Took a mini break from my helicopter flight training yesterday by taking an aerial photography workshop, which culminated in my flying in the back of an A Star helicopter with the door slid back in a formation of up to 6 helicopters full of photographers from the workshop, getting to practise some air to air (photographing/filming other aircraft in the air) and air to ground photography and videography which made a fun change, particularlly as I especially want to eventually end up professionally ultimately flying camera ship helcopters in the movie and TV business here in Los Angeles, so as well as having a personal interest in photography and filmmaking understanding the aerial camera operator/photographer's job a little would be useful to experience.. Shot between my Panasonic GH3 micro four thirds mirrorless camera and my gopro 3- having some kind of stabilization system/gimbal would help tremendously as sticking the camera out the door into the slipstream combined with the vibrations in the helicopter in general proved very challenging shooting hand held- preferring my video footage over the stills shots I took- quite fond of the look and feel of this video- just wish I figured out how to slow the shutter speed down in order to get the helicopter rotors to 'blur out'..I only had a single medium prime lens as well and a zoom lens would have been more beneficial as it's not worth trying to change lenses with the doors off and wind blasting by.. Please check out my multiple other flight training videos on this channel & subscribe- I am now a rated pilot working on my professional ratings Catch the full 'Learn How To Fly A Helicopter' series playlist here & please subscribe- new videos being added all the time- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLujXt86FpJPPsgUSNzv18FvN72xD-CeKV As always please click HD and full screen for best viewing experience and thank you for Subscribing, liking, commenting and sharing! 'justinspirational' - aviation and 'flight' inspired channel 2 minute trailer here- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GyW0WrSW0c (flight instruction/training/lessons, education, fun & inspiration- all things 'flight' & 'aviation' based- please check out my multiple other flight training videos on this channel- I am now a rated pilot working on my professional ratings...) Also check out my 'Learn How To Fly An Ultralight/Microlight Airplane' Series also on this channel here- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLujXt86FpJPNvBD3_ZZxspITWFxPc6gRQ Disclaimer- these videos are meant to educate, inspire and entertain- However, these videos do not under any circumstances replace taking actual lessons with a Certified Flight Instructor in the specific aircraft yourself in person until proficient and safe and I do not take any responsibility for any actions taken learnt from instructions in these videos that (God forbid) may lead to any incidents or accidents in the future with anyone else- fly safe everyone and blue skies!

• published: 04 May 2015
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