iPhone Attached to a Glidecam

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I have always been fond of the Glidecam, so it only made perfect sense that when I purchased the new iPhone 3GS that I try and attach it to a stabilizer. In doing so, I told myself that I could only do it with whatever I had in my garage. A few l-brackets, a handful of bolts, some duct tape and one Mr. Clean foam pad later, I was up and running.

I grabbed Madeleine and away we went. Overall, I'm impressed with the results. It was awkward at first because of the light weight, but I soon overcame that and just had fun--after all, that was the whole plan. Of course, I would never use the iPhone in a professional setting, much less hook it up to a stabilizer.

At one point in the shoot, Madeleine looked at the iPhone mounted on the Glidecam and said, "You should put a big camera on there. That just doesn't look right."

Could you imagine the look on a client's face if you showed up with an iPhone mounted on a stabilizer and you had this serious, I'm-ready-to-conquer-the-world look on your face?