651-483-1557
I'm Ed Fink, and these are my 360 degree panoramas. I was the first VR photographer in the world to do fullscreen 360 degree panoramas from a helicopter. Today I'm a FAA licensed drone pilot and shoot most of my aerials with a quadcopter.
I'm also a Google Street View Trusted Photographer in Minneapolis shooting Street View tours inside local businesses.
I publish thousands of 360 degree panoramas and virtual tours to Google Maps, where I currently have over 60 MILLION VIEWS.
Take a look below at some of my Google tours, or go to my Google Street View page for more information and many samples.
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I want to partner with you to offer Google Street View virtual tours to your clients! Google hosts the tour in Google Maps, but you're needed to also embed the tour in your client's web pages, blog, or Facebook.
Email or call 651-483-1557
Nodal Ninja
"turning heads and expanding horizons"
UPDATED!!! HUNDREDS of brand new or recently updated panoramas! It's so time consuming putting the little helicopters and links in the aerials I usually upload to Facebook and Google Maps right away, and only update the website when I have free time. It's been a year since the previous updates.
Panorama Category: Mall of America
These are my 360 degree panoramas of Mall of America, including Camp Snoopy.
The Mall of America is the largest, fully enclosed retail and family entertainment complex in the U.S.
The Mall of America draws 42 million visitors each year; more than Disney World, Graceland and the Grand Canyon combined.
Seven Yankee Stadiums would fit inside Mall of America.
Mall of America’s 13,300 short tons of steel is nearly twice the amount in the Eiffel Tower.
Spending 10 minutes in every store would take a shopper more than 86 hours to complete their visit to Mall of America.
Mall of America is located on the former Metropolitan Sports Stadium which was home to the Minnesota Vikings and Twins. Home plate can be found in Knott’s Camp Snoopy.
Peanuts creator Charles Schultz was a native of St. Paul.
There are 30,000 live plants and 400 live trees planted in Knott’s Camp Snoopy.
360 degree aerial panorama of the Mall of America, the largest mall in the U.S.
Equipment: NikonD70, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Hummingbird Helicopters
Pilot: John Lindstrom
Categories: Mall of America, Minneapolis
360 degree panorama of kids shopping for fun at the Mall of America’s Camp Snoopy.
Over the 2005 Spring Equinox, VR photographers around the world shot panoramas on the theme "Marketplace" for a World Wide Panorama project. This was my entry.
Equipment: NikonD70, Sigma 8mm, Kaidan QuickPan III
Categories: Mall of America, World Wide Panorama
Mall of America Atrium
Equipment: Nikon D700, Nikkor 10.5mm (shaved), Nodal Ninja Ultimate R1
Categories: Mall of America, Minneapolis, World Wide Panorama
360 degree panorama at the Minnesota Make A Wish Stories of Light event at the Mall of America’s Camp Snoopy.
Equipment: NikonD70, Sigma 8mm, Kaidan QuickPan III
Categories: MN Make-A-Wish, Mall of America
360 degree panorama of Barb and Jason Skubitz at their Valentine’s Day Underwater Wedding in the shark tank at Underwater Adventures in the Mall of America.
The wedding was broadcast live on the NBC Today Show.
Equipment: NikonD70, Sigma 8mm, Kaidan QuickPan III
Categories: Different, Featured, Mall of America
360 degree panorama of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Patty Ann, and Lucy performing at a family friendly New Year’s Eve celebration at Camp Snoopy in the Mall of America.
Equipment: NikonD70, Sigma 8mm, Kaidan QuickPan III
Categories: Mall of America
360 degree panorama of a family friendly New Year’s Eve celebration at Camp Snoopy in the Mall of America.
Equipment: NikonD70, Sigma 8mm, Kaidan QuickPan III
Categories: Mall of America
Start with the "Featured" category to see an assortment of my most interesting panoramas.
Select a panorama category:
Apple Orchards
Apple River
Aquatennial
Black Hills
Blue Fox
Bryant Lake Bowl
Budapest
Buddy Holly Crash Site
Chicago
Cincinnati, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Como Zoo
Corn Maze
Crazy Horse
Dayton, Ohio
Deadwood
Devils Tower
Different
Duluth
Easton Town Center
Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI
Election
Featured
First Avenue
Gibbs Museum
Government
Grand Canyon
Holidazzle Parade
Hurricane Katrina
Iowa
John Hammond
KMSP Fox 9
KQRS
La Crosse
Las Vegas
Little Canada
Madison, Wisconsin
Mall of America
Mankato
Maple Grove
Minn. Downtown Council
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Library
Minnehaha Falls
Minnesota History Center
Minnesota State Fair
Misc
Mississippi River
MN Make-A-Wish
MN Sportsmen's Show
MN State Capitol
MN United Football Club
Mt. Rushmore
Music
NASA
New Hope Bowling
Nickelodeon Family Suites
Ohio State University
Old North Bridge
Orlando
Outstate Minnesota
Quadcopter
Railroads
Rapid City
Renaissance Festival
Rev. Horton Heat
Rochester
Rocky Horror Live!
Saint Cloud
Saint Paul
Shoreview
Special Olympics Minnesota
Split Rock
St Croix River
Stillwater
Sturgis
TBA
The Greene
Tomahawk
Union Depot
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
Vehicles
Veterans
WCCO
Winter
Winter Carnival
Wisconsin
World Wide Panorama
Zombies
The St. Paul Pioneer Press did a feature story about me.
Newspaper article about Google Street View virtual tours, with a photo from my Basilica tour.
2005 front page feature story about my early aerial panoramas.
VISITOR COMMENTS:
"That's the coolest thing on the web."
"You brought tears to my eyes."
"Mind blowing."
"One of the neatest photo sites I've ever seen."
"I'm afraid of heights and when I looked straight down I nearly threw up!"
"I am stunned by the quality and possible applications, nice job."
"That combo of eye-in-the-sky with eyes on the ground is fantastic."
"I sent this to every pilot I know."
"HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?!"
"The 360 shots are almost unbelieveable!!!!"
"Oh my gosh Ed - they are just beautiful."
"That aerial panorama over Lake Calhoun is totally awesome"
"FANTASTIC!!!!"
"I've instantly become a fan of your panorama photos!"
"Wow, your panoramas are like nothing I have ever seen before. Very impressive!"
"the absolute best I have seen anywhere."
"ED - I am not surprised by all the comments you have received. The VR is AWESOME!"
Rolling Stones at the Superdome
Now I only shoot interactive 360 degree panoramas, but long ago I photographed rock concerts (and almost anything else!) for fun and profit. Here's a few of my concert photos and a story about shooting a 1981 Rolling Stones concert.
