Behind the Camera? Get in the Picture!

As "the one behind the camera" I rarely appear in our travel photos. Which really kind of, well, sucks. I wonder if my kids will look at the the pictures of themselves with their dad in all the wonderful places we go and wonder, "where is mom?"

Thanks to my camera's delay feature I can sometimes prop it somewhere and place myself in the photo. But, more often than not, there is no place to set the camera.

Or maybe you're a solo traveler... I know this would have been wonderful when I was exploring Ireland on my own.

Enter xshot, a light weight, telescoping "pole" that attaches to your camera. It extends to over 3 feet but collapses to only 9 inches and weighs just 5 oz.

It also works with video cameras!

Prices: US $29.95, Canada $36.94 (incl. shipping), international $54.95 (incl. shipping)