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Aerial footage of the U.S. Navy DC-3 plane wreck on the black-sand beach at Sólheimasandur in Iceland. The plane crashed in 1973, and is accessible by driving off-road for a few miles. It is an incredible thing to see—I highly recommend going to see it if you are headed to Iceland. Footage taken with DJI ...

Live aerial broadcast using DJI Phantom 2 Vision+

I met up with a bunch of drone-flying buddies today to do another live broadcast test using a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter. It was a great success! What is notable about this demo is that I’m using the latest beta of the DJI Vision iPhone app, which includes Ground Station. Ground Station gives you the ...

After the “Drones and Conservation” workshop I gave yesterday at River Rally 2014, Skip Barker of Wing Systems took me out on the Allegheny River aboard his Torqeedo-powered electric skiff. I sent a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter up into the air and shot some video. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

I was in Pittsburgh yesterday to give a talk about Drones and Conservation at River Rally 2014, a conservation conference co-hosted by River Network and Waterkeeper Alliance. After my talk, Skip Barker of Wing Systems took me out on the Allegheny River aboard his Torqeedo-powered electric skiff, which was very cool. I sent a DJI Phantom ...

On assignment in the Bahamas with a Phantom 2 Vision+

I’m back from an awesome 8 days scuba diving and flying the Bahamas for Bahamas Underwater Photo Week, a collaboration between Alert Diver Magazine, Bahamas Diving Association, and Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. In total, there were 4 photographers, 2 social media journalists, and a filmmaker covering the various parts of the Bahamas. I was responsible ...

Sharks and drones in the Bahamas!

//instagram.com/p/od5ePij_XN I’ve been in the Bahamas for the past few days doing a story for Alert Diver Magazine about Underwater Photo Week, which has been a lot of fun. It reminds me a lot of my old life as an underwater photographer, which I miss in many ways. Luckily, I’m able to merge what I ...

I was charged 45% for bringing a quadcopter into the Bahamas

I went through customs in the Bahamas this afternoon with a bunch of photography and SCUBA diving equipment. Customs officials see underwater cameras all the time and don’t really care about them. But when I opened the case with my DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ in it, the official’s eyes lit up (they didn’t—he had a ...

Aerial drone photography near the arctic circle. I returned a few days ago from 10 incredible days of flying a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter in Iceland. Iceland’s natural beauty is nearly unparalleled, and I felt fortunate to be able to wander around the country with a camera that could be moved both horizontally and vertically ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN1gX4XLqWc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] First attempt to stream live footage from a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter while it is in the air. It worked! Equipment used: DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter w/integrated camera and gimbal iPhone 5s iPad for Verizon LTE hotspot (any LTE hotspot would have worked) MacBook Pro (any computer with a USB port ...