Filming in the sky !

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment:


I liked the idea to record some action-shots while paragliding so I could make nice video's afterwards. But I encountered a couple of problems when I thought about the attachment of the camera. When you screw the cam onto you helmet, it deteriorates the integrity of the shell. It also forms a protuberance which could get a grip on your line and you have to carry the weight of the camcorder on your head.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
































































































































 






 









 

 

Attachment:

To attach the cam there are a lot of possibilities. With an extra long cable it's probably no problem to attach the cam high in your lines, just below the wing itself. I chose to attach the cam to the side or top of my helmet with velcro. I also used a plastic knee-protector from inline skating. With tiny screws I attached the fixed mount on the knee protector. Then the cam could be connected to this mount. It has the advantage you can film yourself from kneepoint-view while flying, without the need to be continiously aware of your cam. The result of all this work can be viewed in my video's on this page. So take a look !



My Movies

       

AirDrenaline - The Movie

Music:
Portishead - William Noël - Faithless

Finally it's ready. The movie that captures the great holiday Jason and I had in Oludeniz October 2006. We had a lot of fun trying to expand our acro-skills bit by bit and doing a lot of filming. Shots from the beach, helmcam, polecam, kneecam and air-to-air shots... When we got home, we had so much material to work with. Also we met some really nice and interesting people. Like Michael 'The Rotor' Knipping, world-class acro-pilot and U-Turn Team Pilot. We've learned a lot from Michi, thanks ! The last days of our stay we met with Pál Takáts and his acro-buddy Gábor Kézi, two of the fastest rising acro-stars of this moment. Both able to perform the Infinity and Pàl even does the Misty to Infinity.

All great people and contributing to the loads of fun Jason and I had.

Check the movie and judge for yourself !



 

AirDrenaline - TRAILER

Music composed by Arjan Lensink



 

A Little More Action 2005

Music:
'A Little Less Conversation' - JunkieXL

An entertaining movie featuring my friends from Zermatt during our great time at Oludeniz 2005 !!
Produced by Alex Hale.





 

Oludeniz Acro 2005 MOVIE

Music:
'Vertigo' - U2 & 'Out of my Head' - Fatboy Slim




 

Oludeniz Acro 2005 trailer

Music:
'Rods and Cones' - Blue Man Group


 

Red Bull Vertigo 2004

Music:
'Planet Rock' - Paul Oakenfold
taken from "Swordfish Soundtrack"



   

Airwave
Grand Bornand & Annecy 2003

Music:
'Airwave 2003' - Rank 1
 

InAir
Short clip of 2005 Oludeniz




   

FreeForce 22 RealTow
Netherlands - first towing flights on my new FreeForce 22 acro paraglider and some wingover action - 2006

Music:
'Feeling so Real' - Moby




   

 































































































































Helmetcam:

Finally I decided to buy me a real helmetcam. It is an external cam, about the size of a lipstick, which can be connected with the analog input of the camcorder. With the camcorder you can record the images from the external cam. My helmet cam was bought at rf-concepts in England. Because I wanted the cam to be able to make really good shots, I took the 21CWSHR with a High Resolution Sony CCD and 480 TVL. My Digital Videocam has 520 TVL so it was close enough for me.
With the cam I bought the pack containing a batterypack holder, velcro, microphone, carry case, remote control and a fixed mount. I also ordered a wide-angle lens with a 130 degrees angle of view.

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