Category: Aerial Photography

  • Yet More Aerial Surfing – Rincon

    Yet More Aerial Surfing – Rincon

    I know this is the third post in a week on aerial photography, but it’s the best one yet, super smooth, long rides, good surfers, watch below: It’s shot by David Levin, here are his Youtube channel and Instagram feed, looking through his previous videos I can be pretty sure he’s using the following kit: […]

  • More Aerial Surf Video – Jaws

    More Aerial Surf Video – Jaws

    This time it’s a big wave session at Jaws on the Hawaiian Island of Maui that is the subject of a quad copter/GoPro video, shot by Justin Brown. EPIC PEAHI AERIAL SURF VIDEO 1-19-2014 from AERIAL 808 on Vimeo. You might have noticed the drone in the shot when browsing some of the photo’s of […]

  • Aerial Photography Lesson – Don’t Film Without Asking

    Aerial Photography Lesson – Don’t Film Without Asking

    Witness the reaction of a local who doesn’t want a video camera pointed at him or his spot, in this case the camera was a GoPro mounted to a DJI Phantom quad copter. There’s some pretty interesting comments on the Transworld surf post featuring the video here: surf.transworld.net/1000166650/videos/rock-throwing-longboarder-nearly-takes-drone/ Maybe the pilot didn’t realise that the […]

  • Aerial Footage of Pipe – What Gear Was Used?

    Aerial Footage of Pipe – What Gear Was Used?

    Pipeline Winter 2013 from Eric Sterman on Vimeo. This is a great aerial video which has been doing the viral surf video rounds, it’s produced by Hawaiian Eric Sterman, and naturally I wanted to know what kind of kit he was using to get these images, and compare it to my own drone video gear. […]

  • Learning Drone Photography Part 1 – Quadcopter Basics

    Learning Drone Photography Part 1 – Quadcopter Basics

    You might have noticed me mentioning a new toy of mine, a Blade 350QX quad-copter, I’ve been fascinated with the possibilities for aerial photography (and videography) for a while, I purchased a helicopter to try and get air born but never got further than the simulator on my computer, it’s incredibly hard to fly a […]