Flying The Camera, the complete guide to freefall photography & skydiving video (Paperback)

by Patrick Weldon (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
Parachutist Magazine: "... a great read. Highly recommended to every skydiver..."

Skydiving Magazine:"...should be required reading for every jumper contemplating putting on a camera.."

Paramount Skydiving Equipment:"...the best book ever written about any aspect of skydiving..." -- Publisher Comments

Product Description
Flying The Camera, the complete guide to freefall photography & skydiving video, is a book covering every aspect of skydiving for the cameraman. It covers such aspects as gear selection and set-up, beginning to film, relative work, tandems, competition filming, filming with multiple cameramen, Crew, BASE, and has chapters devoted to mixing & editting your tapes. Many pictures and diagrams.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Creative Pub Co (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966985303
• ISBN-13: 978-0966985306
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #544,177 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended Reading for all Camera Jumpers, April 27, 1999

By A Customer

I picked up a copy of Patrick Weldon's Flying The Camera at the world freefall convention 97. Mainly because it was raining and I was bored. I was quickly surprised at what a truly great book it is! I have about 1500+ camera jumps, lots of competition stuff, and was surprised at how much I learned from the book. Flying the Camera is a very well written, very well put together book, and I highly suggest every skydiver read it before trying to "fly the camera." Regardless of skill level or number of jumps, this is truly a great book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Well Written, Highly Recommended, May 3, 1999

By A Customer

A reviewer, an Up-and-coming skydiver: I had about 30 camera jumps when I purchased Flying The Camera. I read the book cover to cover and found it to be helpful in every way. I particularly liked the chapter called "mixing and editing your video" which helped me set up a pretty good tandem-video production at my dropzone. I recommend this book to all camera jumpers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Skydiving book, April 26, 1999

By A Customer

I had about 50 camera jumps when I purchased Flying the Camera. I read the book cover to cover, and found it to be helpful in every way. I particularly liked to chapter called "mixing and editting your video." This has helped me set up a pretty food tandem-video production at my dropzone. I recommend the book to all camera jumpers.