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Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

pattypeep — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 01:52:48 GMT

My dh and I were trying to take a selfie of us together to put in our grandaughter's card. It's pretty difficult and we thought we should get a selfie stick. We have an LG, not a "real" smart phone, but what it sounded like when I researched them is that you have to have blue tooth or something and "talk" to the stick? What? Neither one of us has much of a technical mind. Any suggestions for us old folks? TIA

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

qvcfreak — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 02:50:21 GMT

@pattypeep, Bluetooth is required but some have the button to take photo or video on stick. Others use remote.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

Shorty2U — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 04:44:33 GMT

I don't have selfie sticks, but my grand kids do and they use them when we are all together to take great group photos of all of us at holidays and birthdays. They have iPhones but I thought they work on all phones?. I just know you hook the phone to the end and hit a button. lol..So I'm of no help I guess.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

pattypeep — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:43:22 GMT

@qvcfreak That's what I was thinking ~ that there was a button of some sort. I think I need to keep looking. Thank you and thank you @Shorty2U.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

Laura14 — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:38:48 GMT

@pattypeep You could do the old fashioned selfie and ask someone to take the pic for you. She'll never know the difference!

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

ahoymate — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:52:28 GMT

Laura14: Yes, that's ok for a one time photo, but most people, me, don't like being asked by strangers to take their photo, hence the selfie stick.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

Laura14 — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:55:34 GMT

@ahoymate wrote:
Laura14: Yes, that's ok for a one time photo, but most people, me, don't like being asked by strangers to take their photo, hence the selfie stick.

@ahoymate I have nothing against a selfie stick. Just a suggestion for another option.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

RainCityWoman — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:59:11 GMT

I don't use a selfie stick because I only have an Ipad and it's too heavy. My phone is just a flip phone that I carry only for emergencies in my car. However, my neighbor girl got a stick for Christmas one year, and she is an expert at taking pics with it. A very useful tool for photographers.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

insomniac2 — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:01:30 GMT

I'm not into selfies.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

pattypeep — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:01:37 GMT

@insomniac2 I agree with you; however, when one's only grandchild lives 3,000 miles away and is a mere 18 months old, you need pictures and Skype so they don't forget what you look like.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

shoekitty — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:18:51 GMT

My granddaughter has one. I didnt even know you had to work them, lol! I thought they just held the phone, thats how much I know!! I dont like pics of myself, i run when cameras are around. But i love the selfies my grands send me!!!!! I love my grandkids, what blessings they are!

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

insomniac2 — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:17:26 GMT

Twopeas, I concede your point about the value of pictures, but there's a certain desperation, I feel, in taking pictures of oneself.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

sidsmom — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:39:12 GMT

@insomniac2 wrote:
Twopeas, I concede your point about the value of pictures, but there's a certain desperation, I feel, in taking pictures of oneself.

If desperation means making someone happy

with a photo, than so be it. People have been taking

pictures of oneself for hundreds of years...it’s not a new thing.

@pattypeep

I know w/ an iPhone, you can use your volume control on your headphones to take pictures. That comes in handy if you want to hold the phone way out with one hand & use the other hand to snap the photo...instead of trying to press the button & hold w/ one hand. Don’t know if android has this feature, but try it....might help.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

NicksmomESQ — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:36:31 GMT

I have never taken a selfie 🤳!!

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

BExplorer — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:39:29 GMT

@NicksmomESQ wrote:
I have never taken a selfie 🤳!!

Nice to meet another non-selfie taker 😀!

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

pattypeep — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 14:14:44 GMT

@insomniac2 Seriously? Desperation? OMG. Many people take selfies for different reasons: Facebook, etc, which I do not participate in. When someone wants to share pictures with family members who are hundreds of miles away, selfies are a treasure. What is the main difference between asking a neighbor to schlep over to our house to snap our picture than with us taking it ourselves? Easy and not imposing on others.

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

insomniac2 — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 14:36:23 GMT

It just feels desperate to me!

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

hckynut — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 08:10:06 GMT

Nope, I've only used hockey sticks.

hckynut

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

Lindsays Grandma — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:48:44 GMT

@hckynut wrote:

Nope, I've only used hockey sticks.

hckynut

Re: Do You Use a Selfie Stick?

juperier — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 12:54:12 GMT

@pattypeep The cameras on all three of the LG tracfones I've had have have the ability to set a delay of three or ten seconds when taking a picture. They also have the option of voice control. I would think you could use these two features to take a selfie as long as you were in a quiet place and perhaps raised your voice just slightly. You should be able to turn on the voice control (once in a while I'll have to turn the feature off then back on), get your shot composed, then say one of the words the camera recognizes. You'll see a countdown on the screen before it takes the picture.

I do use bluetooth to transfer images to my tablet. However, I haven't gotten around to adding bluetooth to my pc (in fact I'm not even sure where the dongle I purchased is), so I just email the image to myself and download it.