Go Go GoPro

Skiing Stratton Two Weeks Ago 

 Last November, I was given the new GoPro Hero2 camera for my birthdayand I have spent the last few months playing around with it.  This little camera packs a punch with 11 megapixels and can burst 10 photos per second to catch some incredible action photos. It has a bunch of different mounts for your helmet or skis, handlebars or my favorite the chest mount.  The chest mount is a harness that you wear so that the camera is in front of you attached to your chest.  I used it skiing this season, opting for the chest harness verses the helmet mount like so many of the skiers and snow boarders on the mountain.  I found the camera really fun and easy to use on the mountain.  It's incredibly durable so the few times I fell it didn't bother the camera at all and certainly didn't bother me.  The pictures I think are incredible.

Skiing down Grizzly Bear on Stratton Mountain

For the last few weeks I have been up in Vermont on vacation. We were supposed to be skiing but the warm temperatures for the last week over 60 and even into the high 70's has filled the second week of our vacation with exploring and hiking.  This has allowed me to take my GoPro off the mountain and test it out beyond the slopes.

I love using the GoPro from the car for my Drive By Series photography.  Today while exploring I was able to easily use this little powerhouse of a camera. I was the passenger so both hands were free but I really only used one hand. I held my hand out the passenger window and also took shots from out of the skyroof.  

Drive By Shooting no. 30 Vermont Red Barn

Yesterday I strapped the chest harness on again and went hiking up in Jamaica State Park. I also had in tow with me my Canon EOS 50D with my wide angle lens on a monopole which I used as a walking stick.  The GoPro Hero2 is so small, so light and with the harness I forgot I even had it on.  

View from Overlook Point in Jamaica, Vermont

Another thing I love about the GoPro is that it's so small and compact that throwing it in your handbag isn't a problem.  I look forward to explring what other delightful things this little camera can do.  I have used the video feature, but I still have yet to use some of the other features like the burst and I am waiting to get my LCD Bacpac which is the attachable LCD viewfinder.  This will allow me to review my photos on the camera without having to take the card out or attach the camera to a computer.

I'm looking forward to boating season with this camera especially since it's waterproof I will be able to have more freedoms in my photography while on the water.

  

The Ottaquechee River, behind Long Trail Brewery