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.
Advertising Agencies
Web Designers
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"
Panorama Category: Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over Quincy St. and Mt. Rushmore Rd. in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over Skyline Dr. near Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over Executive Golf Course in Rapid City, SD.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama near The Golf Club and Estates at Red Rock, Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
Aerial panorama near Children’s Home Society in the Black Hills outside of Rapid City, South Dakota, with Mt. Rushmore and Harney Peak visible in the background. Children’s Home Society (CHS) provides a home, school, and therapy for children, primarily ages 4-13, with emotional and behavioral problems; and emergency shelter services and counseling for women and children who are victims of domestic abuse.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over Arrow Head Country Club in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over Columbus St. and 5th St. in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
Dinosaur Park on Skyline Drive in the Black Hills overlooking Rapid City, South Dakota, on the way to Mt. Rushmore. The life size dinosaurs were built by the WPA during the depression.
Free admission, great prices on dinosaur toys and souvenirs in the gift shop, and a view to die for!
Equipment: NikonD70, Sigma 8mm, Kaidan QuickPan III
Categories: Black Hills, Different, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over Aurora Drive east of Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama east of the Crazy Horse Memorial, the world’s largest sculpture, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore.
When completed, the mountain carving of Crazy Horse astride his horse will be 563 feet (172 meters) high and 641 feet (214 meters) long. Crazy Horse’s head is 87 feet 6 inches (27 meters) high. The horse’s head, currently the focus of work on the mountain, is 219 feet (67 meters) high.
The work was begun in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski at the request of Native Americans. Korczak died in 1982. His wife, Ruth, and their family continue the project working with the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over Grandview Elementary School at Grandview Dr. and Anaconda Rd. in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama north of the Crazy Horse Memorial, the world’s largest sculpture, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore.
When completed, the mountain carving of Crazy Horse astride his horse will be 563 feet (172 meters) high and 641 feet (214 meters) long. Crazy Horse’s head is 87 feet 6 inches (27 meters) high. The horse’s head, currently the focus of work on the mountain, is 219 feet (67 meters) high.
The work was begun in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski at the request of Native Americans. Korczak died in 1982. His wife, Ruth, and their family continue the project working with the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over Omaha St. and West Blvd. in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over Sheridan Lake Road and Catron Blvd in Rapid City, South Dakota. This is the future home of Calvary Lutheran Church.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama south of the Crazy Horse Memorial, the world’s largest sculpture, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore.
When completed, the mountain carving of Crazy Horse astride his horse will be 563 feet (172 meters) high and 641 feet (214 meters) long. Crazy Horse’s head is 87 feet 6 inches (27 meters) high. The horse’s head, currently the focus of work on the mountain, is 219 feet (67 meters) high.
The work was begun in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski at the request of Native Americans. Korczak died in 1982. His wife, Ruth, and their family continue the project working with the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama southeast of the Crazy Horse Memorial, the world’s largest sculpture, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore.
When completed, the mountain carving of Crazy Horse astride his horse will be 563 feet (172 meters) high and 641 feet (214 meters) long. Crazy Horse’s head is 87 feet 6 inches (27 meters) high. The horse’s head, currently the focus of work on the mountain, is 219 feet (67 meters) high.
The work was begun in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski at the request of Native Americans. Korczak died in 1982. His wife, Ruth, and their family continue the project working with the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama over St. Joseph St. and 2nd St. in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
Aerial panorama of Westhills Village Retirement Community in Rapid City, South Dakota, with Harney Peak and the Black Hills in the background.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Rapid City
Aerial panorama near Serenity Springs Funeral Chapel in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Rapid City
Panorama of the George Washington statue in front of the Hotel Alex Johnson in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
360 degree aerial panorama of the Black Hills Aerial Adventures helipad near Custer, South Dakota. On the other side of the ridge is the Crazy Horse Memorial.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm
Helicopter: Black Hills Aerial Adventures
Categories: Black Hills, Rapid City
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
Ice Castles
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!
Roseville
Saint Cloud
Saint Patrick's Day
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.
