Dave Estment, Licenced Drone Pilot

Licenced To Fly

In my last aerial videography and photography article Drone Time, or Not? I highlighted the pros and cons of this new technology and flying platform which has taken the film and photographic industries by storm in the last couple of years.We have been waiting for the new legislation governing the drone industry with bated breath, and it is finally upon us. South Africa has embraced the challenge of putting realistic, achievable legislation and professional training in place, in line with first world countries like the USA and some countries in Europe and Asia. Continue reading “Licenced To Fly”

Summer Holiday Poolside Pic

How To Document Holidays

With the festive season fast approaching, you may well be planning a holiday and perhaps contemplating how best to document it. In this super social age, most of us enjoy sharing a fresh album of beautiful photos or fun videos with our friends or followers, and with the Internet giving us the opportunity to create a living, visual legacy, we may as well make it as fabulous and meaningful as we can, don’t you think? Continue reading “How To Document Holidays”

Aerial Photo of Group Five Project

Historic Aerial Capture

Not far from the Botswana border in the Northern Cape Province, nestled amidst the protected Camel Thorn Trees, our OV&P team recently had the opportunity of spending two days on the outskirts of the town of Kathu. Our mission was to capture the progress of Group Five’s phenomenal project, which was commissioned by Kumba, an Anglo American subsidiary, to implement the approved resettlement and expansion of the mining town of Dingleton, situated adjacent to the Sishen Iron Ore site near Kathu. Continue reading “Historic Aerial Capture”