as a prop. The Apple Watch has remote connectivity with your iPhone camera, so you can at once use it as a prop and take photos with it. Buy once, cry once. You will undoubtedly be interested in various offers from maybe uBeesize which sells small cheap bluetooth clickers. These cheap clickers will fail if you cover them with your hand or move too far from the camera. And by too far from the camera I mean about 10 feet. You will find yourself doing janky shit with your hand to at once cover the clicker in your photo so it is less obvious and trying not to make it look awkward. I recommend solving this problem with a connected watch. It has longer range, better connectivity, and you can see yourself on the watch screen and more perfectly frame yourself in your photo when you are shooting alone.

For my IG profile picture, which is best? I'm using the last one as my profile picture here and I like it, but maybe not looking at the camera is better?

This read opened my eyes any one else read it Like if you have trying to get to level 4

I’m based in Northern California but open to traveling to high-status spots like Vegas if we can get a solid group together. I’m a professional photographer, so I can help create high-quality content for anyone who wants to build their profile or brand while we network. If there’s interest, I can put together a separate group chat so we can start planning future trips, shoots, and meetups. Drop a message if you’d be down — would love to connect with more guys in the program.

Yep that's how that works! Go Broncos! LOL