Introduction

Sniper Action Photo provides a fully automated photo capture system that ziplines, canopy tours, mountain bike parks, ski resorts, races and many other types of adventure activity operators can use to capture photos of their guests or participants.

The System is modular and consists of the following components:

Camera – DSLR or other digital camera. multiple options:

• Automated camera
• Guide or guest manually triggers camera
• Photographer captures images

RFID (Radio Frequency ID tags)

• RFID is an option that allows guests to easily view their specific photos by uniquely identifying them at the time of photo capture

Self-Serve Photo Kiosk

• Photos are automatically transferred to our Self-Serve Photo Kiosk
• Kiosk is fully automated and can accept credit card payments directly or sales can be processed by operator’s existing POS
• Very simple purchase process

Online Sales

• Photos can be uploaded automatically to a photo retail website
• Integration with RFID or activity/date/time search

Photo Capture

Photo Capture

The Sniper Action Photo supports a variety of photo capture options depending on the location.

Automated Camera

• DSLRs are permanently mounted in a weather-proof housing
• Our proprietary motion capture system triggers the camera and captures a photo of the guest at exactly the right moment
• Flash can be used to provide consistent lighting and/or freeze action

Manually Triggered Camera

• Used for portraits or other situations to involve the guides and guests in the photo capture experience
• Multiple trigger locations can be permanently mounted in a weather-proof housing

Photographer

• Our system can also be used in conjunction with a professional photographer capturing the images.
• The photographer situations themselves at ideal locations and connects to the system wirelessly or via a cable
• If using RFID, the RFID tag of the guest is read at the same time and embedded into the image file

In all cases, Photos are automatically transferred to the kiosk or uploaded to a retail website for purchase.

RFID

RFID Matching

Guests can be matched to their photos using RFID tags encoded with a unique number that are read by RFID antennas placed at photo locations. RFID tags can either be disposable or permanently attached to equipment that is issued to each guest, such as a helmet or harness.

Permanently Attached RFID Tags:

At the end of the tour the guest touches their tag to a small RFID reader placed in the retail area, or enters their unique number, and their photos are displayed ready for purchase. All previous photos will be deleted before the guest views their photos.

Disposable RFID Tags:

Disposable tags are issued to guests where photos are sold online. The guest follows instructions on the tag to view photos either by entering their tag number into a website search window or scanning the tags QR code which links the guest directly to their set of photos.

Retail

Photo Retail

Our systems supports both online and on-site photo sales.

Photo Retail Kiosk

Our Photo Retail Kiosk automatically displays photos taken by our system or any other photo source. The kiosk can be customized to meet the needs of a wide range of operational requirements.

• Customizable photo display or search: RFID Tag #, Activity, Location, Time
• RFID Tag # automatically read or entered manually
• Payment by credit card swipe at kiosk or cash payment at cashier
• Photos emailed to guest or downloaded to a USB stick
• Cashier application to monitor and control photo sales
• Colors and branding completely configurable to match partner location
• Touch-screen or mouse/keyboard for user control
• Low cost computers can be used for kiosks

Online Sales

Photos can also be automatically uploaded to a retail website to allow guests to purchase photos at a later time. Currently SmugMug (http://www.smugmug.com/) and PhotoDeck (http://www.photodeck.com/) are supported.

See the Locations page for specific installation examples.