Europe – we are headed your way! VERY excited to announce we will be in 4 cities throughout Europe through May 2015. Thanks to the support of companies like G Technology, we are able to bring you more cities and not only that, but physical meet ups and events in 4  cities we are traveling to.

These events are totally FREE but spaces are limited and are on a first come, first served basis – hence this quick email to you all to make sure you can reserve a spot if you want to attend!

Details below, and for more details of what is happening, check out www.laforetair.com, the Facebook page and this article over on Fstoppers which talks a little about why these events are so important

London

Tuesday, 12 May 2015 from 6pm-8pm (BST)

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/project-air-global-tour-london-tickets-16799849803

Jigsaw24
8 Golden Square
W1F 9HY Soho
United Kingdom

Barcelona

Monday 18th May 2015 6pm – 8pm

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/laforet-air-barcelona-registration-16800007274

INGRACIA BARCELONA
3 Carrer de Jesús
08012 Barcelona
Spain

Berlin

Thursday 21th May 2015 6-8pm

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/project-air-global-tour-berlin-tickets-16800068457

Fabrik 23
Gerichtstraße 23
13347 Berlin
Germany

Paris

Tuesday 26th May  2015 6-8pm

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/project-air-global-tour-paris-tickets-16800102559

Please continue to support the project over at www.laforetair.com – every book, lithograph or postcard sold is another way to fund more cities to bring you guys.

Keep up to date with all the latest stories and images from me over at Storehouse where you can see the latest story on Los Angeles from 10K

In 2013, Freefly Systems changed the game with the MoVI, the worlds most advanced handheld camera stabilization system.

Now they’re looking to do the same thing again with MIMIC, a completely new motion tracker for the MoVI Remote Operator. For those who may not be familiar, the Remote Op is the person who remotely controls the camera movement independently of where the MoVI Operator is pointing it.

As you can see from the video below, they’ve gone all out to make MIMIC completely intuitive for the operator, regardless of experience – “child’s play” indeed!

Doing away with a control joystick on the MoVI controller, Freefly have opted for a remote system with sensors that track your positioning and movement, translating these into silky smooth camera movement. This essentially allows for a totally organic, intuitive and completely immersive independent camera operation experience. I can see myself as a director wanting to pick the control unit up and ‘feel’ what the shot and framing is going to ultimately look like.

Below is a great example of MIMIC in action, as Chase Jarvis tracks a fast moving subject, independent of where the MoVI operator position. You can see just how easy it is to pick up and use, when he actually hands MIMIC off to the runner they were shooting and she does a great job of actually keeping the subject in frame! Not bad for a Remote Operator with zero experience!

Other Freefly news is they are officially back in the drone game with ALTA, their new drone capable of carrying cinema camera / lens payloads of up to 14lbs for 15minutes flight time, and allowing for top mounting.

Pricing and availability  – TBC

NAB2015 is gearing up to be a very interesting event! Here’s my schedule, come and say hi and let me know what you think of Project AIR:

All times are PST

Monday April 13th

9.30am Blackmagic Booth

10.30pm Kessler Booth

12pm G Tech Booth

1pm Canon Main Stage

2.15pm G Tech Booth

Tuesday April 14th

1pm Atomos Booth

2pm Canon Talk EDU

Wednesday April 15th

10am Canon Main Stage

2pm Canon Talk EDU