Selfie Stick not for this girl
Listen to this articleI can’t actually believe that I haven’t taken a selfie with a stick yet. I mean, it’s 2015 for goodness sake.
So we took our first stick on vacation with us to give it a whirl. We had the Vivitar 40″ Smartphone Selfie Monopod with Bluetooth Enabled Remote.
And it worked pretty well for us, once we got the hang of it. I didn’t quite get how to take a picture without the stick also being in the picture, but my husband was more adept at making it work.
This stick has:
My phone is also pretty messed up and needs a case around it, so every time I had to take it out of the case and place it in the selfie stick holder I was worried it would fall and smash up even more. It didn’t fall, but you know, I was getting worried!
Claire Bolden McGill is a British expat living in Maryland, which means she still drinks tea, but now has it with a corn muffin instead of a crumpet. Coming from a full- time job as a communications and PR manager in the UK, Claire and her family made the move the States in August 2012 and haven’t looked back since. Claire is a fitness instructor and blogger. She blogs about fitness and what it’s like to be a Brit in the USA, as well as trying to find time to write her novel and short stories, make lists about things she should do like clean the house and bake things, and be an utterly doting wife and mother. @ukhousewifeusa