The Appendix has an example of a publicity sheet and other useful information for the radio control helicopter photographer.
There are informative chapters including
1. how to choose your helicopter
2. how to choose your camera
3. full details and drawings for the camera holder and -
4. how to mount it in the model.
Note: This system removes virtually all vibration remaining in even a well-balanced helicopter, yet the camera can be installed or removed in less than five seconds.
The latest developments have made it all easier. This book will start you on your way in a new aspect of the hobby, and who knows, maybe a whole new photographic career?
It's about how to get the most fun out of it, and maybe have a second-income.
is an idea most model helicopter flyers have at some time, and in this book Maurice Tait shows you how it's done.
Essential tips for the aerial photographer on:
- setting up
- how to line up the model and camera to the photographic subject without a video downlink
- how to edit and process the results for the best possible images
- important guidance on the legal and insurance aspects of aerial photography, plus your own copyright in the pictures.
Aerial Photography from RC Helicopters
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For Fun and Profit.
There’s plenty of fun to be had, and if you are business minded you will enjoy the valuable section on who would buy the results and how to sell them.
Some techniques are easily adaptable for promoting yourself in any job or kind of business.
Maurice has been flying radio controlled helicopters over the years since they revolutionised the modelling world in the 70s. Like many others he soon realised the potential these break-through models had for aerial photography.
While others spent small fortunes on specially made machines,Maurice used his modelling ingenuity to develop straightforward systems for off-the-shelf model helicopters and cameras. His commissions have ranged from pin-sharp still photographs for the business world to video for the BBC wildlife unit.
The definitive manual on radio controlled aerial photography