Have you ever wanted to shoot aerial photos or video but thought that the cost would be too high? Well Tom Guilmette just did something that Patrick and I were considering doing in one of our upcoming Fstoppers originals. I'm glad he did it first though because now I realize our plan wouldn't work. For some reason I thought a single helium balloon would be enough to lift a GoPro... I would have been about 29 balloons short.
Part of me thinks that Walmart helium is only about 10% helium and 90% air though.
"Skyfishing" with a GoPro HERO and 30 Helium Balloons from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.
That is so cool :D. Really fun to watch. It was pretty suspenseful when they were reeling it in!
That's an awesome and totally cheap idea. I think I would maybe have the protective case on depending on the weight I guess on the camera.
Very cool. Their website claims 98-99% pure helium...did seem like a lot of balloons to lift a tiny little GoPro though...
Lee has little faith...you need to buy those HUGE balloons in the toy section that you tie to a rubberband and bounce on your fist. You get 3 of those filled with HARRIS TEETER helium and you are in business :) Still might have to revisit this idea now that I know it's possible
For lift a 6years old kid with about 26 kilos you need something like 5000 balloons and will only get bouncing lunar effect...
sorry my English im very rusty on writing.