Looking back a little bit at my recent adventure in the snow in Ischgl, Austria where I only had a brief moment to take out the drone because we were really giving the speed a good go over there.
On a beautiful day we just dumped the skies in the side of the piste and took a moment to take some nice shots.
I can tell you, flying a drone is not that easy when it is minus 15 celsius out there and you are wearing thick skiing gloves, but still we managed to makes something nice out of it.
Since we are still beginners in flying and still often try to orientate where the drone is hanging, versus only looking at the screen that was a challenge in this scenery.
The black and white background makes it really hard to see the drone if it is hanging in front of the snowy background, as that is white on white.
I also found skiing around with the drone in my backpack a bit challenging as I was afraid to crash myself (I literally didn't fall once so this is a bit of bullcrap, but still..the idea), and then squash the drone in my crash, but all of that didn't happen ofcourse.
I like the fact that a couple of weeks after this trip working with the images still gives a good vibe back to those days. Maybe this is like the same charm as that people have when they are making photo albums...it brings them back to the moment.
I used some free music from Music coming from Pixabay by LesFM which is a nice source if you just want something chill in the background.
Considering the circumstances to fly in were challenging, Im still okay with the result. I think of the options to put in there while editting might be when taking sudden turn to play the video on half speed so the turns are not so abrupt, but I consider these are learning lessons that I will take with me for the next future.
Fully inspired because of this I feel like I want to step outside again to some cool places, but currently it is like 35 knots wind out there which is not typical drone weather I would say, so saving it for a next session.
But making drone shots in skiing areas, yeah I really liked doing this, I just need a longer trip so I have more time to make shots from different locations.
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