GV Expo: The Drones Have Risen
In first session of the day, panel of drone users discuss the state of the growing industry and give advice December 7, 2016
WASHINGTON-The
first educational session of the Government Video Expo and National
Drone Show kicked off with a panel discussion on the current state of
the drone industry.
Titled,
"Rise of the Drones" and sponsored by the Television, Internet
&Video Association of DC, each of the speakers on the panel have
witnessed first-hand the beginnings of the commercial use of drones.
Taking all of that into account, panel moderator Todd Clark, TIVA’s vice
president, asked each speaker to talk about their experiences with
drones and what advice they would give to other drone users.
Here's what the panelists had to say:
Brian
Kelly from Single Malt Media is formerly a production executive at the
Discovery Channel and began using single-prop helicopter drones for
video production in 2007. After leaving the Discovery Channel in 2009 to
start his own production company, Kelly began dabbling in drones for
his own projects but eventually found that there were many potential
clients looking for drone video production hire-outs.
"As
a production company, a for-hire freelancer wasn't really in our
business plan. But back then since no one was using drones our phone
rang-off the hook for the next four years," Kelly further explained.
Mike
Sobola, a private pilot and drone operator, as well as a lead producer
for the Food and Drug Administration, suggests to anyone buying a drone
to make sure they know who the manufacturer is and how reliable they are
in the case any fixes to the drone are needed.
"Drones have lots of moving parts, so service is number one," Sobola concluded.
Terry
and Belinda Kilby, husband-wife owners of the production company
Elevated Element, started using drones for aerial photography when they
first attached a camera of their own to an RC helicopter.
"The
birds-eye perspective is an important perspective throughout art
history, so as soon as I saw that shot I knew we had to carry a better
camera somehow," says Belinda Kirby. Some advice from the couple: "do
not rely on flight simulators and GPS, learn how to fly because those
things can fail."
Two
other panelists have capitalized on providing drone video hire-outs,
similar to what Brian Kelly found his business being hired to do.
Nathanael and Stuart Showalter stressed that providing legal aerial
imaging involves extra costs like insurance and the constant threat that
your drone could either crash due to malfunction or user error. Advice
from the brothers for those seeking to do the job themselves: "practice,
practice, practice and be aware of the laws."
A version of this article was originally posted on the website of Government Video, sister publication of Radio magazine.
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