Lake in the Hills, Illinois
It has been 5 months.
5 months since the island of Puerto Rico was ravished by Hurricane Maria. I went to Puerto Rico at the end of January just to put my eyes on the devastation that the people experienced. Lots of work needs to be done, but I want to share some of what I saw, and a little taste of what my camera saw.
Check out my article on Medium to read what I wrote a few weeks back.
This past week I introduced my GoPro Hero 4 to my DJI F450 quadcopter. In the video above you can see how it is attached on a 3 axis gimbal. This allows it to stay steady even when I’m flying around. I have since also added a transmitter and monitor which will allow me to see on the ground what my camera sees in the air.
Now I just have to wait until we get some decent weather. I can’t wait to capture some video and especially photos from an all new perspective.
The video was originally posted on Instagram, thus the square crop. read more
This past few months I have become obsessed. The FAA announced that they are planning to require a pilots license for commercial radio controlled aerial photography along with other regulations. I thought, hey that is something I could do. I have a private pilots license, lots to RC experience and I’m a photographer. I wanted a aerial video/photo platform, I want to try this out and add another skill. As of right now I own a small video capturing multi-rotor. I am using this to practice flying and video technique. As my skills improve I plan to build a much larger and more stable video platform to produce high quality videos. Would you be interested in capturing truly unique aerial photos and videos? Leave a comment below. read more
