Heli-cam

For the last 2 winters, Derek Weiss, founder and head of Piton Productions has been working on a revolutionary way to shoot skiing. Last week I finally had the chance to get out and see the remote controlled helicopter unit at work.
Check out this collaboration with PW and Piton Productions. I hope you get as excited as we are about the possibilities that next winter brings.

Wolverine Cirque Skiing from piton productions on Vimeo.
I operated the camera a few times while Derek flew the bird. I felt like a little kid playing with some bad ass remote control toys. It was also great watching Derek get so excited about his work (pro bono).

Capturing skiing in the backcountry is no easy task and the Heli-cam takes perfect conditions and there is tons of room for operator (2 of them) error, but when it comes together the result is like nothing I’ve ever seen.