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  • Drone pilots, be mindful

    Joanna Thompson, writing for Audubon: On the morning of May 13, Peter Knapp stepped onto an ominously quiet California beach. The night before, he’d noted a horde of boisterous Elegant Terns just starting to incubate their eggs in the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, 30 miles south of Los Angeles. But the roughly 3,000 birds were…

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  • Podcast: Flying a drone at sunset – October 2019

    Flying a drone at sunset – October 2019 This image is from my Flying a drone at sunset episode of Photowalking with Colin. You can listen to that episode above to get the whole story. Be sure to subscribe to the blog or the podcast to get future episodes delivered right to you.

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  • The Square in Scranton – June 2018

    The Square in Scranton – June 2018 An alternate view of the courthouse in Scranton. The building on the far side of the square was my old office building from 2014-2017 or so.

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  • Carbondale, Pennsylvania – April 2017

    Carbondale, Pennsylvania – April 2017

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  • Kayaking to Bannerman’s Castle on the Hudson River – July 2018

    Kayaking to Bannerman’s Castle on the Hudson River – July 2018 Eliza and I paddled on the Hudson River to a long abandoned arsenal castle. It was a great day.

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  • Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky – March 2018

    Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky – March 2018 Heaven Hill Distillery makes many brands of bourbon. Evan Williams, Elijah Craig, Old Fitzgerald, and many more. The rickhouses you see pictured above, taken with a drone at a few hundred feet up, each hold 15,000-20,000 barrels of whiskey. Each building could be valued at $100,000,000 USD. The…

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  • Lackawanna County Courthouse, Scranton, PA – January 2017

    Lackawanna County Courthouse, Scranton, PA – January 2017 This was one of the first photos I took with my current drone (the DJI Phantom 4 Pro) and has already been used by several Scranton-based companies in their materials. I remember being very cold making this photograph. This image is one of the most requested images…

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  • Down Wyoming, Scranton, PA – April 2017

    Down Wyoming, Scranton, PA – April 2017

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  • Clinton, PA – July 2017

    Clinton, PA – July 2017

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  • Prompton State Park – July 2017

    Prompton State Park – July 2017 I’m just getting to look at some photos I made with the drone in July.

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  • Electric City Building, Scranton, PA – January 2017

    Electric City Building, Scranton, PA – January 2017

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  • Penn Avenue Parking Garage, Scranton, PA – January 2017

    Penn Avenue Parking Garage, Scranton, PA – January 2017

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  • Aerial photos of a few wineries

    In late April Eliza and I took a weekend day drive to visit some wineries in the tristate area of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. We wanted to visit a few wineries we had never been to before and the beauty of that region alone is worth the drive. We both take tons of…

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  • Attending the 2017 Pennsylvania sUAS Expo

    Acronyms are all the rage these days and so it can be tough to keep them all straight. Don’t be ashamed if you have no idea what UAS stands for. I didn’t either. UAS stands for Unmanned Aerial System. Like an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) an UAS involves more than simply a vehicle and usually…

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  • What the FAA really just said about drone encounters

    You’ll likely read a headline on your favorite news site today that reads as if the FAA has said drone strikes are up for 2016. And they likely are – as there are a lot, lot more drones in the air this year compared to last. However, what you won’t read is this bit from…

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  • Observations about flying a DJI Phantom 4 Pro

    Maria Langer, professional helicopter pilot, blogger and Twitter friend, got her DJI Mavic Pro on nearly the same day as I got my DJI Phantom 4 Pro. She’s taken the time to write down her thoughts on the experience and so I thought I’d quote her post since she and I agree on our first…

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  • My drone pre-flight checklist

    Since I shared my hiking checklist I thought I’d also share my always-a-work-in-progress drone pre-flight checklist. Not every question on this applies to every single situation and some of these rules you may be willing to bend or break depending on the circumstances. But, having a checklist may help to reduce the number of mistakes…

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  • Maria Langer on drone safety

    Maria Langer, helicopter pilot: As a helicopter pilot, I’ve felt a rather unique threat from the rise of drones (no pun intended). I want to take a moment to explain, mostly because although my general opinion of drones has changed, my views about their threats have not. This is an important post to read if…

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  • Aerial, Lackawanna State Park – July 2016

    Aerial, Lackawanna State Park – July 2016

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  • Aerial – July 2016

    Aerial – July 2016

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  • UAV, Lackawanna State Park, PA – October 2016

    UAV, Lackawanna State Park, PA – October 2016

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  • Phantom 3, Promised Land State Park – September 2016

    Phantom 3, Promised Land State Park – September 2016

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  • The UAV took a bad tumble

    Yesterday Jehu II took quite a tumble. I’ve been doing a lot of flying. Nearly every day. And though the Syma X8G would be considered by most to be a "toy" (which is a designation I agree with for sure) it has enabled me to get quite good at flying. So much so that two…

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  • Hiking the Dunmore Pine Barrens

    Yesterday fellow UAV pilot Jonathan Edwards and I hiked to the "top of the world" at the Dunmore Pine Barrens to get some exercise, see the sights, and fly a little. I decided to hike this area because of local hiker, writer and blogger Jeff Mitchell’s blog post wherein he details the hike. He provides…

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  • Tips for new drone owners

    After a few weeks of trial and error, (lots, and lots of error) video tutorial binging, manual devouring, and literally swimming for and losing my first UAV, I thought it might be good to jot down some tips for new drone owners. So here they are, in no order, but all worth considering: Fly over…

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  • Taking flight

    I had been thinking and talking about buying a UAV, drone, quadcopter* (whatever you personally call them) for a long time now. Many months. When they first hit the scene they were way out of my price range. These days they are not only affordable but incredibly capable and simple to use. Of course my…

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  • Add a hobby that forces you to explore

    I’ve been thinking a lot about a quote Matt Mullenweg wrote about earlier this year. It reads: Find three hobbies you love: one to make you money, one to keep you in shape, and one to be creative. I’m going to drop in my own personal suggestion that we add a hobby that also forces us to explore. I’ve noticed something in myself,…

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