To take aerial photos, you need to attach your camera to a balloon, kite, pole, or whatever! Try the "standard" rubber band rig, the venerable soda bottle rig, or the juice jug rig. (above image via @mathew in this post) Activities Not all #photo-rig designs have been adapted into activities, but here are number that have been started: [activities:photo-rig] Questions [questions:photo-rig] (above image via @mathew in this post)...
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| cfastie | "You might need a tee made from thinner stock to use Brooxes camera keepers. Or you can order some longer ones. Brooks' are 1" diam. knurl and 1/4"..." | Read more » | over 12 years ago | |||
| warren | "Yeah i may try both ends of the T -- i was just trying to keep the lenses close together to reduce parallax. Wow! I'd never seen those camera keep..." | Read more » | over 12 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Warren -- Most clever and elegant! Spread the cameras a bit more and you will have room to use Brooxes camera keepers (red thumb screws). Those ar..." | Read more » | over 12 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hey all - I'm working on a dual-camera setup here (i think it may be yours, chris, since you're a backer at that level!): http://publiclaboratory...." | Read more » | over 12 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Mathew, mounting cameras base to base is a good idea (but then the USB ports are on opposites sides). Eventually the payload will include a few AA..." | Read more » | over 12 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I love it, Chris! in regards to the sway-- I see what you're seeing-- it looks like the center of gravity is off. Two matched cameras would defin..." | Read more » | over 12 years ago | |||
| warren | "Just one strip of good packing tape from the bottle neck to the base and folded over. " | Read more » | over 13 years ago | |||
| liz | "How did you attach the wings to the bottle? tape, staples, other? So far I've been winging the method of attachment every time (pun intended). " | Read more » | over 13 years ago | |||
| warren | "After seeing Shannon's rig in Barataria Bay, i've switched to using the bottle cap instead of rubber bands now too. Bottle caps are wonderful, huh? " | Read more » | over 13 years ago |