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Eric Cheng

Getting started with drones

Getting started with drones I re-discovered Paul Stamatiou’s excellent getting-started article about drones. If you are totally new to aerial imaging, check out Paul’s super in-depth article, and with the one I wrote.

I went to see the Holuhraun eruption in the Bardarbunga volcanic system in Iceland. I brought Phantoms, and it was awesome.

My photo travel gear is featured over at Shotkit! The feature includes all of the photography gear I took with me on a recent trip to Cape Town to do both aerial and underwater imaging. Check it out, here: http://shotkit.com/eric-cheng

I get asked a lot how I mount my FPV monitors to my radios. My favorite mount for the Phantom radio is the 3D-printed Rave Aerial Video mount, which snaps into place using the radio’s antenna and rear metal handle. It locks in solidly, and is perfect for the Black Pearl 5.8Ghz Diversity Receiver / ...

Aerial footage of Burning Man 2014. Shot with DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter, Zenmuse H3-3D gimbal, GoPro HERO 3+ Black, with DJI Lightbridge and Lilliput monitor as FPV and livestreaming solution. Some of this footage was streamed live to Burning Man’s Ustream live webcast during the event. If you’re interested in what it was like to ...

The flying of drones at Burning Man was highly-regulated in 2014. I was told by Firefly, the main organizer of drones this year, that a big reason for the new regulations was that some idiot flew over the Temple last year during the moment of silence before it burned. This prompted hundreds of complaints from ...

Aerial footage of ~70,000 people watching The Burn at Burning Man 2014 at around 9:30pm on Saturday, August 30, 2014. Shot with DJI Phantom 2, GoPro 3+ Black, and DJI Lightbridge wireless HD transmission. Black Rock City, Nevada. A lot of my flights were live-streamed to the Burning Man webcast, which was very cool. DJI’s Lightbridge ...

A shark aggregation in the surf near Cape Point in Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa. Shot by DJI Global Phantom 2, Zenmuse H3-3D gimbal and GoPro HERO3+ Black. The real Shark Week is seeing sharks in the wild! There is a cape fur seal in the second picture (it’s in the lower-right ...

We hiked up Lion’s Head in Cape Town, South Africa, for sunrise, and arrived at the top for an absolutely-beautiful morning. Clouds rolled over Table Mountain just across the valley (locals call clouds like this the “table cloth”), and a slight haze made for warm, dramatic morning light. I popped a DJI Phantom 2 w/Zenmuse ...