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Apr 2019 : Saturday
filed under  Camera Gear, China, mavic 2 zoom, Quadcopters, Sanya, Travel

Abandoned Ships in the South China Sea

A New Photography Podcast

There’s a new podcast kicking about that is made by Derrick Story of Skylum fame. It’s called “The Nimble Photographer” and I was on a recent episode which you can hear here!

In it, we discuss one of my more successful photography based business ideas, including how reading about a stuffed shark led me to working out how a fine art business could succeed.

Daily Photo – Abandoned Ships in the South China Sea

Now I’m not technically sure these are abandoned, but they probably are. This is near Sanya, which is an island off the SE coast of China. I flew my drone over about 50 of these ships and got in close. There was definitely nobody aboard the ships, and they don’t appear to be terribly seaworthy. If anyone else has more info on these, let me know!

Abandoned Ships in the South China Sea

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2018-03-19 18:27:25
  • CameraFC220
  • Camera MakeDJI
  • Exposure Time1/470
  • Aperture2.2
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length4.7 mm
  • FlashNo flash function
  • Exposure ProgramProgram AE
  • Exposure Bias

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17
Mar 2019 : Sunday
filed under  Camera Gear, Japan, mavic 2 zoom, Passport, Quadcopters, Tokyo, Travel

Over Tokyo

Book Re-Recommendation

Be sure to check out my Kit.com and see the section on books! I wanted to recommend, once again, “How to Change Your Mind” by Michael Pollan. Of all the people I recommend it to, 100% of people come back to me with very interesting thoughts!

Experimenting with a new Photoshop feature…

The 2019 Version of Photoshop has a few new features. I like to play with all this stuff just to keep my brain a bit “plastic” and always trying new things. Most of the features in Photoshop are not that useful to me, but these new content-aware options are pretty slick! Check ’em out!

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Daily Photo – Over Tokyo

Here’s one of my new favorite kind of drone photos: a photo of a city where you can’t see the skyline. I like this because you can’t quite work out what city it is. I notice when people look at my portfolio, they are always quite ready to guess (or know) what city it is. Actually, I’d probably be the same way… but now I find it interesting to purposefully confuse people.

Over Tokyo

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2019-01-26 19:27:46
  • CameraFC2204
  • Camera MakeDJI
  • Exposure Time1/8
  • Aperture2.8
  • ISO400
  • Focal Length4.4 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramProgram AE
  • Exposure Bias+0.3

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15
Mar 2019 : Friday
filed under  Burning Man, Camera Gear, mavic 2 zoom, New Zealand, Quadcopters, Travel

Floating Over Wanaka

Burning Man Survival Guide

It’s about time to update my Burning Man Survival Guide for this year… I just got my tickets and I am so excited!

Daily Photo – Floating Over Wanaka

New Zealand is just covered with all sorts of secret little places like this. You don’t really realize it until you get up with a quad because the trees hide a lot of these cool spots. I’m trying to do a mission where I get the quad up at least once a day to explore some new areas. There’s no excuse with the Mavic 2 because it only takes less than a minute to launch!

Floating Over Wanaka

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2016-05-14 07:51:48
  • CameraFC330
  • Camera MakeDJI
  • Exposure Time1/50
  • Aperture2.8
  • ISO161
  • Focal Length
  • FlashNo flash function
  • Exposure ProgramUnknown (58655)
  • Exposure Bias

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10
Mar 2019 : Sunday
filed under  Camera Gear, Fiji, Italy, Laucala, mavic 2 zoom, Passport, Quadcopters, Travel, Venice

A Lesser Known Square in Venice

Passport Sunday! Video Edit behind-the-scenes

I recently visited an amazing place in Fiji called Laucala Island. I’m old friends with the General Manager there and I primarily went there to take photos. But, while there, we decided to add a video to the mix. If you’re a Passport Member, you’ll hear more about the client work agreement that went into this and see how I  edit the video. I’ve gone back-and-forth with their marketing team a few times, so I’m trying to make everything perfect for them, being an over-deliver kinda guy like I am!

Quadcopter Tutorial

If you’re a Passport member you also get full access to my all-new Quadcopter tutorial that will hopefully save you countless weeks of trouble, as you learn from all the mistakes I have made! There is a great section at the end about editing video too that I think you’ll enjoy.

(For everyone else, the tutorial is 50% off in our store today…)

Video Edit behind-the-scenes of the Fiji Project

I used Screenflow Pro to do all the editing for this video, even though I actually recommend Final Cut or Premiere for more serious videos. Screenflow was just barely strong enough to do all the heavy lifting for this one. Anyway, in this video, you’ll see how I chose to edit and re-organize this video based on client feedback.

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Daily Photo – A Lesser Known Square in Venice

I found this place by accident when I was arriving into Venice and trying to find my digs for the Biennale. I now know my way around the confusing town, but it’s really kind of a drain when you are dragging a big bag all around the city with you. Most of the effort is getting up and down over dozens of bridges… and there is always a sinking feeling that you’re going completely the wrong direction and will have to go back over that same bridge again!

A Lesser Known Square in Venice

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2015-05-05 22:41:30
  • CameraDSC-RX100M3
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time1/160
  • Aperture8
  • ISO125
  • Focal Length8.8 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
  • Exposure Bias

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Feb 2019 : Thursday
filed under  Camera Gear, China, mavic 2 zoom, Mavic Pro, Quadcopters, Sony A7R 3, Travel

An Ancient Tea House in Chengdu

Watch My New PC Take Shape… LIVE!

The awesome people at Origin PC are right now grabbing all of the components for my new custom built PC! Tune in today for the build as it happens:

Quadcopter Tutorial

Also, don’t forget to check out our epic new quadcopter tutorial that has been extremely popular. I think my favorite part is towards the end where I talk about editing video!

Oh…and for a limited time it is 55% off!

Daily Photo – An Ancient Tea House in Chengdu

Who is tan, chiseled, and pours tea like this? This guy. He had quite a style of pouring tea, I tell ya. I tried to pour tea like this for my kids when I got back home and I made a giant mess while wrenching my back. The kids thought it was really funny, so I guess you can say it had a success of sorts.

An Ancient Tea House in Chengdu

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2018-06-15 16:55:25
  • CameraILCE-7RM3
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time0.6
  • Aperture7.1
  • ISO160
  • Focal Length17.0 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias

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Feb 2019 : Saturday
filed under  Camera Gear, Fiji, Laucala, mavic 2 zoom, Quadcopters, Travel

The Infinity Pool

Viewbug

We may be having a big contest for Luminar over on Viewbug soon. Stay tuned for details! If you’ve never been over to Viewbug, now is a good time to go sign up and see what they’re up to!

Daily Photo – The Infinity Pool

The only thing missing from this infinity pool is some female with a perfect body in a bikini, right? In a lot of ways, that feels like a very obvious shot, I think. It’s a pretty enough pool on its own I must say. I can also make the case that the scene is more interesting with a person in there. I don’t know… I go back and forth on this. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I both want to put a person in there (male or female), and also I don’t want to because it seems so obvious. This is a nice duality to think about without any conclusion.

The Infinity Pool

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2019-01-24 22:48:38
  • CameraFC2204
  • Camera MakeDJI
  • Exposure Time1/4
  • Aperture3.8
  • ISO1000
  • Focal Length8.6 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramProgram AE
  • Exposure Bias

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Feb 2019 : Tuesday
filed under  Camera Gear, Doubtful Sound, mavic 2 zoom, New Zealand, Quadcopters, Travel

Sailing into Doubtful Sound

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Daily Photo – Sailing into Doubtful Sound

I did a fun overnight trip with Real Journeys into Doubtful Sound. It’s a very difficult fjord to reach because you have to take a series of smaller boats and a bus to actually reach the destination. But, once there, it’s really nice! You’re on a boat with about 30 people or so and you end up eat and sleep on the boat for one evening. The weather was absolutely terrible when we were there, but it did clear up for a few moody shots like this.

Sailing into Doubtful Sound

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2018-05-09 08:40:40
  • CameraILCE-7RM3
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time1/500
  • Aperture4
  • ISO250
  • Focal Length27.0 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias

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Feb 2019 : Sunday
filed under  Camera Gear, Fiji, Laucala, mavic 2 zoom, Passport, Quadcopters, Travel

Floating in Fiji

Passport Sunday How-To

Today’s how-to if you’re a Passport Member is how I created this photo out of nine different shots. It was a fun (and relatively easy, actually) one to process. I’m not one of those guys who makes things seem more difficult than they really are! 🙂

Editing a 9-photo panorama with adjustments in LR

In today’s edit, you’ll see how (and why) I took 9 shots from the new Mavic 2 Zoom and made some adjustments in Lightroom before bringing the whole shebang into Aurora. BTW, in case you have a lot of extra money sitting around, you can go check out this resort at Laucala Island.

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10
Feb 2019 : Sunday
filed under  Camera Gear, Fiji, mavic 2 zoom, Quadcopters, Travel

Flying Over Fiji

Passport Sunday Bonus Time!

If you’re a Passport Member, you get to see an early draft of a new quadcopter video I made in Fiji about two weeks ago. It was a lot of work, as I am once again assistantless! That’s okay… I don’t mind the extra time to get all this stuff together, but it is a little exhausting!

Draft of my Fiji Drone Video

Here is a video I have been working on over the past week. It’s not finished, but I thought you might like to see an early draft. I spent about a week at this amazing place called Laucala Island. It’s actually the private island of the gentleman that owns Red Bull, and he decided to add a few villas there for guests to stay year-round. I took a ton of photos as usual, but I also tried to capture the grandeur of this place with the drone as well. I hope you like it!

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Daily Photo – Flying Over Fiji

This day was rainy and kinda blah… but I went down to the beach anyway with my quad, hoping some light might come through. Sometimes after a storm, you can get some pretty awesome light, and it worked out here! This is a nine-photo pano… it came out to just over 8,800 pixels across. Oh, and I edited it with the new Aurora! You can get that in my store – enjoy!

Flying Over Fiji

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2019-01-24 22:42:07
  • CameraFC2204
  • Camera MakeDJI
  • Exposure Time1/15
  • Aperture3.8
  • ISO200
  • Focal Length8.6 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramProgram AE
  • Exposure Bias

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Feb 2019 : Tuesday
filed under  Camera Gear, Glenorchy, mavic 2 zoom, New Zealand, Quadcopters, Travel

On the Way to Glenorchy

Crazy Detailed Photo of Shanghai

Oh man, this is about the coolest photo thing I’ve seen a while. Go check out this photo and look how far you can zoom in on any point!

Daily Photo – On the Way to Glenorchy

Another trip to Glenorchy, another easy photo! I’m not saying this in a bragging way at all (you know this already if you know me!). I’ve gotten a ton of shots while down ON that road, so now I’m focusing on getting up in the air to get some aerial shots. I’m so excited about this new Mavic 2 and its ability to zoom in and take 9 photos in a grid, giving it a total resolution higher than my Sony!

On the Way to Glenorchy

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2018-11-28 14:58:02
  • CameraFC2204
  • Camera MakeDJI
  • Exposure Time1/800
  • Aperture3.8
  • ISO110
  • Focal Length8.6 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramProgram AE
  • Exposure Bias

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