Getting Photos While Riding

[Possegal]

Mine is in my bento box too. And easy to access. I take photos while riding, and have even done video. I'm still working on my technique and a lot of video begins and/or ends with pictures of the road and my voice saying - better hold on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5lj3kd0Y8 It looks way better on the computer, I've yet to really understand how to get the best quality on youtube.
I used the video I shot along with lots of pics by me and mostly my brother in law (he's the one you can see riding with no hands and snapping pics) and put them all together with music and made a 12 minute video of our ride. I love my new Mac.

[Jo-n-NY]

Mine is in my bento box too. And easy to access. I take photos while riding, and have even done video. I'm still working on my technique and a lot of video begins and/or ends with pictures of the road and my voice saying - better hold on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5lj3kd0Y8 It looks way better on the computer, I've yet to really understand how to get the best quality on youtube.
I used the video I shot along with lots of pics by me and mostly my brother in law (he's the one you can see riding with no hands and snapping pics) and put them all together with music and made a 12 minute video of our ride. I love my new Mac.

What a GREAT PATH!!!!

and great pics from the others!!



~ JoAnn

[arielmoon]

I have an Olympus that fits nicely in my jersey pocket but I think I am going to try a bento box for the next long ride. I took these while riding:

[ny biker]

On the rare occasions when I have brought my camera on rides, I kept it in my handlebar bag along with my cell phone, ID, keys, and other stuff. But I like the bento box idea. I'm planning to bring the camera with me more in the future, and since I always stop in order to take a picture, it will be faster if the camera is easier to access.

[Grog]

The Bike Doctor bike shop in Vancouver BC has a "tripod" one can attach to the bike's handlebars to attach a camera. Most cameras have a threaded hole to attach to a tripod.

Google bicycle camera mount to find interesting ways to build one yourself!

[GLC1968]

I have a small cannon that I can pull out of a jersery pocket while riding. It's ok, but the shots can get blurry if the road isn't smooth. I'd love a more expensive point and shoot with a stabilizer built in (I'm not even sure they make one!).

One problem with the jersery pocket is that during the summer, my body heat often fogs up the lens. That's when I started using my bento box! (plus, I'm faster getting it out of the bento box than I was the jersey pocket).

It really helps to practice and take LOTS of photos. The photo of me in my avatar was taken by someone who takes TONS of on bike shots - 1/3 of which don't come out and 2/3rds of which are amazing!

[Grog]

I have a small cannon that I can pull out of a jersery pocket while riding. It's ok, but the shots can get blurry if the road isn't smooth.

I really hope it's a Canon you're talking about, otherwise those "blurry" cannon shots could hurt innocent bystanders!!

[li10up]

One problem with the jersery pocket is that during the summer, my body heat often fogs up the lens.

I second that. I carried a camera at the Hotter n hell hundred and all my pictures during the ride had a big fog spot right in the middle! Really ticked me off that I carried the extra weight for nothing!

[Zen]

I think I am going to try a bento box

I'm not so sure that's a good idea. Even though a small camera like that doesn't have a lot of optics to get jostled out of place, it could happen. Keeping your camera in your pocket gives it a smoother ride.

[TrekTheKaty]

Mine is in my bento box too. And easy to access. I take photos while riding, and have even done video. I'm still working on my technique and a lot of video begins and/or ends with pictures of the road and my voice saying - better hold on.

I used the video I shot along with lots of pics by me and mostly my brother in law (he's the one you can see riding with no hands and snapping pics) and put them all together with music and made a 12 minute video of our ride. I love my new Mac.

I love my Mac too! I prefer to stop and take pics, but my husband sets down a blistering pace and doesn't like to stop. I learned out of necessity, how to take pictures on the roll (we've ridden many miles on the Katy Trail in Missouri and I didn't have one pic to show for it). I used to keep my camera in my handlebar bag, but digging around in there while moving was by far more hazardous than the picture taking. Now I keep my camera in my back jersey pocket. I just got a Bento Box at the end of summer last year, and I think that will work great. I'm careful to only take pics on trails with no oncoming traffic--and have also taken lots of pics of the road, my feet and the occassional video--on accident (they're pretty entertaining).

My family knows when I ride ahead or drop to the back, the camera is coming out. As any photog knows, the best shots are gone unless you keep that camera handy.....

[Aggie_Ama]

I wish I didn't need a PC to tap into work, I used Macs through high school (1st gen of the colored ones) and college. I really would love to have one at home.

[Grog]

Taking photos solved part of the speed difference issue between my husband and I. (He's the fast one, not me.)

On long, scenic rides, he's responsible for the camera, and has to take so-many pictures an hour. So he has to stop. He will also ride ahead and catch me on an uphill or downhill or with some nice background.

Now and then I pick up the camera so there can be some pictures of him, too.

I don't like taking that many photographs, but whatever it takes to even our speed up works for me.