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Aerial Videography: Antarctic Adventure

Just a quick peek at a fantastic article on flying a drone in Antarctica. Adventure photographer and drone pilot Gavin Garrison talks about the challenges of flying over an iceberg-laden waters. Here is a little excerpt from that article that will appear in the March issue of RotorDrone Magazine. In late 2016, I was driving north […]

Drone Film Pilot: From James Bond To Hurricane Katrina

After a military career that ended with him winning a medal for gallantry, helicopter pilot Jerry Grayson found a way into the film industry: shooting aerial footage – which turned out to be just as exciting as his previous career, but for completely different reasons. When Jerry Grayson left the Royal Navy’s Search and Rescue […]

Yuneec H920 Plus Commercial Drone

From Yuneec: Yuneec’s latest commercial drone, the H920 Plus, aims to serve those in the engineering/architecture, broadcast, law enforcement and inspections spaces. This new drone was originally the H920, but now has updated features such as: Task Modes (Orbit Me, Point of Interest, Journey, Curve Cable Cam, Waypoints) Refined ST16 Pro Ground Station with downloadable […]

An Intel Shooting Star drones fleet lights up the sky in an American Flag formation during the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. (Credit: Intel Corporation)

Mini Drones: Intel’s Shooting Star drones lit up the sky during the Super Bowl

In a choreographed aerial light show to kick-off the performance of Lady Gaga’s half-time show, Intel’s Shooting Star drones lit up the sky during the Super Bowl. An Intel Shooting Star drones fleet lights up the sky in an American Flag formation during the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show on Sunday, Feb. 5, […]

Yuneec announces the release of the new Tornado H920 Plus drone, and we have one!

Thats right! We got one of the first Tornado 920 Plus and had some fun flying it this weekend. Just check out the case it came in! And of course, here is a little peek inside: One of the obvious upgrades are the quick connect props: Here is a little information on this new H920 […]

Drones to Perform During Super Bowl Half Time Show

This year’s Super Bowl half-time show will feature an aerial show put on by hundreds of drones! Word on the street is that Lady Gaga, who’s headlining the event this year, will lit-up drones in her performance. The use of the drones had to be cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration, as it has established […]

Drone Films: Extreme aerial dance

This is an awesome video, the cinematography is done very well, Enjoy. Video Information: About a month ago we made this project with Katerina Soldatou in central Greece featuring a choreography of extreme aerial dance under the historical bridge of Tatarna. Extreme Aerial Dance: Katerina Soldatou Riggin: Elias Fotinos Cinematography: Spiros Badios a Rad Life […]

DJI Inspire 2 Review

When DJI comes out with something new it always makes news, and their new Inspire 2 is the hot ticket right now. Improving on a well built and tested design the Inspire 2 is a little bigger and faster than its predecessor. We tested out the package that came with the Zenmuse X5S and two […]

Aerial Videography: Celtic Sky

One of our readers wanted to share his latest work, and we think it is very worthy of recognition. Enjoy. Celtic Sky from Kevin Luiz on Vimeo. Kevin also has a nice article on the process: http://www.redsharknews.com/production/item/3581-ireland-4k-aerial-with-the-3dr-solo

Aerial Photography 101

Thanks to the advent of smaller and lighter cameras that can easily be attached to our multirotors, more and more pilots are getting their high-quality shots and HD video from the sky. Let’s discuss lifting cameras into the sky by multirotor and how to guide your camera through the air. Be sure to also stay tuned for […]