Now that's a useful little piece of info!  :)

An ingenious innovation... you're never too far away from a bottle of water for yourself or one of your customes, and now it doubles for photo's !!!

Wow, great invention!

We have seen this used before and it seems to work well.

It's a neat idea...but I don't know how many shots I'd like to take from a cats viewpoint - or am I missing something here?  You can always put the bottle-tripod on a table I suppose, but then why use it in the first place.  X)

Someone out there is going to make millions of bucks on that idea!  Now why didn't I think of it first?  Thanks for the info.  I'm so bad at photography, that bottle could be filled with liquid gold and my pictures would still suck :-)

Wish I had invented that! Cool idea and a great tool to keep in the glove box!

What a simple idea and think I'll give it a try.  Thanks for the tip!

Great idea

Amazing how a simple idea will benefit the masses. Thanks for the post.

Hmmm, not sure if I would walk around my clients house shooting photos with a water bottle. Cool idea, but.... :)

Wonderful. It sure beats dragging a tripod around.

This is a great idea. In a former life I was a photographer and this would have saved me from carring a heavy tripod all over the place.  Like up mountains!

Very neat idea. It's always fun to see someone come out with something useful!

For Real Estate photography it wouldn't be so useful unless you duct taped the bottle to a stick or dowl about 5'1/2"...but even that would be easier than my tripod...just wouldn't look very professional with clients present!

Love it, I would never had thought of actually using it for that.  Great pic too!

Hey, way cool, Susan!  I love a lightweight tip.  I wonder if I can store the thing where I normally stash a Kleenex? <gr>  Isn't this rain great?  I've actually found the floor of my office... on one of the room!!

Susan, great little tool. Love anything that is easily portable. Thanks.

Love it!  Just when I was going to stop drinking bottled water, too!

Susan: What a cool gadget! I am going to order one now. Off topic, is that a Realestateshowns.com show on your sidbar?  I cannot figure out how to resize mine.  The box comes out huge! I emailed RES and they told me they can't be resized and here is yours at a perfect smaller size. Can you tel me how to do it? Thanks.

Wow...I posted this article just a few hours ago, and just logged back in to see all the comments!  I guess I'm not the only one who loves simple, inexpensive and useful ideas!  Now, if only I can invent the next one...any ideas?

Now I haven't actually bought one yet...so whoever gets one first, please share your experience and your pictures!

Diana - I learned how to resize my RES from Maureen Henry in her blog.  She's pretty darn smart!!

Interesting idea!!  For those of us who occasionally take the fuzzy photo, having an easy access to a 'tripod' such as a modified water bottle is something to consider!  Thank you! Regards-Kathleen

Well what will they think of next?!  I just might have to get one.

This is great...just another example of why I love Real Simple Magazine!

What a great idea!  For those "tack sharp" pictures.  I always have water in my car.

Clever Idea ... But thinking through the application, it does fall a little short. 

Where are you going to set the water bottle?  On the floor?  How many photos do you take from that angle?  Most likely you'll set it on a table or shelf --- and most likely the table (or shelf) is not in the best position to view the room.  So you'll have to ask the property owners to move their table ...... a light inexpensive monopod begins to sound a whole lot better when compared to moving someone's table. <s>

Susan B - little tip here...don't leave water in plastic bottles in your car if it gets hot...something about something bad from the plastic getting into the water.  Don't have details...but might be able to google it.

Cheryl, I agree that it's not great as a primary tripod for business use...but sure is a great fallback.  It was designed primarily for when you're out w/friends and want a pic of all of you, but don't have a tripod handy.  Just a fun little tool!

That is ingenious. What a wonderful, portable, alternative. Thanks for sharing Susan.

Ciao!

Ok, now they just need a small port on the camera to store the thing, because inevitably, I would forget that too!

This is the best idea since PB/Jelly on white bread with a big glass of milk! Thanks. Did you buy stock in the company before you posted this?

Ha ha ha...no, I didn't buy stock.  Too bad, huh?  Maybe Julianna will invent a carrying case for it, and we can get in on the ground floor. 

Great item!  Thanks for the tip.

What a great help.  It would fit easilty into my camera bag too.

yeah really now why couldn't I think of that? great tip Susan - you're the photog girl of late!

Karen, I'm a closet photog...used to do a lot of dark room work with B/W film.  It's fun to start getting back into it again...and easier w/digital too!  And now w/my trick water bottle, I'm having a blast!

Great idea!!  Thanks for sharing this...I hate lugging around a tripod and I almost always have a water bottle with me!!