Recently, widespread popularity among young people, and not only, have acquired selfies - photo-self-portraits. Many lovers of Selfie managed to similarly "record" not only interesting moments, but even the most ordinary everyday life. But the bad luck - the viewing angle in these photographs was limited by the length of the hands, which had a significant impact on the artistic value of the images, and on their quality. A natural way out of the situation was the appearance of a special telescopic stick for selfie, which allows you to take pictures from a distance of about 1.5 meters, and also smooths down the shortcomings of the photo caused by the trembling of the hand.
What is the wand for selfie called?
Of course, in our time of sonorous names, a wand for a selfie could not remain anonymous. The name of this device sounds like a monopod or a holder for selfie. Monopod has the appearance of a telescopic stick made of plastic or any other light and durable material, with a clip for the phone on one side and a rubberized handle on the other. The button, through which the camera shutter is released, can be either integrated into the handle of the monopod, or be viewed as a separately sold key fob. Connections of the camera to the control panel of the self-stick are carried out through the Bluetooh service for iphone or wi-fi for go-pro cameras . Before using the monopod for the first time, it is necessary to connect the control panel to the phone or camera, specifying its parameters in the settings, after which the connection will be made automatically.
How can I use a phone for phones?
Doing selfie with a special telescopic stick is easy. Secure the smartphone in a special holder, extend the stick to the desired length, activate the camera in the phone and voila - you can start photographing. In addition to all bored static pictures, with the help of a monopod you can make unique selfies in motion - when skating on roller skates, skydiving and other extreme kinds of rest.
You can also use a monopod for taking pictures of hard-to-reach objects located at high altitude. It will also be interesting to take pictures taken from a height in places of large crowds, for example, at concerts or mass festivities.
Self help stick
Those who do not like the monopods available on the market can easily build a self-stick for themselves. This will take a little:
- polypropylene pipe with a diameter of 20 mm;
- drill;
- building hair dryer;
- foam rubber;
- clamp;
- glue gun.
In general, the process of manufacturing a stick for selfie looks like this:
- The upper part of the pipe is heated with a construction hair dryer before softening, and then compressed with a clamp.
- When the tube has cooled and takes a flattened shape, the clamp is removed, and the pipe is heated again with a hairdryer. This time in order to give it the angle of inclination required for shooting. This angle is chosen individually for each person, and depends on its growth.
- When the pipe finally cools down, its edges are smoothed out with a knife, and in the flattened part an opening is made for the fasteners.
- At the other end of the pipe, a handle is formed from several layers of foam rubber, which are fixed with a hot-melt adhesive. At the bottom of the handle is made a hole under the cord, which will be worn on the wrist and securely hold the monopod on it.
- Attach the camera to the stick with a bolt, securely pulling it with a washer and go on a hike for successful shots.
The monopod made in this way comes out easy and falls well in the hand. Its only drawback is that the design is monolithic, which means that certain inconveniences are possible when transporting it.