VideoDrone and power
On April 23d I got my DJI Phantom and have been very busy making the surrounding parks unsafe for children and small pets. One of the issues you run into very quickly, especially when you feel the need to put a GoPro on for every flight, is the lack of power! Yes, when it comes to drone flying I start to feel powerless after about 10 minutes, unlike Superman, this is not a power you can get from the sun, it is in fact simply a matter...
Kessler Philip Bloom pocket dolly slider
Back in the good old days when camera’s where made from glass tubes, we needed 60 miles of tape to record 20 minutes and men were made from testosterone and could wear fur anywhere they wanted, I used a lot of dolly and jib setups. But they were annoying, heavy and took a long time to set up. A lot of times we ran out of time and I ended up shooting things in some kind of handheld setup anyway. Slowly becoming the human Steadicam, you can ask my back and shoulders if that really was such a good idea. These days everything seems to be getting smaller (well.. not everything just camera gear) and it seemed like a good idea to throw some money at a simple slider motion solution.