Back from another wonder week in the mountains of northern New Mexico...the only aero stuff this trip was a little off road jaunt to the site of a historic Air Mail route arrow.
This one is on the LA to New York route, this beacon placement was built @ 1932. Most of these locations consisted of a rotating beacon, an generator /operator building, and lighted arrow pointing the way to the next beacon.
This one is called Site# 81B LA-A Cuerva DOCILF 10 miles north of Interstate 40 at the little 'town' of Cuervo, New Mexico.
Little bits of forgotten aviation history are scattered all over the USA.
The only flying to be seen were our ever present fast feathered friends.
This 'poor' hawk chose the wrong spot to hang out....Steller's Jays are very territorial.
For people not too much into historical military vehicles this is quite an intriguing car. So maybe it's worth sharing.
Is was, more or less, a four-wheel, amphibious VW Beetle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Schwimmwagen
Maybe that's where VW got their inspiration for the VW Thing!
Massimo Foti wrote:
For people not too much into historical military vehicles this is quite an intriguing car. So maybe it's worth sharing.
Is was, more or less, a four-wheel, amphibious VW Beetle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Schwimmwagen
For a couple of years now, when I see "The Movie" _Memphis Belle_, I tell myself I have more than enough shots of it. But then I usually find "one more" shot that appeals to me. And this time , it was . . .
Good Morning/Evening Y'All! Hope everyone had a great week. Today is the first day I haven't had an assignment in over a month and I can't figure out what to do with myself This week began in Austin, then back to DFW, Southwest Fort Worth, Plano Baylor Heart Hospital, wrapping up yesterday in McKinney. Yesterday's assignment was a lesson in "relativity", it's pretty toasty in The Lone Star these days and Friday was no exception. The assignment consisted of 12 hours of shooting still/video in a wire manufacturing facility. We marveled at how delightful 97 degrees feels when you walk outside after shooting in an area that's 150 and up....................positively "fall-ish" Fortunately I got to forego the aluminum suit.................
My MoviPro continues to amaze, entertain and generate revenue far beyond the meager investment I made in it. I fired it up yesterday and the marketing intern that was with us shot with it all day as we moved through the facility, creating a "making of......" story.
The more I use the Movi, the more anxious I am for my new Ikan Pivot to arrive. The possibilities and applications are literally unlimited it seems. One of my largest residential clients has asked me to put together pricing for creating stabilized gimbal 4K walk throughs when I am there shooting stills with all the areas styled and lit properly. I showed them the difference between the "walk thorough" product they are currently paying tens of thousands of dollars for, and what this technology allows me to create. The virtual tour people don't light, style, or even light the candles/fireplaces, and the end product is uninspiring to say the least. There is one caveat, when I started to talk about doing some of this atop a hoverboard/Segway, Sheila drew a hard line in the sand and made it very clear that would not be happening. Looks like I'll have to hire Chandler for those occasions I really don't see the problem, a 69 year old guy on a hoverboard........................what could go wrong?
Oh, I also had the opportunity to explore the outer limits of aviation photography this week................... I think it was 150 degrees in that fuselage as well!
