Mar 10 2015 March 10, 2015 March 10, 2015 by Ryan

Contest Entry and HG Publicity

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If you follow me here on my blog, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or stalk me from the bushes (must be cold this time of year) you already know I do a bit of aerial photography and videography using a small quadcopter.

Well the company that makes the quad and gimbal I use, DJI, is running a contest where users of their products tell the story of how we’re applying the technology in our personal or business lives.  I suspect it’s a strategic and very smart move that they’ll covertly use in lobbying law-makers to make “drones” as loosely regulated as possible, but maybe that’s just the conspiracy-theorist in me…

Anyway, I shared my story- how a “flying camera” has let me capture some pretty inspirational images and videos of hang gliding, which I think really convey what it’s like to get up there and fly.
You can read my entry here: http://event.dji.com/dji-stories/content/what-it-feels-fly

Well DJI picked up the story and shared it among their social media outlets a few days ago.  “DJI Global” has 675,087 likes on Facebook, 252k followers on Twitter, and 53k followers on Instagram… so that’s a LOT of people seeing hang gliding in their feed!  I’m stoked!

BUT THIS IS ALSO A CONTEST… So if everyone could take a minute and “like” the posts, I’d be super appreciative!  First place is a bigger, faster, much more pro quadcopter that shoots pretty stunning 4k HD video… and I would *love* to get some hang gliding footage into the world with that puppy!  So help me, help hang gliding… take a sec and click like on the following posts (please)

Post by DJI Global.