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Looking for a cheap way to shoot aerials? I may have found a solution. Get 30 balloons, a fishing pole, some helium, a bit of Styrofoam and a GoPro HD camera. I call it "Skyfishing".

I was amazed at how smooth the shots came out. Let me know what you think. Get out there and try this!

Be careful in windy conditions and I assume no responsibility if your camera ends up getting away...

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  • Bellographix 1 year ago
    This is really cool Tom! So many possibilities for this.
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  • Dustin Farrell plus 1 year ago
    That is definitely clever. I would love to see the look on a producer's face when I busted out a helium tank.
  • Philip Han 1 year ago
    "So, let's run down the checklist.
    Helium? Check.
    Weather Balloons? Check.
    RED EPIC 3D Array? Check.
    Wait... WHAT? ARE YOU INSANE?!"
  • Andrew James Sykes plus 1 year ago
    Haha now that would be awesome!
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  • IN THE FRAME/В КАДРЕ 1 year ago
    Cool!
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  • Moritz Lüdtke 1 year ago
    very cool!
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  • Daniel Paul Jones 1 year ago
    Great, my gopro is on it's way and I'm looking forward to it's first flight
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  • Angeline Gragasin plus 1 year ago
    Balloon time!! I used to use those for parties but I've been doing it wrong! Forgot the camera and the styrafoam!
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  • gus_me 1 year ago
    very clever and very impressive :)
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  • Nolan Dean plus 1 year ago
    That's fantastic. Great job guys.
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  • Aleck Crustybunch 1 year ago
    I got to buy a Gopro ... I had this idea too, I did it with my 7D and I needed 835 helium balloons. Way too expensive !
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  • Tommy Oceanak plus 1 year ago
    Brilliant!
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  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    Super idea Tom, I was first going to do this with one of these square big steady kites and my NokiaN8 but this idea i like more specially the fishing line is so good as you don't see it! BTW Have you seen the father and son getting this done with a weather balloon to the atmosphere and GPS built in?!
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  • yilkee Lam 1 year ago
    Impressive stuff :)
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  • FStoppers plus 1 year ago
    Great video as always Tom. I've done this sort of thing before (not with cameras but with Tinfoil to create UFOs near army bases.....) and I think the issue you are facing is with that many balloons, the latex starts weighing a ton. Go with those HUGE balloons in the toy section with the rubberbands for bouncing against your fist. They hold a lot more Helium per latex weight and I bet it would make this a lot easier. Keep up the good work, we love posting your stuff on Fstoppers!
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  • Konfral 1 year ago
    Dude, you're a genius!
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  • Chad Bonanno plus 1 year ago
    wow! I totally wanna do this!
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  • Baltasar Torcasso 1 year ago
    Thanks again tom, your work inspires!
    I actually fly in paraglider.. maybe I could fly with a go pro beside or something..
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  • Jeremiah Zabal 1 year ago
    Neat idea. If i were gonna try it, i'd spend a little more time on the camera suspension to make sure it's level when floating.
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  • Brad Frederick 1 year ago
    Your my new hero...so to speak!
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  • Mitchell Tomlinson 1 year ago
    Well, I've got a new project.
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  • Bryce Tugwell plus 1 year ago
    That's a great idea! Just a thought, you should figure out a way to attach the fishing line to the camera and rig a little parachute to it's back, so if wind does come up the camera itself acts as a breakaway. You might have to attach the line to a nail, or piece of tape to get it out of the frame, before leading to the camera, and tweak it to break away at slightly less than the weight of the line...
    Just an idea.
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  • bobby gunawan 1 year ago
    Genius
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  • Jose Fangueiro 1 year ago
    Nice and simple! Good work
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  • MikeA plus 1 year ago
    Great, two lines and you might get some horizontal movement as well.
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  • Dakota Diel plus 1 year ago
    nice!
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  • Stick Tribe 1 year ago
    Great stuff. I was thinking of something like this with a Panasonic FT2/TS2 and fewer but bigger balloons, but I'm coming round to the Gopro because it's lighter. I was wondering how you stop the balloon attachment lines cutting into the styrofoam. Did you reinforce the holes with something? Thanks for showing this film.
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  • Harry Rabin 1 year ago
    Hey Tom howz it! Your a maniac! Awesome and brilliant! I'm gonna try what you did with a Contour HD1080 instead of renting a plane and using a gyro on a dslr! I think you should use this technique in a vid to extract more revenge on Philip B. Just watch out for the FAA chiming in!
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  • Charmin Racing 1 year ago
    Nice, one question, what video editing software do you use to get those sharp images from the GoPro?, I have been using Sony Vegas but never been able to get sharp video like yours.
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  • Flashboywonder 1 year ago
    Sweet! I have to copycat this in a park somewhere here in Copenhagen. My Flip Mino should do the trick :-)
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  • Kalvin Camp 1 year ago
    fantastic idea!! How long did it take to reel it back in??

    ps: lol @ the epic suspense music at the end, nice touch! haha
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  • MER D. 1 year ago
    GReat idea! i'll try it out! :)
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  • Hotchkissmade 1 year ago
    Sadly, the FAA frowns upon having balloons any higher then 500 feet from the base of clouds or flying when the visibility is less then 3 miles. I hope all the people planning on doing this take the FAA part 101 subpart rules seriously: this kind of activity does pose a small, but real risk to pilots if a payload is build tougher.
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  • Hoon Media plus 10 months ago
    Awesome work, very creative, you should offer this service for outdoor weddings
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  • Gwendal Milliner 9 months ago
    Very Original Work !!! I enjoy it !!! Don't stop See Ya Guy
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  • john randall 8 months ago
    awesome, but 720p30 has nothing to do with how wide the angle is.
  • Luke McFadden plus 7 months ago
    With a gopro it does!
  • john randall 7 months ago
    well, i had no idea. thanks for replying.
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  • Jake Martin 3 months ago
    Looks cool but i would never film anything like that outside of it's protective case in case it fell. The case might protect it on impact. Without it those things are way fragile.
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  • Chris Oakley 2 days ago
    Very clever, I'll be trying this!
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