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Take the camera to the sky

Take the camera to the sky

Take the camera to the sky is  a creative way to enhance your world view, to see the environment from above. This can be used for many practical reasons as well for the artistic purpose of photography.  Here are some practical ideas as  to why you may want to take the camera to the sky:

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  1. Check the house roof for any damage.
  2. Check the rain gutters for blockages by tree leaves and bird nests.
  3. Do your neighbors a service by inspecting their roof for a fee.
  4. To see and photograph the house and the yard from above.
  5. To view and film the neighborhood block from 300 yards above.
  6. Video film from above while walking on a beach, boating on a lake, kayaking on a river or cycling on a country road, or maybe skiing or snowboarding down a slope.
  7. Photograph steep cliffs with a flying camera without endangering yourself.
  8. Get to take pictures of precarious places where no man (maybe) have gone or seen before.
  9. Video film big surf board riders from a high up in the sky without getting wiped out (not for beginners) Learn how to fly on land first before going over water.
  10. Scout and photograph wild birds and game animals over wet in accessible swamp lands  without putting on the waders.

Take the camera to the sky

Take the camera to the sky with a DJI Phantom Vision 2.

DJI Phantom Vision 2 is a great entry level UAV platform to start from, it offers practical flying control and quality video and still photography.

Here are some links provided for more details.

DJI Phantom Vision 2.

Practical accessories for Phantom Vision 2.

  • Set of propeller guards ( must have).
  • Extra batteries for field trips.
  • 64 MB memory card.
  • Protective carry case.
  • Set of spare propeller blades.
  • Optional 3-axis Gimbal for additional camera.
  • DJI Accessories.

The above list of items are for practical reasons to have if you can afford to buy them.  The propeller guards will save a lot of pain because the propeller guards will stop the drone from falling out of the sky it fit bumps against a wall,  a tree or similar object. The blades will not be stopped by the object, they keep rotating and powering the vehicle to stay up in the air.

The extra batteries are needed when going on a field trip away from a power source to recharge batteries.  Also extra batteries will enable filming when the occasion provides the moment for video and still photography.  Morning sunrise, the offshore breeze, the surf and the birds in nature, wild game and the sunlight will not wait for anybody to recharge their batteries, they just keep, keep on rolling on.

Have a plan before committing to it.

Know what opportunities you will have for the DJI Phantom Vision drone, think of the different seasons and various places that provide opportunity for scenic video footage and still photography.  It may be a cove of the ocean, a calm morning at the lake shore, a field filled with wild flowers, and orchard with fruit trees, a unique tree forest or whatever your interest is in, what motivates you to go outdoors and to explore the great outdoors.  It can be any season of the year it really depends where on where on the planet the locations is and what interests and motivates you.  Have a clear plan as to what how and when you have opportunities for the learning phase of taking the camera to the sky and where the highlights are for extraordinary video footage and for the still photography.  Take the camera to the sky has many creative applications it is only limited to the creativity of the UAV camera pilot.

What unmanned air vehicle

What unmanned air vehicle? A great question to ask.

The most obvious answer to the question; what unmanned vehicle is that there is no pilot on board guiding the vehicle through the air. The vehicle is being guided remotely from the ground. For more information read my article on the Ezine Articles with the same title.

What is an unmanned vehicle.

The modern innovative digital technology has enabled cameras both with the still image and video to be made small and light, this has caught on with hobbyist and action sports enthusiasts to attach a video camera to the vehicle, whether it is a bike helmet, a skateboard, snowboard, surfboard, motor cross bike helmet or a remotely radio controlled vehicle like a U.A.V.

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For this purpose the UAV or a camera drone is for the purpose of purely fun and recreation, for learning and mastering new hobby.  Or it can be for the purpose of capturing still images or a video stream of the flight path around a scenic environment, which can be used for promoting and marketing a holiday destination, e-g- a hotel or a holiday resort.  There are many applications once the quality images and video footage has been created.
There are many types of UAV, some of the military ones are real plane size that can weight as much as 8 ton without any ammunition on board, but that is not what this web site is about.
The camera UAV and drones also come in various sizes and weight, a reasonable light weight drone is the DJI Phantom, with a light weight Go-Pro camera which only weights 73 grams.  It can be air borne for minimum of 10 minutes. Here is more information on this product.
It is a great product at the entry level, lots of great features and technological smarts.  What unmanned air vehicle, here is more information on a light weight DJI Phantom drone.
To see a series of 5 videos about the various DJI Phantom features, click on this link below.
What the DJI Phantom package includes when starting out.
DJI Phantom.
what unmanned air vehicle
GoPro camera mounted.

See link to NAB Trade Show 2013 review the DJI Phantom. DJI Phantom Quadcopter.

What unmanned air vehicle
Propeller guards