Welcome to Betamouse Episode #4! Today learn some tips from the Betamouse crew regarding photos and camera gear in the Disney Parks. Have show ideas of your own? Email show@betamouse.net!
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- Henry introduces the panel.
- Thank you to the Betamouse sponsor, Touring Plans!
- Henry asks the panel what camera gear they bring into the Disney Parks.
- Scott brings a Sony HD Handycam, his iPhone and an Olympus DSLR.
- Jeff brings a Pentax DSLR and two lenses into the parks! He also brings his iPhone and a Sony point and shoot camera as well.
- Jeff tells the panel that sometimes picture taking at the parks is a job in itself!
- Katie simply brings her iPhone and a Panasonic TZ-5 point and shoot camera.
- Nate brings his Canon Powershot, a FlipCam, a Canon Vixia HandyCam and an Olympus point and shoot camera.
- Henry brings his iPhone into the parks and then proceeds to borrow point and shoot cameras from other vacation goers.
- Scott brings his camera and camera gear every day into the parks and shoots hundreds of shots a day in order to capture the perfect moments.
- Scott uses a Star Wars backpack to carry his camera gear after years of never finding a comfortable camera case.
- Nate states that his dilemma is actually carrying all the gear into the parks as it becomes so cumbersome.
- Jeff carries his camera and lens in an easy access case around his waist. If with the family, Jeff takes the camera to Epcot and Animal Kingdom the most as he likes the scenery there the best. If he is solo he will take the camera everywhere.
- Jeff states that the point and shoot camera is best to capture quick intimate moments of his children and the DLSR works well for a set up shot.
- Katie uses the point and shoot as her “fancy” camera and actually uses the iPhone more often.
- Like Nate, Katie wants to know how she will carry a DSLR into the parks without it being cumbersome.
- Nate shocks everyone with a twelve year photo project he has been working on which the panel quickly dubs “Shirley”.
- Henry asks the panel if they take pictures on the attractions.
- Scott does and asks for no flash photos on the attractions.
- Jeff does take some photos on the attractions but again, no flash!
- Katie prefers only to take photos that give a vantage point off the attractions.
- Nate prefers not to take photos on the attractions at all.
- Henry describes how he likes to take photos of himself on attractions while completing ultimate touring plans at the parks.
- Henry asks the panel what attractions and photo spots that they like taking photos of the most.
- Scott likes the outdoor attractions like TeaCups and Dumbo.
- Jeff likes shots on Dumbo and Aladdin’s Magic Carpets.
- Katie likes shooting in the Animal Kingdom, preferably at night.
- Nate tells the panel about a cool project of taking pictures of buildings at Hollywood Studios and then actually visiting the buildings in LA.
- Henry likes taking pictures of group meets in the parks.
- Henry imagines a day when a flying orb would take pictures of him and his family during his entire Disney vacation.
- Henry asks the panel about their preferred method of sharing photos while in the Disney Parks.
- Scott will share photos from his iPhone instantly through TwitPic.
- Jeff will only share from his iPhone as well from the Parks.
- Katie shares often through all the media outlets using Posterous. She also loads the days pictures she has taken every night back at the hotel room onto her laptop and uploads them to Flickr.
- Katie talks about her Owners Locker and how she is going to keep a wireless router in it.
- Nate does not share his photos.
- Henry uses Twitter photo clients to share his photos from the parks.
- Henry does not prefer to stream all of his pictures to different clients at once.
- Henry asks the panel for their quick tips regarding photography at the Disney Parks.
- Scott gives some advice about taking photos at night.
- Jeff says to have the PhotoPass photographer take pictures with your camera!
- Jeff and Scott do not use tripods in the parks but say that balancing the camera on a trashcan works fine.
- Katie’s favorite spot to take pictures of the castle is on the bridge leading to Frontierland.
- Nate talks about his traditional spots to take family photos and gives the advice to consider the time of day when taking photos in the Disney Parks.
- Henry talks about setting up a blog or social media site to share pictures with friends and family while on vacation.
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- Note: Katie and Henry will be attending the WDW Today TentFest and want to know if you’ll be there too! Email show@betamouse.net and we would love to meet you and thank you for listening!
Great podcast! We really enjoyed it. It made me think of the Photojojo website, which has a lot of cool photo gear that you may never have heard of. One is the “You-Vision Video Glasses” — they are eyeglasses with a video camera embedded in the bridge of the nose. I think the end product might be creepy to watch, but who knows. http://photojojo.com/store/
One of their products I’ve been tempted with is the “Eye-Fi” SD card. It will detect an available WiFi network and upload the photos you’ve taken directly from the camera/card. It’s somewhat similar to the professional photog services you mentioned in the podcast. http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/eye-fi-wifi-memory
Have you guys seen Photosynth – something geeky and cool you could do with those bazillians of “architectural” shots some of you take. http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=33c127ea-9b65-4e41-9f0c-0eb5dfb82a82 is one I’m quite proud of (though I should have taken more pics – which is a good excuse to have another visit!) and there are loads of better ones up there as well.
Do you have a “top posters” page to reward your best blog comments?