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Posted by rgould9 on 08/10/07 18:37
On Aug 10, 1:00 pm, "David McCall" <n...@junk.us> wrote:
> <rgou...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > This may seem like an odd question, but it's been on my mind for a
> > long time.
>
> > How would you shoot something at a complete 90 degree angle, in a
> > "bird's eye view", meaning completely overhead?
>
> > I mean something quite simple, like a map, a table setting, a sink
> > where someone is washing their hands.
>
> > I can't figure out a reasonable way to have the camera stabilized
> > completely "overhead" -- just a couple feet above the subject so I
> > have a nice clean frame of the object with no "tilt" to it.
>
> > If you put a tripod near it and tilt it down it doesn't look like what
> > I am going for.
>
> > The only idea I have now is to take a monopod, put the camera on it,
> > and stabilize the monopod on a ladder step by clamping the monopod to
> > the ladder. It might work, but it's quite a cowboy solution.
>
> > Is there some kind of device that would let me get this kind of shot?
>
> > Gould
>
> The way they used to do it for cooking show and the like, was to
> hang a large first surface mirror over the subject and shoot the
> reflection in the mirror. Of course the picture will be flipped, but
> you can flip the scan on some cameras, and most non-linear
> editing programs will do that as well. Much easier done in a studio
> than on location. Cameras are much lighter these days so it is
> practical to put the camera on a jib arm or small crane and
> shoot it from overhead.
>
> David
Interesting. Of course, jibs and cranes are costly items. Is there a
way to do this on a modest budget?
Gould
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