44 is inserted through the aperture 26 of the base member 12 and into the camera mount 14 the stud 44 can be tightened to rigidly maintain the position of the camera mount 14 in the aperture 26 or can be loosened to enable adjustment of the position the second end 38 of the camera mount 14 includes a threaded stud not shown or other feature that enables coupling to the camera 40 in an embodiment the camera 40 includes a threaded recess that allows the camera 40 to be threadably coupled to the camera mount 14 the camera 40 depicted in fig1 6 and 8 is a lipstick style high definition camera such as a model hd rh1 video camera from iconix of santa barbara calif however any video or still camera product or technology is useable in embodiments of the invention the camera 40 is also depicted as employing hardwire communications e g a cable but wireless technologies might be used in an embodiment the camera might also include or be associated with one or more microphones or sound capturing devices configured to capture sounds produced by the device 42 in another embodiment a separate microphone is mounted on the apparatus 10.