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I was in Argyll, Scotland over the Christmas break and since I had my drone with me I thought I would try to capture Inveraray Castle. When we are in Scotland we stay on the shore of Loch Goil – one Loch over from the castle which is next to Loch Fyne. I met theRead more about A Very Scottish Castle[…]
After a winter of discontent made glorious summer by this Pier of wood (excuse the Richard III quote slightly mangled), it felt great to be getting out and about again with my inspire 2 drone. Boscombe Pier was my second drone shoot in a week. The first in contrasting drizzly murk was around Southampton comparingRead more about End of the Pier show[…]
By Simon Ludgate Just back from filming a new drone video on the Tamar River near Plymouth. The river divides two English counties – Devon and Cornwall. It was a challenging shoot technically. Flying hazards like the beautiful bridges featured in the film, tall masts of boats and dozens of “gig” racing boats whizzing aroundRead more about Racing boats under Brunel’s beautiful bridge[…]
In theory the work rate for drone pilots is supposed to slow down in the winter months. Days are shorter, the light is not so great and it is cold. But we have never been so busy. We have been up and down the UK including an incredible loop round Scotland which took in LochRead more about Flying even in winter[…]
The sort of shots you can get with an Inspire 2 drone using the X7 gimbal and lens. Just one lens for this drone is £1200. I’ve been using it on shoots over the last few weeks and it is a great allrounder. Beautiful to fly – like an airborne tank. It’s quite possible toRead more about Inspire 2 is a sky tank[…]
I was offered a fantastic opportunity recently to shoot drone footage for the BBC Studios Pavilion at MIPCOM in Cannes on the Cote d’Azur in France, home of the annual Cannes Film Festival.
The British Isles are full of little nuggets which surprise you. With Neil Armstrong’s famous words rattling round my brain I went to Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall for the 50th Anniversary of the first moon landing. The station received that transmission from space and beamed it around Europe. If it hadn’t been forRead more about Window on the stars[…]
Did you know you can broadcast your cool drone shots live to the world? If you are all over that already, then great. If not, here is my step by step pictorial guide on how you set up your link. It is quite easy and it does work really well. I am going to useRead more about How to set up a drone downlink and broadcast live[…]
March is the “quiet” part of the year. Time to take stock, catch up on CAA changes and do some maintenance. The CAA fly exclusion zone around ATZs (air traffic zones) is being extended to 5 km from 1 km. Everyone who owns a drone will need to take a simple online knowledge test, registerRead more about That sinking feeling[…]
What better way to spend a sunny afternoon in Florida than fly round the Bermuda Triangle in a World War 2 bomber? Except it’s not any old bomber. This is a newly-restored Avenger. Identical to the ones which disappeared in the biggest unexplained Bermuda Triangle mystery just after the end of the war. It’s knownRead more about Flying over the Bermuda Triangle in a WW2 Bomber[…]