Re: Aerial Wedding Cinematography... new venture or adventure?
 

That particular video is being discussed in a dedicated thread:
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/wedding-...nto-groom.html

Re: Aerial Wedding Cinematography... new venture or adventure?
 

Sorry Pete. I thought I'd searched this forum for Groom, before posting, and didn't find it.

Re: Aerial Wedding Cinematography... new venture or adventure?
 

I'm not trolling but as stunning at these shots look... These RC helicopters are stunning tools for 'establishing shots' that's it.

I certainly wouldn't risk flying it during the wedding or over any people. You work so hard to build a reputation so it's not about insurance covering you. It's the negative publicity that would pursue afterwards should anything go wrong.

It's great you have a sponsored world class flyer so it might be ok for you, but any one else looking at this video and thinking of investing in a similar set up! think again!

Re: Aerial Wedding Cinematography... new venture or adventure?
 

Hi James

I agree...they would be great to fly over the Church the day before but over the guests is a no-no! I had a quadracopter for my GoPro and they are tricky little suckers to fly plus all you need is one failure (mine had quite a few)

If you are insistent on getting aerial shots of the wedding party then the guy who tied a bunch of helium balloons to his GoPro and ran it up above them on a line worked pretty well and fairly safe too. Shucks you don't have to be too high anyway otherwise your people will look like ants so more often than not a big lighting stand behind the ceremony with a GoPro on top works great and provides a nice overview.

Chris

Re: Aerial Wedding Cinematography... new venture or adventure?
 

I have a 7m (23ft) lighting stand that I put a GoPro on sometimes if there s an outdoor drinks reception at he wedding but I rarely run it up to full height for as Chris points out the people will look like ants if the. Camera is too high.

Re: Aerial Wedding Cinematography... new venture or adventure?
 

Agreed Nigel

You would have to keep a drone at least 50' high for safety reasons so people would be tiny. I have a hybrid stand which was my first stedicam docking stand which elevates up to nearly 3m and then I have "grafted" a standard 2 section lighting stand on top so I make just over 5m and that's normally more than enough. With the GoPro often as low as 2m gives the desired effect with the wide angle and brides love it too!

Chris

Re: Aerial Wedding Cinematography... new venture or adventure?
 

Not sure I agree that you need to fly so hi for safety reasons. I fly much lower around building and people depending on the environment. Also, GoPros are extremely wide, using an NEX with a 16mm looks great from about about 20-30 feet.

Re: Aerial Wedding Cinematography... new venture or adventure?
 

Unfortunately, this is for non-commercial use only.
There is work in progress to provide regulations for commercial use of RC aerial filming/photography.
This is scheduled to 2015 (or maybe even 2014).
You should be able to find all this info at the FAA website.