Tamar Valley Flyover

As you can imagine the weather so far has kept 

us pretty much grounded here at Kite Vision, but when the sun has briefly come out we've managed to get the new bird up in the sky.


Here is a short video from a test flight right on our doorstep in Gunnislake.

Enjoy and don't forget to watch in HD!

               

Inspire 1 Pro

With the new year, we decided to invest in some incredible new kit. We needed something that would enable us to push our work to new levels whilst also remaining compact enough for us to take to all of the locations we shoot at with ease.

We opted for the DJI Inspire 1 Pro. An upgraded version of DJI's incredibly successful Inspire drone. The Pro comes with upgraded motors but most importantly a hugely upgraded camera and gimbal module, the X5. 

With the X5 we are now flying with a micro 4/3rds camera sensor enabling us to capture Ultra HD 4K video and 16 megapixel raw stills. This new camera not only captures better footage than anything we have shot before but more importantly offers up much more flexibility in the post production process, something we have really been looking for. 

We're able to capture some great shots with the Inspire (when its not raining!) so keep your eyes peeled for more content from our test flights and jobs!

Winter flight at Fistral and Perranporth, cornwall - Video Blog

Christmas and New Year have been and gone and with a break in the wintry weather we set off for the north coast to capture some of the beautiful scenery we are so lucky to be surrounded by.
We wanted to make this video more of a video blog, so we grabbed our SLRs to make sure we could film a little more of what was going on throughout our day.

After a short drive to Newquay (away from the ice and frost, and into the winter sun!) we were just about ready to go, and after some safety checks and compass calibration we took to the skies.

Check out the video below and don't forget to watch in fullscreen and HD! And if your'e feeling friendly give us a like and share on Facebook, where you can see everything we get up to!

Calstock Viaduct

The next flight we are happy to show you is of the iconic Calstock Viaduct located along the Tamar River. Anyone familiar with Calstock knows that it is a very unique village with a great atmosphere and over the years I have taken many photos of this viaduct; beautiful sunsets, firework displays and sunny summer days, so it was definitely something we wanted to capture with our drone, to get a perspective people haven't seen before! 

We decided to travel to the opposite side of the viaduct from Calstock as the fields on this side of the water were perfect for taking off safely. This meant driving to Bere Alston and hoping a farmer would let us in their field! Luckily for us everything went according to plan and we met one of the farmers that ever so kindly let us into their field that was situated directly under the viaduct. 

We had only just got up in the air when the train started travelling over the bridge, with some initial "TRAIN, GO GO GO! ...QUICK!" we got in the right position and filmed a stunning tracking shot of the train going over the viaduct. As well as providing a stunning backdrop for our footage the viaduct also proved to be a great flight training course with plenty of obstacles and blind spots to navigate.

As this viaduct is so close we will definitely be flying here again soon, so keep a lookout for more original Kite Vision content!

Tamar Bridge Flyby

We managed to find a break in the cloudy weather a few days ago so took the opportunity to shoot something we see all the time but from a new perspective. He is a short edit of our Tamar Bridge flyby.

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