It’s one of the sites of spring, seeing the ferns, down in our back yard, unfurling and opening up to the glistening sunlight that reaches them through the trees.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 200 • 270 mm • -0.67 ev • f/7.1 • 1/400
It’s one of the sites of spring, seeing the ferns, down in our back yard, unfurling and opening up to the glistening sunlight that reaches them through the trees.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 200 • 270 mm • -0.67 ev • f/7.1 • 1/400
I spent the last 20 years of my career traveling the globe, promoting modern principles for educating today’s children. In those travels, I found that I was spending my time in hotel rooms and not getting out and enjoying the exotic (and not so exotic) places. So I took up photography, as a way of getting me out into this world I was privileged to be visiting. These are some of my favorite photos.
A fly over Yates Mill Pond and to the historic (1766) grist mill. The quadcopter is a DJI Phantom 3 Pro drone. I used Logic X Pro and a Novation Impulse 49 keyboard to make the music.
These video clips were taken from my DJI Phantom 3 Pro quadcopter during two visits to Shelley Lake, in Raleigh, North Carolina. There are two scenes with two Geese fly – Thus the name.
I’ve seen them do this before, balling up. It wasn’t especially cold, and none of the other gulls were acting like this, but I was glad that I caught this one. I used Photomatix Pro to pump up the color and the texture.
This was a quick flight from Dorothea Dix Park toward downtown Raleigh. It was only 27º(F) so I didn’t fly for very long. Video editing was done with iMovie and the music was created using Logic Pro X.
This was my first serious flight of Velocicopter II, a DJI Phantom 3 Pro, having lost VI in Moss Lake. Less than 2 miles from my home in Raleigh, this was my first serious visit to the old mill falls. I use iMovie to edit the video and Logic Pro X to make the music.
The traditional Cherryville New Year’s Shooters performing to tchaikovsky’s “1812 overture.” Recorded January 2, 2017. The finale was recorded from a Phantom 3 Pro camera drone, from about 120 feet.
A short first flight of my second DJI Phantom 3 Pro, replacing the one that I lost in Moss Lake in October. The music was composed using Logic Pro during a train ride from Raleigh to Charlotte, North Carolina.
A Drone ride over Moss Lake in western North Carolina. The drone was a DJI Phantom 3 Pro, piloted by me.