Amazing turn of the century photography and ingenuity

Last night I gave a presentation on panoramic photography and the conversations spurred after were quite interesting. One conversation in particular reminded me of the work of a George R. Lawrence whose aerial photography (via kite) and cameras to this day blow my mind. If you're unfamiliar with him check out this link...

http://www.bigshotz.co.nz/george_lawrence.html

thanks for posting this. I always thought my gear was heavy, now I know better...
georg

Thanks for posting this.

Good gravy... That's fascinating, Jim! Thanks for posting the link. Those stacked kites blow my mind.

You sometimes see extremely large cameras come up for sale on eBay. I often thought it would be cool to mount one on the bed of a grain truck (tilt bed.) There are people around who use miniature cameras mounted on small RC helicopters to take photos now. I've heard of guys who use them to inspect high power electric cables using a video camera too.


Kent in SD

That is a very interesting bit of photographic history. Thanks for posting this.

Pete D.