PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographing auxiliary device reducing a burden on a person to be photographed when photographing the person.SOLUTION: A photographing auxiliary device has: a side part having a linear side and a plurality of branch parts formed with a cutout space while spreading from the side part, and formed in a state that the branch parts are symmetrically branched. The branch part is gradually thickened from the cutout space side to the outside, and has an inclination gradually thickened from the tip side, too.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】被撮影者の撮影時における負担を軽減させる撮影補助具を提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係る撮影補助具は、直線の辺を有する辺部と、前記辺部から広がりつつ切抜空間を設けて対称に枝分かれして形成される複数の枝部と、を有し、前記枝部は、切抜空間側から外側にかけて徐々に厚くなるとともに先端側からも徐々に厚くなる傾斜を有することを特徴とする。【選択図】図1