Selfie Sticks
Mar 19, 2015, 2:37 am
#16
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Mar 19, 2015, 2:49 am
#17
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That's true but then there are the annoying people who tell their camera man to space out about 20 feet and then you feel obligated to wait for them to snap before you walk through it. I truly hate that.
Mar 19, 2015, 2:57 am
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Mar 19, 2015, 3:00 am
#19
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Yes! In fact, I usually offer first, if I see someone taking a friend's photo at a good site...but I'll never help someone struggling with a selfie stick, which has the phone so far away they can't check the focus, etc.
Mar 19, 2015, 3:12 am
#20
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I actually find that my selfies are normally much better but of course I can't get my whole body in the shot. Which is why I like the sticks.
Mar 19, 2015, 3:31 am
#21
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A good friend I often travel with wants her picture taken every 2 minutes. I essentially was her personal photographer. But then came the selfie stick and now I have peace and quiet and can enjoy the sights. I have a love/hate relationship with it, though. I think it's obnoxious and a sign of the apocalypse, but it makes my trips with her so much nicer. The stick is here to stay.
Mar 19, 2015, 6:53 am
#22
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Mar 19, 2015, 7:26 am
#23
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A good friend I often travel with wants her picture taken every 2 minutes. I essentially was her personal photographer. But then came the selfie stick and now I have peace and quiet and can enjoy the sights. I have a love/hate relationship with it, though. I think it's obnoxious and a sign of the apocalypse, but it makes my trips with her so much nicer. The stick is here to stay.
Mar 19, 2015, 8:39 am
#24
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Yes. What's wrong with being social? If I wanted a photo of my group I would definitely rather ask a passer by to help out rather than spend the day with a long stick like some self-obsessed teenager.
Mar 19, 2015, 8:40 am
#25
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A good friend I often travel with wants her picture taken every 2 minutes. I essentially was her personal photographer. But then came the selfie stick and now I have peace and quiet and can enjoy the sights. I have a love/hate relationship with it, though. I think it's obnoxious and a sign of the apocalypse, but it makes my trips with her so much nicer. The stick is here to stay.
Mar 19, 2015, 9:05 am
#26
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+1. My rule is that (other than the occasional artistic reflection) I NEVER want to actually appear in any of my images. I don't have control over other people's shots but try to avoid those as well.
Mar 19, 2015, 10:00 am
#27
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Mar 19, 2015, 11:40 am
#28
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More famous locations' prohibition:
Forbidden City in China joins selfie stick ban over fears of damage antiques
Forbidden City in China joins selfie stick ban over fears of damage antiques
Mar 19, 2015, 11:43 am
#29
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So how do you prove that you actually went somewhere? No pic, no proof.
Mar 19, 2015, 11:59 am
#30
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And some of the best are sold to stock image banks or publications, none of which have ever questioned whether I was actually there or actually the one who made the shots. Likewise with copyright filings. I don't need to actually be in any of the images to get them registered as my images.What kind of friends do you have that you have to "prove" such things??