Will 2015 Be the Year of the Selfie Stick?
It was hard to deny the power of the selfie in 2014.
Will 2015 be the year of the selfie stick?
If you are a selfie-taking person, you are going to love this. Introducing the selfie stick, a stick being sold at tourist attractions around the world that takes your selfies to new levels by keeping your arm out of the shot and widening your backdrop.
All you have to do is place your camera on the stick, hold it up, and snap away. The sticks range from $5 to $50, reports the Associated Press. The cheaper versions will only hold your camera so you’ll need to use a timer to take the shot; the more expensive ones connect to your phone so that you can simply tap a button on the stick to take your photo.
Even if you’re not a selfie-taker, folks are reporting relief over not having to bug passersby to take photos. But naysayers feel the stick is beyond narcisstic, dubbing it a narcissi-stick.
Since the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston is now selling them, we checked in with Four Seasons here in Boston. No selfie sticks there. Have you spotted any selfie sticks around Boston? If so, tell us where.
And check out the places around the globe where selfie sticks have been spotted this year. Would you like a selfie stick?
New York City
A group of family members used a selfie stick to photograph themselves during the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square.
Japan
Huang Hsin, left, and Lu Yz-che, right, from Taiwan took a photo with selfie stick at the gate of Sensoji temple in Asakusa District in Tokyo on Wednesday.
United Arab Emirates
Rasul Alekberov used a selfie stick to take a photo with friend Gudrat Aghayev, both tourists from the Republic of Azerbaijan, in front of the world’s tallest tower in Dubai.
Paris
Tourists used a selfie stick on the Trocadero Square, with the Eiffel Tower in background, in Paris on Tuesday.
Chris Baker and Jennifer Hinson from Nashville, Tennessee, used a selfie stick in front of the Louvre in Paris Tuesday.
Las Vegas
Christine Unruh took a selfie with Kelechi Okorie of Nigeria using a selfie stick and a HiSY bluetooth camera remote during the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada Tuesday.
South Korea
South Korean students Kim Gun-ho, left, posed with his friend Lee So-yeon for a selfie using a selfie stick near Seoul City Hall at Seoul Plaza in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday.
India
An Indian tourist used a selfie stick to take a photograph in front of the historical Red Fort monument in New Delhi, India on Tuesday.
Spain
OK, so this one was technically last year. Tourists took a photo with a selfie stick at the 105th Barcelona Traditional Christmas Swimming Cup at the Old Harbour of Barcelona on December 25 in Barcelona, Spain.
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