Beginners: Everyone starts life as a drone pilot as a beginner. Getting legal is important. This session will get you legal.
Setting up your drone/controller correctly makes your drone easier to fly and safer. This session will set you up for success.
Each time you fly, there are critical settings that will mostly prevent harm and mitigate its impact if things go wrong. This session will save you anxiety and improve your confidence as a pilot.
Duration: 1 hour - Zoom or in person
Beginners: Once you're set up for success, it's time to practice the drone maneuvers you'll use every day. Learn how to control the flight of your drone. Learn to point its camera at your subject.
Learn to fly 1, 2, 3, and 4-axis cinamtographic flight maneuvers that will build your skills and your demo reel.
Learn advanced techniques like waypoint flight and follow-me. It's one thing to read about or YouTube these skills, but it's better to build skills quickly & confidently with drone training.
Duration: 2-3 hours - In person
Beginners - Advanced Pilots: No matter your skill level, we'll fly in fun places where you can truly master your drone and maximize your video and still photography skills.
We'll travel short distances to great shooting locations and shoot great subjects in the wild. These locations are carefully curated to minimize flight hazards, and practice real world skills, like flying in controlled airspace with FAA LAANC approval.
This is where drone flight training makes all the difference in the world.
Duration: Location Dependent ~ 3- 8 hours - In person
Chuck is a private (single engine land) pilot and an FAA 14 CFR Part 107 commercial drone pilot. He is an internationally recognized award winning photographer and adventure traveler. He's traveled to nearly 80 countries as a photographer, diver, motorcyclist and commercial drone pilot.
He is a commercial photographer specializing in travel, landscape, adventure, architecture, and astro-photography. He's been published in BMW Owners News magazine, Alaska Airlines in-flight magazine, books, and client websites. And because of this, he's an engaging guide for your adventure.
He's taught & lectured at the graduate and undergraduate level at University of Washington, Gonzaga University (Spokane and Florence, Italy), and at Seattle University. He is a workshop instructor at the Photographic Center Northwest teaching Drone Photography Workshops.
His go-to drone at the moment is dji's Mavic 3 and his favorite videography/photography software is Adobe's Premiere Pro and Photoshop. He's courageous behind and piloting his cameras.
Mark is private (single engine land) pilot and an FAA 14 CFR Part 107 commercial drone pilot. He is an Emmy award winning writer, producer and videographer. His career spans broadcast TV, corporate media and communications among the Fortune 100. Obviously, the stories he can tell make him an engaging guide.
He teaches drone cinematography classes at Photographic Center NW. He has guest lectured at University of Washington, and Boston University. He received cinema training from Vilmos Zsigmond at the famed Maine Media Workshops.
He recently returned from a year-long adventure sailing and droning the Caribbean and a more recent trip to Iceland. He is an avid motorcyclist and commercial drone pilot.
His go-to drone at the moment is dji's Mini 4 Pro and his favorite videography/photography software includes Cyberlink's Power director suite. The Mini and Power Director prove you can get spectacular results with simple uncomplicated tools. He's disciplined about his craft, whether it's in front of, behind, or piloting his cameras.
