Remote camera

A remote camera is a camera placed by a photographer in areas where the photographer generally cannot be or for selfies. This includes areas with limited access, tight spaces where a person is not allowed, or just another angle so that the photographer can simultaneously take pictures of the same moment from different locations.

Remote cameras are most widely used in sports photography.35mm digital or film, and medium format cameras are the most common types of cameras that are used.

Necessary items

The general list of items that are necessary to set up and use a remote camera are:

Uses and practices

Remote cameras are used by photographers to make more pictures and from different angles. Remotes are very popular in sports and wildlife photography.

Cameras are often placed in angles that a photographer cannot physically be during a shoot. Sport use examples include behind the backboard at a basketball game or overhead in the rafters of an arena during a hockey game.