The Isle of Skye 2024
Just come back from the most incredible conditions ever in the beautiful Isle of Skye, will add more over time as so many still to processm possibly will add a print section. Absolutely love it up here and was so lucky with the weather, best birthday ever!!
Tryfan and the Dam
Couple o clips from the valleyz with the Mavic! Weather wasnt playing ball at all so next to zero drone footage but these still came out nice. Love it down here
Filming Deer with the Mavic 3 Pro
Filming Deer with the Mavic 3 Pro
Ive bit the bullet and finally bought the awesome Mavic 3 Pro. First time out with it this morning, sunrise was a fail but on the way home I noticed a herd of deer in the far fields, so ofcourse, I just had to see what this 7 x zoom could do. I crept the drone low towards them over the fields and started recording. The details are insane on this camera, I was miles away! Yeah they could hear the drone but they werent skittsh or disturbed at all, this drone is made for wildlife. Still need to get used to the cinematic movements, totally different to FPV, but sure ill get there with some more practice. So far loving it
SUB ZERO | Cinematic FPV - Winnats Pass, Peak District 4K
SUB ZERO | Cinematic FPV - Winnats Pass, Peak District 4K
These conditions just blew my mind!! God tier weather, just so stunning. Been after flying Winnats Pass in the snow for some time now but to get it with a cloud inversion is just insane, total jackpot! Ive never even heard of an inversion with snow, never mind seen or flown one, today was defo my lucky day and I am forever grateful to the drone gods! I very nearly did blow it though, like a zombie at 5 in the morning I forgot to pack my batteries, luckily I had a fully charged one on the big bird already so had to make the most with this one pack. Absolute epicness, my favourite flight to date
Iflight Chimera 7 1800kv DJI
GNB 4200 mah 6s
GoPro Hero 9 4k 24fps iso 100-800 auto shutter
TBS 8 ND Filter
DJI Black remote
DJI goggles V2
Music by Ooyy - Five Below
Peak District Milkyway | Magpie Mine
Oooooosh! Fire sky last night! 🔥☄️ Best skies ive ever seen for Peak District with some bonus meteors about too. Three shots to make this, a two minute exposure for the foreground with a bit of torch wafting by mr.Elliott to light the building, then a two minute tracked shot of the sky with my Skywatcher Star Adventurer, then another two minute tracked expo of the sky wafting an Alyn Wallace Star Glow filter infront of my lens by Kase Filters to give that extra pop round the stars, all shot on my astro modded Canon 6dmk1 with Canon 16-35f4mkii, f4 iso 800 and blended in Photoshop. Beaut night boys, finally got my fix 🥰🙌
Here are the images in order, first the two minute foreground shot
Then two minutes with the tracker turned on
Then a final two minute wafting the star glow filter infront
Here is the image all stacked together
And ofcourse the final process, basically levels and curves in Photoshop and colour balance to suit
Prob the best im gonna get from the Peak District to be fair but not too bad for an hours drive away. Hope you enjoy and clear skies!
PEAK DISTRICT TIMELAPSE VOL 2
PEAK DISTRICT TIMELAPSE VOL 2 Volume 2 of my Peak District time lapse series. New gear, new techniques and new places, all coming together to fill my obsession with time lapse. Shot over the last 2 years trying to capture all four seasons, still knowing I have many years to go yet to keep going back and finding those perfect conditions. I suppose it is a TIME lapse after all Kase filters Canon 5dsr Dynamic Perception Music by Demigods
ICELAND II - Cinematic Timelapse 4K
Part two of my original ICELAND 4K video. Captured over 10 days travelling around by camper. Such an amazing other worldly place, from amazonian rivers to crushing glaciers and icebergs, at one point I really thought I was on Mars! Cant wait to get back here with the drone. Iceland I will see you soon
Music by - Red Scott Buckley
Motion control - Dynamic Perception
Gear - Canon 5dsr, Canon 16-35f4mkii, Kase filters
#iceland #timelapse #fireandice
FLAMBOROUGH HEAD | Cinematic FPV GoPro Hero 9
FLAMBOROUGH HEAD | Cinematic FPV
Been wanting to fly here for ages! Visited a few times but either windy, raining or both so was real lucky to get these conditions. Such a nice location. Again the big bird doing me proud, 12 satelites straight away now and gps rescue works a treat. Did get nervous though first time through those arches, I was pretty sure signal was gonna go once behind the rock but held up solid, no worries. Harder than it looks power looping them aswell, they are huge in height! Or its just me thats lame lol. Need to explore more of this coastline. Good shout buddy and thanks for driving, go check his killer shots out @fastchrisuk on insta #flamboroughhead #fpv #drone
THE PEAK DISTRICT | FPV
THE PEAK DISTRICT | Cinematic FPV reel
Thought its about time I put a Peak District FPV sequence together. Still got plenty more places on the list to hit up but got enough footage for now for this short vid. Some of my fave locations on here, Mam Tor, Winnats Pass etc, real lucky with some of the light too.
Again all filmed with the big bird, my trusty Chimera 7 with GoPro 9 Iflight Chimera 7 1800kv 4500mah lipo 6s GoPro Hero 9 Polar Pro nd filters
Music - Eric Serna Fire Away
FPV
Sorry ive been quiet again, I have been busy diving into the world of FPV, First Person View drone flying. There has been ups and downs, plenty of crashes and stupidly expensive but its all finally coming together now. I would 100% recommend this hobby to anyone, its amazing. Just make sure you approach it right and do your research. Practising for months on the simulator Liftoff on your pc/console is a must before you even consider buying a drone. These arent like the standard DJI drones that hover for you and return to home and land, these are fully manual acrobatic quads that will drop out of the sky if you let go of the controls. Here is a video of my recent trip to Winnats Pass in the Peak District, this is exactly why I bought the drone in the first place, diving epic cliff faces and getting to see stunning scenery from a different perspective, the cinematic landscape footage you can capture from these drones is so cool. Let me know what you think and where you would like to see next, hope you enjoy.
Devon
Just got back from a great week in Devon. I couldnt believe how dark the skies were, especially for the U.K, was almost rivaling Tenerife, if not better! And the coastline was just awesome, proper pirate ship wreckers and loads of smuggler coves. Where are your favourite spots down this area? Think mines gotta be Hartland Quay.
CHROME HILL
Now this was an early start, and within half hour of arrival it did not look great. You could see a bit of colour in the sky but cloud was flying in fast and blocking most of it. It was still nice to be out but with all the planning and the forecasts I was hoping for more. Then, all of a sudden, it was like the clouds burnt up and virtually disappeared. The sun had finally made an appearance and me and my client were treated to some stunning glowing light, and as a bonus a blanket of low mist started to roll in to the valley. One of the best conditions I have had for a while here. I do love the Peak District but man, the weather can change like that. This time it was for the good and we were treated to a beauty. Anyone been lucky enough to witness one of the famous inversions??
BAMFORD EDGE
Some serious mood from yesterday’s workshop up on Bamford Edge in the Peak District. My client asked for stunning views so think I delivered with this one, its hard to not get a decent shot from up here, sooo many killer compositions. Was hoping for some nice light from the sunset, think we got about 10 seconds worth until the clouds came in, but that’s the Peak District for ya, you just never know what the weathers gonna do. But, really like the mood in these shots, think it worked out for the best. Nice to get out of the house. Where are your favourite views in the Peaks??
UPDATE
Hey guys, hope your all keeping well through the lockdown, just a little update on what I have been up to. If you have been following my social media pages you will have noticed I have been absolutely smashing the astro! What better time to do it hey lol, I have just uploaded a few recent pics to the astro gallery. Really looking forward to doing some astro workshops when it starts to get darker late July, August ish. My other workshops are back up and running now with social distancing rules applied and my printers are finally back open so any orders feel free to send me an email. Any topics you would like my next blog to cover please drop a comment below and ill see what I can do. Cheers, Rob ;)
MEDIA CITY
Hey guys, gonna start off the new year by introducing a blog to my website. Recently I went on a trip to the awesome Media City in Salford Quays, Manchester. Its an architecture photographers paradise! The forecast wasnt great and as we headed over the Woodhead Pass we were hit with the thick cloud which we thought ruined any chance of nice light, but we ventured on and when arrived was treated to a nice little afterglow. I have visited Media City once before but was a bit overwhelmed with what to shoot so this time I took a different approach, slowed things down, worked on my composition and sharpness, and this time used a light pollution filter. This really helped with the terrible orange sky glow and enabled me to pick out much more details in the highlights as stuff wasnt getting blown out. Hope you enjoy the images, and please feel free to comment below. Cheers, Rob
