{"id":460,"date":"2010-12-16T18:23:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T17:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=460"},"modified":"2025-05-17T17:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T16:46:57","slug":"unmanned-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"Unmanned Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Seems like the big thing these days is home videography is to put cameras on inanimate &#8211; or animate objects where they don&#8217;t usually go.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve come across a number of interesting examples recently.&nbsp; The first I&#8217;ll share uses one of those new &#8220;Go Pro HD&#8221; cameras you see advertised everywhere these days (I want one) mounted on a surfboard.&nbsp; Filming a sport I didn&#8217;t even know existed &#8211; surfing in a canal, using a rope to fix the board in place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Winter Surf am Almkanal 2010 (Go Pro HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7SJxkd4xLeE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there was this one, using the same camera, but also with the aid of an iPhone (to aid retrieval) and a balloon, a DIY film-from-space:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Homemade Spacecraft\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/15091562?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/15091562\">Homemade Spacecraft<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user3539560\">Luke Geissbuhler<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now there&#8217;s Cooper the photographer cat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cooper&#039;s Book Release\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0CQwh_v1hDg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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