3 (important) accessories for your perfect selfies

by Oluwapelumi Oyetimein

Almost everyone that has been online in recent times should definitely have come across the word selfie and there have been various examples that have created and shattered existing online records including Ellen DeGeneres’ famous Oscar selfie which has set the trend for other selfies like these.

The general method of taking a selfie is to take the picture by yourself facing the camera lens to you and the most used lens is the front lens. These accessories, however, let you take your selfies in a more convenient way and probably help you in churning out better selfies.

  • Selfie Stick aka Zuckerberg Selfie Stick – This is an accessory that you can attach your camera or your phone to which extends the device deyond the normal reach of your arm. It has been in existence since 2011 but never really gained prominence till 2014 and wnet on to become one of Time Magazine’s best inventions of 2014. It has however been banned from WhiteHart Lane, the homeground of Tottenham Hotspurs Football Club after a complaint by a fan.
Selfie Stick
Image Credit: Get Selfie Stick UK
  • Selfie Flash – This is a innvative very invention that was unveiled by Lenovo, the Chinese electronics giant at the ongoing CES2015. This accessory is meant to light up your face when taking selifes as most front-facing cameras do not have flash. It works by being plugged to the earphone jack of your device. Lenovo has said it works with all Android phones but that remains to be seen. It doesn’t use the regular flash light style but is rather a small device with about 8 LEDs spread round which is better because the normal flash can be blinding sometimes.
Selfie Flash
Image Credit: The Verge
  • Universal Phone Mount – This is probably best for the ladies who love to take rest room selfies but you can also use it on any smooth surface anywhere else. It is more or less like the selfie stick above but works differently. This works by simply attaching the mount to the wall using the suction cups under the mount and you place your phone in it to take the that weird bathroom selfie. I am not the only who thinks those rest room selfies are weird, am I?
Image Credit: Cellfy
Image Credit: Cellfy

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