"Inside Your Smartphone vs. Behind Your Smartphone: A Guide to the Trending New Photo-in-Photo Technique in China"

There are various ways to capture a photo-in-photo.

A composition of the photo-in-photo where one focuses on their own reflection on a smartphone screen, taking a photo with the phone itself.

It seems that this style is gaining popularity in a slightly different way than traditional methods.

New Photo-in-Photo Ideas ♩

This is the new way of capturing photos.

① One person holds the smartphone with the front camera facing them, positioning it in front of their face.

② The other person reflects their figure in the front camera of the smartphone while capturing the friend with the external camera.

This is the method!＊

Until now, the traditional photo-in-photo usually featured both people together within the smartphone screen...

The new photo-in-photo, on the other hand, has one person in the smartphone while the other is holding the phone, which is a significant difference.

Therefore, it’s interesting that the person seen on the smartphone and the person behind it are different people!♡

Cooperation between the two is important.

By the way, this method originated in China and is called "女朋友支架" (Nǚ péngyǒu zhī jià).

Upon researching its meaning,

"女朋友" = female friend

"支架" = bracket (in architectural terms, it refers to L-shaped shelf brackets or reinforcement brackets; it can also mean a smartphone stand or holder).

That’s what it means!

In other words, it hints at taking a photo with the help of a girl friend holding the smartphone.

Hence, the name "女朋友支架."

I speculated that this might be why it received such a name.

I want to try this for wedding photos too!＊

This new composition of photo-in-photo is trending among young people.＊

For example, during a pre-wedding shoot,

- The groom could be the one holding the smartphone while the bride takes the pictures, or,

During the wedding,

- It could be fun for guests to take photos of each other with the backdrop of the main wedding table.

Of course, it's also recommended to try this with your partner at home or when going out!♡ Feel free to experiment whenever you feel like it.

➡Check out posts of people capturing "女朋友支架" on Instagram!