 These guys were professional and fun to work with - probably my favorite drone job ever
Reach out to local musicians and ask them if they have any music videos planned. These are more vanity projects than anything else but they can offer a substantial amount of word of mouth advertising and they are really fun. My favorite shoot of all time was for a Texas rapper and his crew out on a dirt road on the outskirts of Austin. I did some shots where I followed some of their rides coming down dirt roads with my DJI s800. I kept watching for this footage to show up in the music videos but I never saw it. I had so much fun hanging out with these guys I told them no charge. The main guy said “no, everyone gets paid” and gave me $200 cash for the shoot. Their on screen gangster personas did not match how friendly and entrepreneurial these guys were.
I did another shoot for a girl singer and I loved the footage I got, but this was before I really did a good job of protecting my footage. You will have to watch the video below (around 1:15) to see my favorite shot of flying over downtown Austin. This shoot was the only time I ever came close to crashing my beloved S800. If you are ever flying in an urban setting on a windy day, watch out for crazy wind currents where buildings are close together! I was flying in this alley and all of a sudden the wind just pulled the drone straight at the wall. I have no idea how I avoided crashing it but I did and I immediately brought it down and told them no more alley shots! I have a friend here on Maui who did highest of high end video stuff and he would do music videos because they were so fun but never paid well. I had the same experience, I never made much money but they were fun and I liked working on them. Another side bonus is you do not have to do any editing.
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