Tag: aerial

  • Cineflex vs drone comparison

    Cineflex vs drone comparison

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    You can’t hardly think about aerial video without some drone buzzing through the background of your mind these days. So what’s the deal? If you can capture smooth aerial video from a drone who needs the big helicopter and cineflex anymore? (more…)

  • Flying in Fiji with ROXY

    Flying in Fiji with ROXY

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    The phone rang . .  “Scott — I don’t have details yet, but would you like to bring your flying thing to Fiji?”

    Who cares about the details. Yes, of course. (more…)

  • Polar bear airlift

    Polar bear airlift

    Aerial video frame grab of polar bear airlift operation

    Here’s a particularly interesting motion edit I completed recently. As you may know, I am a cineflex operator working mostly with ZatzWorks here in Alaska. This footage that Daniel Zatz came home from Canada with was just too strange. I had fun putting this short edit together, hope you enjoy. (more…)

  • Shooting the first ever Cineflex and RED EPIC combo

    Shooting the first ever Cineflex and RED EPIC combo

    ZatzWorks Cineflex with nose mount on R44

    For the last year I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to receive training on operating the Cineflex system. For those of you that aren’t camera technology geeks – the cineflex is an incredibly advanced camera contraption (gimbal) that uses gyros to sense movement and then stabilizes the camera and lens housed inside it. The cineflex is most often used for shooting ultra smooth aerial video – think Planet Earth series, or for snowboard fans – Art of Flight. More on this technology coming in another post. For now, I have some exciting news to share. (more…)

  • Heli-Surfing Alaska book

    Heli-Surfing Alaska book

    heli-surfing alaska
    Keep dreaming.
    I’m learning from reoccurring experience that they do come true!
    Ryan Lehman, Colin Burton, and Jeff Hoke can back me up on this. We recently enjoyed an incredible weekend of heli-surfing in the Gulf of Alaska. (more…)