Flybye Video

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About the Charity

HEAL THE BAY

Heal the Bay is an environmental nonprofit dedicated to making the coastal waters and watersheds of Greater Los Angeles safe, healthy and clean. To fulfill our mission, we use science, education, community action, and advocacy.

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Remember those fun maps that doubled as place mats and showed a cute illustration of a city or town and all the fun sights and attractions? These days, those maps are a novelty, but we thought we would bring that fun to a video map. We plan to capture some amazing drone footage of Manhattan Beach and the downtown area and create a fun video map that the city can use to promote business and tourism.

Check out the process as we have to learn some things about drone regulations, city ordinances and technical challenges we've never faced. Jordan is a licensed FAA drone pilot (stickydrones.com), Steven is a TV & Film specialist and I'm an aspiring do-gooder. Together we'll see what we come up with and what happens as we get it done.

If you like our project, please consider donating to HEAL THE BAY here on our project page. We greatly appreciate your support! Come back soon and see how we are progressing.

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Shoot day 2 – Fly Bye for Heal the Bay Posted on February 01, 2017 by Dexter Missouri

Our second day of shooting drone footage was great. We decided to get a morning shoot to get the early light on the pier and beach. It was a beautiful morning. Chilly, but clear and calm - so the drone tracked well with no wind. We arrived before sunrise and....

Our second day of shooting drone footage was great. We decided to get a morning shoot to get the early light on the pier and beach. It was a beautiful morning. Chilly, but clear and calm - so the drone tracked well with no wind. We arrived before sunrise and there was virtually no one on the beach other than some brave surfers. We got the drone dialed in and the first flight captured some surfers by the pier and some nice fly over of pier avenue.

We got a visit from the lifeguards about a half hour into shooting. They gave us the usual, "Drone's are not allowed at the beach." But they added that it only their role to let us know, but they were not authorized to enforce anything." Well that kinda leaves it up to us then, so we proceeded. They were super nice and just told us to be careful and abide by all the FAA rules. We always do, so no problem.

We got some great footage, you can see some of it in the video here. We haven't color-corrected or adjusted anything, and this is compressed from the 4k that was captured.

We have some ideas of how we'll tie-in some local map graphics to help visitors see how convenient everything is here in Manhattan Beach. We are also planning to get some local businesses to let us feature them, so we can create a promotional spot that shows off the beach and promotes some businesses while it entertains. We'll keep bringing updates as we get more footage and put together our demo spot.

Stay tuned and return to see our further updates. And please help us support Heal the Bay by donating here on funddeed. Thank again for your support!

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Day 1 of the Fly Bye Video project Posted on January 25, 2017 by Dexter Missouri

So we got our first day of shooting completed. The plan was to get some great sunset and sunrise footage of the Manhattan Beach pier and downtown area. Leading up to this we did some research and talked to some local city representatives to get a sense of what ordinances....

So we got our first day of shooting completed. The plan was to get some great sunset and sunrise footage of the Manhattan Beach pier and downtown area. Leading up to this we did some research and talked to some local city representatives to get a sense of what ordinances and rules we would need to follow. Frankly, it's still a very murky area around drone usage and regulations. And although we got some mixed information, we found very little beyond the FAA regulations regarding drone flight, and most local ordinances simply reference the FAA rules.

We do our best to follow all the rules, and our FAA licensed drone pilot (Jordan) even called the LAX and Hawthorne air traffic control towers to get clearance. They basically said, abide by the rules and be safe. So when we arrived at the MB pier and let the lifeguard office know what we were planning, we were surprised to hear them say that there was an L.A. County ordinance that banned drones at the beach. Really?

Well, we showed them Jordan's FAA license and shared that this project was also helping raise funds for Heal The Bay, and the tone softened to the point they said, just go ahead, abide by the FAA rules and be safe. Thank you.

And upon further investigation later, we could not find any L.A. County ordinance or reference to any ordinance that would apply. So it's likely that with all the mis-information about drone rules and regulations, that the supervisors have provided a standard answer that will discourage hobbyists.

We had a beautiful afternoon and a great shoot. There was a little wind, but the Phantom III Professional handled it nicely. And our pilot, Jordan, manned the craft with pro-skills and got some incredible footage.

We'll share some of the footage in our next update. Until then, enjoy this little video of our first day shoot, and if you haven't please support our cause, Heal The Bay, by making a donation here on funddeed. Thanks!

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