No, I assumed that it was pointing towards her, as had all the tourists I saw.
But I was addressing the principle of sticks protruding in front of people.
A human is not a selfie-stick, Moose. A human, even with a big hat (:-)) has
eyes and avoids hitting objects or people.
I often offer to take photos of people on tour, particularly couples (whether
or not a pretty girl is involved). I always try to do as good a job with
framing and exposure as I can.
Chris
> On 13 Mar 15, at 08:25, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 3/12/2015 11:27 PM, ChrisB wrote:
>> No, Moose, it’s a horrible idea: that you have to be able to photograph
>> yourself in your surroundings. Just take your surroundings . . .
>>
>> I saw several tourists around the Palace of Westminster yesterday walking
>> along with these blasted things in front of them; they had little idea of
>> their surroundings as they were concentrating on the video gizmo on their
>> stick!
>
> Did you actually look at the image I posted? The camera on the stick is
> facing away from her. She is using it as an extension to hold the camera
> closer to her subject while framing with the LCD. That's the point, as hinted
> at by the title.
>
> OTOH, as a person carrying two cameras, I am not infrequently assumed to be
> expert and asked to take pix of tourists with their camera/phones, so they
> may all be in the shot, usually with some famous or interesting background.
> How is that different? As the human equivalent of a selfie stick, should I be
> ashamed of myself?
>
> Last weekend, it was fun when a bunch of Oriental women tourists posed
> themselves all in a row sitting on a log and I helped them get the shot. They
> were having such a lot of fun.
>
> Pointed Away From M
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