I am now officially a Flying Dutchman!

No, I did not get my pilot license... but I did get a Phantom 4 drone! My first drone. The Phantom 4 struck me as 'somewhat idiot proof' with it's obstacle avoidance system so I decided to take the plunge. I'm taking one lesson to avoid the most common mistakes and then I'm off to.. err, well, whereever... :-)

Fly, soar, float in the sky... the next best thing to having wings myself... Anyone in need of some aerial footage in Europe? Contact me, your devoted drone pilot.

The Eiffel tower CANNOT be filmed without a permit!

I was in Paris, France a week ago and made some shots of the Eiffel tower, along with 100.000 other tourists. I made one panorama shot on a particularly nice evening around sunset, looking over the city from a tall building. Violet and orange light at the horizon. The city lit up with little lights...

I submitted this shot to Shutterstock but it was rejected because I didn't mark it as ' editorial'. Since when is a wide panorama shot of a city 'editorial'? I decided to do some research and it turns out that the Eiffel tower at night is off limits because 'the lighting of the Eiffel tower' is copyright protected?! So a shot of the tower in the daytime is no problem but sharing a video or picture taken at night without permission could get you sued- be warned!

This is the clip I'm talking about: don't tell anyone about it...
I was able to sneak this shot in at Pond5 where you can buy it royalty free, or you can contact me for great deals and more Paris footage.