As an older, retired woman, I found myself attracted to the incredible possibilities of the photography with the P2. I have had photography as a hobby forever. I have always craved an aerial view since my father flew Cessnas as a hobby and took me along when I was young. And, he was a terrific photographer processing first black and white photos in a dark room, followed by color as soon as it was available and I spent many hours watching his darkroom artistry. He would have loved the digital world in what it offers as well. My father's love for photography also influenced my brothers as well.
I have wanted to bring together my love for "seeing possibilities" through photography and the digital world and sharing this with others. I am especially interested in how the aerial views can help people understand their world around them and to have a better understanding of "their place". My interest in photography has been through the natural world and I am eager to put together some videos of place that focus on watersheds and what it means to be in that watershed,etc. I can't wait to learn how to fly along rivers and places where water and land meet. My first attempts I played it safe and flew very high to stay out of the trees,etc. I will do some more practice and drop down to tree tops when I feel a bit more secure in the IOSD Mini signal to monitor. I found some breakups on the monitor yesterday that I need to figure out.
I have appreciated this forum for helping me to fill in my knowledge of the technology, i.e. the Phantom, upgrades, GoPro, gimbal AND for the ideas on post production. I look forward to learning from the experiments that folks are doing and sharing so that others of us can move to the next step,too.
Again, what attracts folks to a hobby apparently is their love of and passion for the possibilities and being able to actualize it!