George Kopp and his friend Jack Dodson produced this beautiful bit of video. Jack was controlling the drone and George edited the video. I like the overhead shot (no sweeping zooms) and kept thinking of pen and ink drawings as I watched this.
Competitive FPV drone racer Gabriel Kocher filmed an incredible video of his drone speeding up a snowy mountain.
Not exactly skimming the rooftops of Paris or zipping between Manhattan skyscrapers, but George Kopp was nice enough to bring his drone out to our place so here’s a minute of video he got before parking the drone in a tree top.
Atlantic Light from Peter Cox on Vimeo.
Earlier this week I posted video of the Missouri State Capitol, shot from a drone piloted by my friend George Kopp. There were some good questions in the comments so sat down with George a couple of days ago to get some answers. He’s been playing with quadcopters for the last year and a half and has learned a great deal. In this 18 minute chat he talks about the evolution of the devices; controls; fly aways; no-fly zones; pricing; flying times and range; and regulations.
Shot from DJI Inspire quadcopter by George Kopp.
The three days I spent in NYC last May were great. (One day with an experienced native-NY’er guide.) But the video below shows a NY I didn’t see. Couldn’t see. But one day will.
What would I be willing to pay for a real-time virtual drone tour of NY (or Paris or Rome or Tokyo)? I thinking high-quality goggles with nat sound (drone motors someone filtered out) or real-time voice-over by pilot/guide. Or just music bkg if I choose.
[Stipulation: There is no substitute for being there. “Real” experiences are superior to “virtual” experience. For now.]
Back in August +George Kopp invited me to tag along as he and Jack Dobson (along with Lorna Domke) shot some aerial video from Jack’s drone copter. George gave me the unedited video to play with. The piece above runs 2 min 30 sec.