Recent content by Christopher Enges

When I started in this field five years ago, I thought real estate was the place I would really make in. Turned out, that was the least profitable. Now, everyone in an real estate office has someone they know or is working in the office with a drone. So most of the work is already being done...

Just go to the browser in CS and then to the Google play store and look for Ctrl+DJI and Pix4D capture apps. You will need the first to activate the second. Should download easy enough. Drone Deploy app is also there and works the same way (I believe). I usually start by going through my DJI Go...

I just had to do a custom unlock. I was mapping a county pit for stockpile measurements …. but it was 3.5 miles from KCLM airport in Port Angeles. My first trip clued me in I would not be able to unlock in the field. I have a hotspot that I take with me, along with my laptop and I couldn't fly...

Yeah, that was almost two years ago and the advice is the same! Thanks for the comment!

You know, I have heard the horror stories about DJI customer service for several years now, but I just had my IMU module replaced on my new Phantom 4 Pro V2 this week and I couldn't be more happy at their customer service. Yeah, I suppose that a new drone isn't supposed to have issues, but this...

Hi Christopher Multivista has branches all over the country. The corporate is in Vancouver, BC. The way our branch works is I get hourly travel pay plus mileage, so basically I'm paid portal to portal and my vehicle expenses are well covered. Hourly rate is based on experience, and whatever you...

Although not a big part of my aerial filming, I occasionally get a job inspecting bluff property. Where I live we have some bluffs that drop 200 feet straight down to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and even by boat it is hard to inspect. But drones? …. they work very well. Thanks for the comment.

As I stated before elsewhere on this site, I use my drone about 40% of the time in my business to produce documentary style videos for government, tribal entities, businesses, and, private individuals. I do real estate videos, but it remains a small percentage of my total business. So, I may not...

Thank you John for your kind words. It was a collaborative work for sure, with more than just aerials in this one. I don't remember seeing anything from WhidbeyTV John. That doesn't mean that they did not enter one of the 18 categories that were available. Thanks again.

I use my Phantom 4 Pro about 40% of the time to augment my ground-based filming with my production company, Spirit Vision Films.

Great information! Let me also add another outlet that people don't think about too often and that is public broadcasting in your area. My film company has worked with Peninsula Area Public Access TV in Port Angeles (PAPA TV), Washington now for about 2 years. Through the Clallam County lodging...

One of the things about the country we live in is that we all can have differing opinions Luis. I respect yours. But I don't personally hold that opinion. My drone is a aerial camera that gives me a unique perspective in my film making …. period. I have no emotional attachment to it or the...

I was a semi-professional photographer when I made the switch to videography in 2014. I still incorporate photography into my films when called for. The story-telling capacity of video really transcends still photos in my opinion. (one of the reasons I embraced videography). You are doing...

Washington state is predominately gray about 80% of the time, but I still use at least a 8-16 stop ND filter and have even used a 32 when the sun really shines around here. That takes care of any 'jello' issue I might have had in the past. To your last point ….. I have never seen anyone flying...