I was working on a bunch of time-lapse videos and needed a view of my desk in order to capture what I was working on. I had done some research and seen some pretty awesome examples of ways to capture making in action.
This is one that I really liked, I plan on building on of these eventually.
I found this "Craft cam" on the Creative Synthesis Blog which is an awesome place for anything new, nerdy, and internety. "At distancelab last week I saw Elena Corchero’s Handmade" -leo
This idea is pretty sweet, I really like the hand free approach to being able to document yourself as you work, but for time-lapse I'll need something a little more steady.
This is another solution that I found that provides a nice hands free way to record your work. A head mounted camera is great for recording Instructables or other how-to's. Make Magazine featured this article on building this camera and mount.
Once again this was a great idea and a wonderful projects, but it didn't meet my requirements in terms of a steady mount for my time-lapse.
I had a few pieces of mirrored acrylic from TAP Plastics in SF and my trusty heat gun. I set out to bend a couple different angles and play with the design.
This is the design I ended up with, I'm using a iMac so I need a way to mount it to the top of the computer and have the other face at a downward to capture the desk below.
I use Quake Hold! for pretty much everything, so I used a little to mount it to the top of the computer.
Here's is nice little vanity test shot with the mirror in place and the image up on the screen.
...and finally, a time-lapse video to show off the finished product.
DIY Time Lapse Mirror for iSight iMacs from Robert Edwards on Vimeo.
This is one that I really liked, I plan on building on of these eventually.
I found this "Craft cam" on the Creative Synthesis Blog which is an awesome place for anything new, nerdy, and internety. "At distancelab last week I saw Elena Corchero’s Handmade" -leo
This idea is pretty sweet, I really like the hand free approach to being able to document yourself as you work, but for time-lapse I'll need something a little more steady.
This is another solution that I found that provides a nice hands free way to record your work. A head mounted camera is great for recording Instructables or other how-to's. Make Magazine featured this article on building this camera and mount.
Once again this was a great idea and a wonderful projects, but it didn't meet my requirements in terms of a steady mount for my time-lapse.
I had a few pieces of mirrored acrylic from TAP Plastics in SF and my trusty heat gun. I set out to bend a couple different angles and play with the design.
This is the design I ended up with, I'm using a iMac so I need a way to mount it to the top of the computer and have the other face at a downward to capture the desk below.
I use Quake Hold! for pretty much everything, so I used a little to mount it to the top of the computer.
Here's is nice little vanity test shot with the mirror in place and the image up on the screen.
...and finally, a time-lapse video to show off the finished product.
DIY Time Lapse Mirror for iSight iMacs from Robert Edwards on Vimeo.
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