During the winter months it's extremely important to find a way to keep those Lipo batteries warm so that they can continue to perform. There are a couple effective ways to do this. The most effective is to find a square heating pad that you can place in your battery bag at the bottom. The only issue here is you will need a power source,
This post is a little different from the rest. It is dedicated to thank the team at Tech Strategies Inc. (TSI). TSI is a small business IT solution company dedicated to giving amazing service and at an affordable price. TSI built and hosts Helivate Films' website and provides us with email hosting and has never let us down. It's not only that, besides the website and email, Tech
Its clearly understood that as an aerial cinematographer you have to go the distance to get the shot, but where is the line? While out filming for the first time on the Salt Flats in Bonneville Utah we had been asked to get glamour shots of the mountains in our down time. Our instructions were simple, go towards the mountains and be back to basecamp
Helivate Films LC was created in September of 2013 by Zac Eskelsen (Me). At the time I had been working as a computer programmer and had a passion for film. for years I would spend my spare time working with friends and their film business learning all the tricks of the trade and then I would put it into practice. In my quest to become
Mid summer 2014 I left for a job on the salt flats in Utah filming for Venturi. This was to be a two day event and I was with my camera operator Matt Schramer. We arrived the night before the event and decided we needed to go out and do a test flight. Upon take off the Heli was unresponsive and my heart stopped beating
