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How to shoot camera down aerial style?
My clients want me to create an image like this:  How would I go about this? Maybe shoot from a balcony above? Thank you! Oct 07 12 07:58 pm Link _______________________ |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| ladder..make sure someone holds it at the bottom Oct 07 12 08:03 pm Link If you did so from a balcony or parking garage or etc from above I could see something like a tilt and/or shift lens being very handy with that  (depending on the angle of which you do it and how high). Karl Johnston wrote: ... or this. Oct 07 12 08:03 pm Link Ladder sounds like a good option. I do have a swivel monitor I could use. Thanks! Oct 07 12 08:09 pm Link A trampoline may also be fun, you could get the above and below shots ..so in 20 years they'll look over their pictures and be like "oh remember this, here's us in the air, honey, and look..here's us laying on the street" Get a shot of them jumping on one or two of those mini trampolines, holding hands. Bring along some big ass strobes and overpower the sun. Maybe a star filter too to make the sun look more dramatic, sparkly. Or you could just shoot from the trampoline, while in the air! I would recommend using a lens with image stabilization if that were the case. Or Helicopter with one of these lenses positioned out of it, but you'd need a better back than I have..maybe a wimberly mounted tripod could help as well. Get the pilot to blow the doors. Half the fun of shooting from a chopper is because you can really slow down and get that clear view of the ground  Oct 07 12 08:11 pm Link At least the 4th or 5th floor parking lot or window Models should be as close to the building as possible so you are not shooting at too much of an angle use a long lens don't fall KM Oct 07 12 08:11 pm Link Oct 07 12 08:21 pm Link Scafolding with a cat walk.. you can rent em from construction tool rental shops. Oct 07 12 08:34 pm Link Shooting from below on a trampoline sounds great! Thanks for all the great ideas everyone! Keep'em coming! Oct 07 12 08:37 pm Link The F-Stop wrote: If the OP has a bigger budget, a cherrypicker. Oct 07 12 09:20 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote:
Oct 07 12 10:18 pm Link One of these or a tall lighting stand might be the simplest if a structure, ladder or 'cherry picker' are not available. http://www.lastolite.com/extending-handles.php Oct 07 12 10:29 pm Link Michelle Bo wrote: The minimum distance to achieve the example you have shown would be about 30 to 40 feet and using a 70-200mm zoom on a full frame camera. So the recommended height would be about 3 to 4 floors above the pavement. Oct 08 12 02:41 am Link How big is your budget? Would it stretch to renting time on a surveillance satellite? Oct 08 12 02:51 am Link A crane will do it. Even a small one....jib arm maybe with a wide angle on your camera. Oct 08 12 03:00 am Link R Michael Walker wrote: In other news, photographer fell to his death... Oct 08 12 03:07 am Link Oct 08 12 03:09 am Link Kent Art Photography wrote: +1 Oct 08 12 03:13 am Link Michelle Bo wrote: Find a not busy overpass.. I use the second story balcony of my studio some times.. But then I have 14 ft high ceiling.. So inside studio shots work very well. Many times I have to shoot carped designs totally square and the rafters and or a ladder work there.. Oct 08 12 03:38 am Link Kent Art Photography wrote: Really?! Oct 08 12 03:39 am Link I have to say that I'd be wary of this. It strikes me that finding a suitable location for shooting from a building or bridge is going to take some doing. Hiring something like a cherrypicker or other specialist equipment is going to cost, too, and you can bet the weather won't co-operate. Add in the buggeration factor, because you're doing something you haven't done before, and the fee starts to look a bit  . My earlier reply was a bit flippant, but are your clients prepared to pay a lot of money for their pics? If I was doing it for myself then I'd probably give it a go, though. Oct 08 12 03:48 am Link Shooting over a overpass or sky bridge a few floors high sounds like the best idea and what I will be trying to do. Good tip about getting assistants or walkies to avoid shouting. Oct 08 12 09:08 pm Link Shot from above with Nikon D600 at 3200 ISO... lens was 24-120 F4 Nanocoat... makes boobs bigger... buns and legs smaller...   Oct 08 12 09:18 pm Link Select Models wrote: Which is the opposite of the sample image, other than being shot from above the subject. Oct 09 12 05:14 pm Link OP ... This duo do a lot of those stuff ... and they are good ... Check their work or PM them & ask them to share their wisdom & magic ... https://www.modelmayhem.com/548039 Oct 09 12 05:31 pm Link Select Models wrote: Seems you completely missed what the OP was asking for, and just showing off. Oct 09 12 05:44 pm Link Karl Blessing wrote: True..balcony or parking lot. You need open soft light.. if you want a similar light. clean concrete is nice and saves on retouching. You'll likely need permission if shooting on private property. As for shift/tilt, you can probably get that done in PS BUT consider shooting this from a very high angle with a longer lens. That will help in any sort of distortion. Oct 09 12 06:01 pm Link Select llamas wrote: LOL was this post for a different forum? Oct 09 12 06:02 pm Link There are a lot of bridges downtown that might work. Burnside, Hawthorn, Broadway might work and you can vary your height/perspective somewhat by moving up and down the staircase. Oct 09 12 06:19 pm Link KevinMcGowanPhotography wrote: You can't really do the actual "useful" stuff in photoshop. Shifting in order to shift the lens's composure as if you're sticking out further from the balcony, and tilt to cover more of an angle in focus (which is pointless in photoshop if you were unable to get the acceptable DoF), since it really helps if you wana open up to 2.8 but keep a specific plane in focus if you're not perfectly parrallel with the ground. Oct 09 12 06:20 pm Link Karl Blessing wrote: It's the only reason he ever posts. Oct 09 12 06:21 pm Link at my shop we have a boom truck where the basket extends 60 feet out, but I'm too chicken shit to go up in.it, lol.. Oct 09 12 06:22 pm Link T Brown wrote: Imagine the vertigo off a parking garage... (but least you can fall back on the pavement... as opposed to the pavement that's 60 feet below). Oct 09 12 06:26 pm Link Karl Blessing wrote: your right Oct 09 12 06:29 pm Link So, this is going to be the next cliche? I kid, I kid... A ladder and relatively wide lens seems the easiest and most cost effective route. If you need more height, climbing up on a roof and shooting over the edge of the peak could work, too (although, there may be considerably more risk involved.) In fact, that's kinda what this shot looks like to me. Oct 09 12 06:35 pm Link  I call this balloon girl. I shot the balloon model on a ladder with a helper holding her hand, then shot the set without the models. layer and mask out ladder in photoshop and there ya go. Oct 09 12 06:56 pm Link Karl Blessing wrote: lol'd Oct 09 12 06:59 pm Link Rope n pully off a ceiling? The overpass idea, maybe one in a park over a walking path? From a limb of big tree? Oct 09 12 07:18 pm Link I can tell you from experience - one of the things you really have to look out for with these types of shots is that they need to be shot with the camera lens pointing STRAIGHT down (ie: perpendicular to the ground, or absolutely as close to being perpendicular as possible). If shot at almost any kind of an angle at all, the angle will be pretty apparent...and the shot just won't look right! Oct 09 12 07:25 pm Link Though if you're gona shoot from high up, why not play with it a bit, ie:  Oct 09 12 07:28 pm Link |
probably not the easiest to compose, focus etc.
