These low-profile tools make it easy to capture natural travel photos in crowded destinations, keeping your shots steady and your sightseeing experience smooth.

Every selfie stick is not the same. They may look similar, but the category is remarkably diverse. Some have Bluetooth-connected shutters, some have remote control shutters; some are bendy and durable ...

It’s a sunny Friday afternoon on the Brooklyn Bridge, yet Tarsila Ferreira is proudly holding what appears to be the shaft of an umbrella. Attached at the top: her smartphone. It’s a selfie stick, ...

The “selfie stick”—a small, articulated monopod designed for cell phone-wielding photographers—is, by all accounts, more popular than ever. “[Just last month], I’ve seen several around midtown ...

Earlier this month I went on a trip to South America. It fundamentally changed my understanding of the universe. No, I didn't take Ayahuasca and go on a vision quest in the Peruvian deserts. I did ...

With everyone from President Barack Obama to busloads of tourists wielding selfie sticks, people across the country — and globe — are either enamored of, or fed up with, what one some are calling ...

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The concept of the selfie stick seems to be as old as humanity itself — or at least as old as a zany sci-fi movie from 1970. The origins of the selfie stick are murky. Hiroshi Ueda, an engineer for ...