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How a frying pan can help you take photos and videos from super low angles

Aug 6, 2016 by Udi Tirosh 57 Comments

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Grabbing low angle footage and photos is somewhat of a challenge. Even the lowest of tripods have some height to them. Then again, you probably don’t want to put your camera on the sand. Here is one of the cooler ideas ever shared courtesy of Roger Payne at fujifilm-blog. Oh, and it uses a frying pan. Really.

Actually once you see this, you will never realize how you lived your life without a frying pan tripod before.

You would need an old frying pan (please remove grease prior to use), a ballhead, a nut and a bolt.

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Once you have all the pieces, drill a hole at the center of the pan. Now, if you got a nice pan, this can take quite a while, so don’t give up.

Now, that you have a hole in the pan, pass the bolt through the hole and screw it into the base of the head.

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There you have it. Now, this will probably not work on any surface, as there is a bolt head on the bottom of the pan, but it would be perfect for a shot at the beach or at the park.
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One last word or advice. This hack will probably work with any camera, but it will work best with cameras that have an LCD screen that can flip upwards. Look at the Fuji X-T10 on the top photo. This way you don’t need to lay down to look at the screen.

[via fujifilm-blog]

P.S. got a smaller camera? Use a pepsi bottle!

P.P.S. Got a spare pan? Make a beauty dish!

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.net

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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