Aerial Photography

Something I have been considering lately is to get into aerial photography. There are many quadcoptors on the market nowadays, and it's not that difficult, or expensive, to make one either. Some of the RTF (ready to fly) models come with cameras already built in, but they're typically not very good quality. You can get some great kits that come with good camera mounts, but most only allow for smaller cameras like the GoPro camera, which would mean more money spent on the camera. I could build one that would allow me to use my current camera, a Nikon D90, but I would have to spend upwards of $3000. I do not have any experience with flying a quadcoptor, so what I think I'll do first is build a cheaper one, around $200, just to get experience flying it. I found a great site about it at oddcopter.com, and I have options after I get used to it to attach a smaller camera if I want to go that route, or, if I have enough expendable money, I can always build one of the high-end kits. Right now I'm waiting on my tax return to start this so I have time to do some more research, but I'll post on here as this project progresses. Hopefully I'll have some aerial photos to post on here by this summer, but in the meantime I'll be getting out this weekend to start taking more pictures around here, and I'm setting a goal to post at least 5 more pictures on here by sunday evening.