My friends over at Shuttercal.com are having a contest all through January. The winners recieve a XShot2.0. The XShot is a nifty little gadget that allows you take take photos of yourself from a nice distance. It’s a small telescoping device that puts your camera a good ways in front of ya so that you can either get a good background shot or get a shot of yourself with a group of others. In order to win one of these babies at Shuttercal you must upload a self portrait. I really really want a XShot but I’ve seen my competition over there and don’t like my changes of winning.
However, I realised that the XShot2.0 is really for wimps. It’s long and flimsy and looks like it belongs nestled in a pocket protector alongside a calculator and half a dozen leaking pens. I decided that I’d make a better camera extender thing meself.
So, without fanfare or any pomp and circumstance nonsense, here’s the BigShot .00.
It’s chunky and rugged. It can hold a REAL camera and lens.
It allows you to take nice pictures of yourself.
But, I got to thinking that my BigShot can do a lot more than the little XShot2.0.
It can be used as a club to fight off man eating bears or dive bombing magpies.
It makes a nice walking stick or just a good ol place to rest your noggin.
I’m pretty proud of the BigStick.
So, I’m off into them there hills and gonna take a few panoramics of meself from the ridge.
BTW, I’d recommend you drop on around to Shuttercal and check out the photo a day projects and their really cool prints + shoeboxes. Also, even though you might really want a BigShot .00, I’ve decided to keep it a one-of-a-kind so you’ll have to settle for a XShot2.0.
But, Shuttercal, I still wouldn’t mind a XShot2.0, just to compare of course …
