If I have the courage one thing I will do is say 1, 2... and then turn the camera to me and my buddy and take the picture of ourselves... Usually this gets a little laugh but I don't really know how to open after that. I figure I shouldn't use a regular opener, and it should be camera related... Anyone know of ways I could leverage this situation?

are we talking about random chick walking up out of nowhere ? odds are good she really just wants you to take a pic for her and off she goes. She isn't hitting on you. Personally I just take the pic because I like taking pics.

if you were already talking to the girl, that's different, then you could do the stunt you mentioned and they might laugh, plus now they will see a pic of you the next day going through their pictures, good idea.

depending on the situation i think the idea of taking a pic of yourself first is quite a good way of dealing with this. personally i dont like just taking the pic and letting them go, not because i think the girl is interested when she asks me, just because im not there to do that...

what you can do which is quite funny is move in and take one of them with you too (if they seem to have a good vibe) and if not pretend to be a serious photographer on like a model shoot. "yeah work it, stick your ass out, woah less boobs" etc. stick a neg in there if you want, or a compliment, crouch down to get a dramatic model angle etc. theres alot you can do and it will be funny if you do it right!

what about if you counted to 3, stoped at 2, turned around and pretended to be taking a picture of your junk.

I personally don't like taking pictures at all much less when they ask