Originally Posted by
bike_tom
Cool pictures. Do you plant a selfie stick in the ground and then do a flyby to take shots like this?
Or maybe a mini-tripod?
haha yes! I saw
ZIPP2001 doing ride-bys in his videos & I was like, what is that nut doing? crazy, like a fox. it's kind of labor intensive, especially on hills. I carry a travel pod w/ a quick release mount same as what I have on my helmet, bars & camera stick. you set it down, run or ride away, then ride back toward the camera. then ride back to the thing, turn it to face your direction of travel, ride away from where you started then ride toward the camera so it can capture you riding away. so you wind up w/ 2 clips 1) ride-by toward & 2) ride-by away. then you can capture frames from each video clip, &/or edit those clips into a longer video. bikerideusinteruptus for sure. but the result ca be fun to see or watch
at about 1:42 I used the travel pod attached to a tree
since my helmet has a camera mount & light, I sometimes take my helmet off, set it down on the ground, start the camera, then ride toward it
or away from it
this is what the pod looks like folded up strapped to a skinny tree
I also use a camera stick, with the same quick release camera mount. I just hold it off to the side, as I ride to get this kind of video clip
nighttime is trickier, so I add a small light to the end of the camera stick
