7. Playing with Perspective on the Salt Flats
The Bolivian salt flats of Salar de Uyuni are spectacularly scenic. The snow-like expanse of cracked white crystals as far as the eye can see messes with your sense of proportion and defies perspective, which makes for some fun photo-ops. Play your positioning right and it can look like you’re holding teeny tiny toy-sized friends. All sorts of goofy shots have been taken here, it’s become a “thing”. People actually bring toys and props with them to set up planned shots. The cornier the better. Go on, you might as well join the fun while you’re there.
8. Smooching the Sphinx
Going to the pyramids on your trip to Egypt? You may look a little weird puckering up to the air, but angle it right and you can get a great shot of you lip-locking with the Great Sphinx. Who cares if this is a tired, over-done photo that many a traveler before you has snapped? You can no longer get close to the Sphinx, so this silly shot might be the best one you can take. Lots of tour guides can help you find the right spot to line up the pic (often for a fee). This shot is all the more cheesier once you realize the Sphinx is actually staring at the Pizza Hut across the street.
9. Pinching the Washington Monument
Washington DC is full of stately monuments, but its iconic centerpiece is the commemorative obelisk to George Washington. The 555 feet tall and 55 feet wide marble and granite column proudly stands in front of the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial in the National Mall. What better way to honor the founding father and first president of the nation than with some tacky tourist photos? Force the perspective so it looks like you’re pinching the monument, or poking your finger with its pinprick top. You wouldn’t be the first to find an angle where it looks like a phallus protruding from your pants. Hopefully the ghost of George has a sense of humor.
