How to take the perfect adventure self portrait

I didn’t grow up with a camera glued to my hand and some innate need to understand the mechanics of every electronic that crossed my field of vision - often I wish I did. I first picked up a camera in high school, I took photos with my friends doing silly things on an old point and shoot that sat in automatic mode until the day that it found its final resting place in a box in my parents’ basement. When I started to hike and travel I relied on the help from friends and my trusty cellphone to capture photos. I eventually purchased my first “big girl” camera in early 2017