While on my “winter vacation” I on occasion thought to point my phone out the window and capture a few seconds of video. Once home, I stitched those clips together, deleting about 90%. What was left is a waterfall laden collection of video clips.…
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Just north of downtown Fort Worth is a place where five bridges cross the Trinity River together. Four of those bridges are for trains. Three of them are old iron train trestles. I thought it would make for an interesting subject.…
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On a rainy morning you can see the building is getting so close to be finished.
This is the 8th video in the series. You can see that most of the glass is in. Things are starting to look more finished.
Over in Grand Prairie is a Cricket field. I’ve seen people out there playing before. I was in the park with my drone and flew over to get some interesting shots. The early afternoon winter shadows contain remarkable detail. Watch the video below.
For the March 2018 Meetup of the North Texas Drone Users Group, the guest was Officer Adkins of the Arlington Police Department’s Drone-based search and rescue team. APD has 9 officers in 6 units trained to use drones in their police service.…
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Construction progresses. There is now a lot of glass on the southern side. At the end of the video is a view of the new residence hall, parking garage, and dining hall on the north end of campus.
This video of UTA Fort Worth campus with downtown in the background was shot on a very cold morning with the sun peeking up behind me.
These pictures and video are from dawn on a cold and clear January morning. You can see the western side of the SEIR building stone work and windows getting finished. The eastern end of the building now has more siding on it.…
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December evening video of SEIR building showing close ups of the eastern end of the building and a rooftop view.
I had this idea for a car chase using a remote control car and a drone. The practicality of such a video proved much harder than I expected. I also would need to zoom closer to the target to make the video worthwhile.
Here are some pictures and a short view from camping at Lake Ray Roberts State Park on the Isle du Bois. I knew camping had really changed when I used my Apple Watch to buy firewood from a vending machine and we used a crockpot for a good deal of the cooking.
