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This had to be one of the most fun photo shoots you've ever done. Very dynamic! I dunno about that girl with the short hair, though...she seemed to enjoy it just a little too much. :)
Each person was tazed by their friend or significant other which created an interesting dynamic in itself. The emotions on both sides of the taser were extremely entertaining to watch. The person getting tazed was almost always nervous and jittery with either a sense of fear or anxiety. The participants doing the tazing had a different demeanor altogether. Most of them were excited to cause pain to their friend and only showed remorse immediately after executing the shock. I wanted to record both of these reactions and you can see a second slow motion edit of both people's reactions in the video below:
Don't tase me bro! The photoshoot looked interesting and the subjects were none worse for the wear and no lasting harm was done. I can't compare the pain of a taser, since I've never been tased, to that of having 700 or so cold cranking amps surging through my wedding ring.; but I received a third degree burn while replacing a boat battery and the pliers touched positive and negative. The pliers arched through my wedding ring. Fortunately, I had the sense of mind to get it cold and jumped in the lake in mid March in South Carolina. The lake temperature was probably about 50°F. I got to see what a tendon looks like. Fortunately, everything healed up. I now have a permanent wedding band tattoo. I wish I had taken photos of the recovery process since the healing process was quite amazing seeing the skin grow back.
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If these are traditional flashes, then yes. If these are IGBT units, the opposite is true. I'm not familiar with these lights. I would like to get myself a set of IGBT lights, they're really handy when doing fashion work where a model is always moving about, although sometimes you want the longer duration of traditional units when you want a little motion blur in hair and clothing.
This situational awareness was vital and helped police make sensible and proactive strategic decisions. For instance, after the game, rival fans faced off outside the ground, separated only by a flimsy fence.
James joined heliguy™ in 2018 following a 13-year stint in print and online journalism, having worked on regional and weekly newspaper titles. He is responsible for spearheading heliguy™'s content strategy and social media delivery. James collaborates with DJI Enterprise's European marketing team to coordinate and produce case studies and helps organise events and webinars.
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These series of shots showed how the drone with zoom camera was able to obtain a crystal-clear view of the damage, from afar...
What I found most interesting about the reactions people showed while getting tazed was you never knew how they would react. Some people screamed while others were quiet. A few people looked like they were experiencing pleasure while others had the most painful faces I've ever seen. I saw jumpers and fallers. People laughed and people cursed. I even had about four guys and girls who did not react at all and seemed to be completely unphased by the 300,000 volts of electricity.
This was amazing I had a great time and hope that one day I can be as good as y'all are! If you ever need assistance in any way even if it's just bringing you coffee or carrying stuff I would be honored to do it just to learn something from y'all. Once again amazing amazing job!!!!
You have a very creative eye sir. My hat's off to you. It reminded me of the photo that Philippe Halsman took of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor who he had asked to jump for the photo (http://life.time.com/history/the-best-of-life-37-years-in-pictures/attac...). These odd posings and/or actions seem to get to the spirit of the people. Also my compliments to your models and crew.
Cool video!!! It was funny to watch. The lighting, music and over all mood was serious, but their faces were hilarious! The feel is like the combination of sweet and salty. Really super cool, I watched all the videos and looked at all the pictures! And i can defiantly say that I would never let anyone touch me with a taser. Ever.
The M300 RTK is a rugged and heavy-duty police drone solution. The DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced meanwhile is a lightweight, portable and quickly deployable aircraft: Ideal for deploying as a first responder drone, or using on-the-go.
The Force has said that it allowed them to communicate with people in a way 'not previously possible'. Read the full review.
A Force spokesman said: "We turned up and flew the drone 400ft across an open field, before hovering 50m from the property - and the heat source was obvious. The filming from the drone took one minute and 20 seconds, and it was only in the air for five minutes from start to finish.
This is absolutely brilliant!!!! Ridiculously creative! Perhaps one of the most creative ideas I have seen all year! Well done Patrick!
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For the slow motion videos, we used two Sony FS700 cameras. These relatively inexpensive professional video cameras are all the buzz right now because they can film amazing High ISO 1080 video at 240 frames per second. It's pretty cool to see this footage in such detail at these super fast frame rates. For the lenses, I wanted the video to match the still shots so we used another Nikon 70-200 2.8 lens on one camera and the Canon 70-200 2.8 lens on the second camera.
Yeah I understand the differences but everyone knows the phrase Taser and it rolls off the lips better than "The Stun Gun Photoshoot". It would not be practical to shoot taser barbs into each participant.
Every second counts, and drones can be deployed quickly and cost-effectively, reaching inaccessible areas and providing vital information about the crisis in real-time - all while keeping officers safe.
Police deploy drones for many reasons: Search and rescue, law enforcement, disaster response, and crash scene investigation;
The DJI M30 Series is a great drone for the police and public safety: Featuring the performance of the M300 RTK but packing it into a more portable, lightweight, smaller frame, more akin to the Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced.
Surveillance by drone is an important and valuable part of policing - but Forces will not deploy unmanned aircraft to simply spy for no good reason.
I'm impressed with the execution of this project but repulsed by the concept. Portraits of the people doing the stunning are far more interesting to me. So many mixed emotions. Congrats.
When I envisioned this event, I knew I wanted to keep my subjects separated from the crowd and also have a clean background to film them against. Instead of messing with paper or fabric backgounds, we setup two 7'x8' Lastolite Hilite backgrounds to form a little cove. These Hilites are really useful for location shooting because they are easy to break down and can be used as HUGE softboxes if you fire lights inside of them.
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Zoom Camera: 48 MP 1/2'' CMOS Sensor; 5x-16x Optical Zoom, 200x Max. Hybrid Zoom; Photo Resolution: 8K; Video Resolution: 4K/30fps.
The type of training police drone units require depends on the type of drone and operations the Force is planning to conduct.
Lead pilot Sergeant Paul Terry said: “If the drone hadn’t of been there, he wouldn’t have been seen. It’s very likely he wouldn’t have been located that night and his life was saved because of that tactic.”
LiDAR is a highly-effective tool for the police. It is highly accurate, highly automated, can be deployed at night, and is particularly effective in areas of dense vegetation. It can be used for a range of applications, such as crime and crash scene investigation, search and rescue, and following natural disasters and fires.
heliguy™ has designed a robust, collision-proof cage to protect the Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced - particularly useful for confined space inspection. The video below, courtesy of London Fire Brigade, shows the cage's resistance to bumps and collisions.
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I explain the entire setup in the Behind the Scenes video below but I'll outline it here as well. For the camera, I decided to shoot with the new Nikon D810 DSLR. It has 36mp which allowed me to shoot a little less tight and still retain a high amount of resolution if I needed to crop. Having people jumping around in the frame can make it difficult to compose the perfect shot so I often shot a little wider to give me some flexibility. The lens used was the Nikkor 70-200 2.8 because it gives a nice compression to the portraits.
You can find out how these drones compare by reading our M300 RTK vs M30 Series vs Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced comparison blog or scroll down for an overview of each platform.
The heliguy™ in-house training team - which consists fixed-wing and rotary-drone specialists, including former Armed Forces personnel - has trained more than 3,000 candidates, including more than 30 UK emergency services.
The overall lighting setup was pretty simple. I used in total 3 Profoto D1 1000 Watt heads to craft the light on my subjects. The key light was fitted with a small 2.7 x 2.7 softbox with the front diffusion panel removed to increase the contrast. To help edge out my subjects from the background, I setup a larger 2' x 3' softbox behind and above my subjects. The final D1 Monoblock was placed behind my subject to the left of the camera to give an even stronger edge light from the side. In order to produce the fastest flash duration, I set my key light to full power (10) and set a correct exposure on my camera to compensate for the high amount of flash.
Derbyshire Constabulary deployed its fleet of DJI drones to monitor the extent of the situation and patrol the evacuated town following reports of attempted burglaries at empty properties.
While interesting my only problem is that this using a Taser its a Stungun. A Taser is a gun like device that fires 2 darts on a wire from a distance into the subject. Its nastier and more effective by the fact you have a set of darts embedded in your skin raising the conductive potential of the the charge.
The CZZN Loud Speaker can be used by police in a range of scenarios, including remote communication with people following a major disaster, casualties or missing peple, or suspects.
Unlike the M300 RTK, the M2EA has a fixed payload array, and is not waterproof, but packs plenty into its small frame, making it a powerful portable solution for the police.
This video, captured by the H20T, shows how the camera can be used to display a thermal and visual feed, side-by-side, in real-time. Police can often be deployed to assist fire and rescue crews.
I wasn't thinking about that. I'm right-handed, but my left hand had better access to the battery. Two doctors, one a friend who saw me after it happened and my regular doctor who I saw the next day, told me afterwards that they thought I would lose the finger. My GP gave me instructions for cleaning and care, but after a few days, I got depressed after seeing nothing happening. I went to the nurse at work and said "Don't worry, this didn't happen here." and told her what happened and the care. She suggested adding hydrogen peroxide as part of the cleaning process; that hurt like hell, but I started seeing results. I knew that my finger would be intact.
Overall the entire photoshoot and event was a huge success. I was able to photograph roughly 100 people in a single night and instantly created a unique portfolio full of taser reactions. If you want to hear my thoughts on how I created this idea, built up the photography lighting, planned the slow motion shots, and hosted the entire event, check out the behind the scenes video below:
woah bad accident man... I served in my country's artillery division as compulsory national service. the training sergeant warned us about the lead batteries by placing a spanner to short circuit the battery. He pressed a tad too hard the whole spanner's head melted and sputtered around. luckily no one got hurt.
In just a single flight, drones can collect hundreds of images to create accurate and detailed 2D maps and 3D models for thorough accident investigation, including measuring skid marks, examining damage and streamlining communication between investigation teams.
"The drone provided us with visuals that couldn’t really have been done in any other way. Yes, the National Police Air Service helicopter could have done this, but this would have been at a cost of about £3,000 per hour. Instead, we did this with the drone as part of our routine duties."
heliguy™ also offers CPD (Continuing Professional Development) training for the emergency services and fixed-wing tuition, as part of other offerings.
In one example of using drones for crowd control, Norfolk Police deployed unmanned aircraft on derby day between Norwich City and Ipswich at Carrow Road.
PC Tom Gee said: "If we didn't have the drone, somebody would have had to go up close to the damage - scaling down on a rope down the dam to have a look and putting their life at risk."
On the subject of maps and models, the DJI Zenmuse P1 45MP full-frame photogrammetry camera can be used to build highly-detailed digital assets - especially useful for crash-scene investigation.
This is a really interesting thought. I have always questioned a musician's credibility when their song sounds exactly like a popular song. How could they ripped another artist off? But in this case, I have never heard of this Nymphomaniac movie until yesterday and yet the concept is pretty similar. I think it just goes to show how unoriginal most ideas are AND how easy it is to correlate two events that actually have nothing to do with each other. These images are so awesome for the theme of that movie though. Maybe I'll watch it this weekend.
...while this image shows how the drone provided real-time information about the placing of bags of aggregate, by RAF Chinooks, and spotted for any breaches.
More and more Forces are embracing UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) to fight crime, keep their communities safe, and collect vital information.
The training is split into two course options: The A2 CofC or the GVC. You can find out more by reading our in-depth guide to UK drone laws. heliguy™ recommends that the GVC is the most comprehensive course for police forces.
However, the drone footage of the crowd meant that police could see the situation developing early and were able to redistribute ground forces to the trouble spot and de-escalate the situation.
The L1 can be used with DJI Terra for a one-stop post-processing solution, helping you generate 3D point clouds and accuracy reports.
Yea, this was 11 on a scale of 10; it felt like a hundred yellow jackets. I wasn't worried about electrocution when I jumped in the lake since I broke the circuit when I dropped the pliers.
Swappable Payloads: Compatibility with a range of payloads, including thermal, zoom, LiDAR and photogrammetry sensors, as well as loud speakers and bright spotlights. The M300 RTK can also carry up to three payloads at once.
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Police drones enable officers to collect data and obtain real-time vital situational awareness, quicker and safer. It is also significantly cheaper than calling on the National Police Air Service helicopter.
As a portrait photographer, I am always trying to make people feel comfortable in front of my camera so I can capture a real emotion from them. But what if I was able to make people feel so uncomfortable in front of the camera that I could guarantee an interesting portrait every time? This is the idea behind my latest series: The Stun Gun Photoshoot. I've edited two different videos as well as a behind the scenes in the full post below.
Meanwhile** our operational success continues with our new @DJIEnterprise #M30. Video from Sunday shows two High Risk Missing Persons, located in the dark, in a field by the A15 #thermal #camera. This #drone find ensured quick safeguarding & helps free up @LincsPolice officers. pic.twitter.com/Vv0h1bPLwK
The L1 can generate detailed maps and penetrate dense vegetation thanks to its multi-return capability; a highly-efficient and accurate solution; and can generate point clouds in live view to provide immediate insights.
To your second point. With the amount of creative work being generated every minute in digital age almost every idea seams unoriginal and we see connections between projects (even if there are none) on a daily basis. I remember being really impressed with the posters for Nymphomaniac so this resemblance might be bigger in my head then it really is. Nonetheless, I really like the outcome of your work (which I failed to mention in my first post) and community approach to the whole project.
As I understand it, speedlights fire at full power each time but at lower power settings the circuit board stops the full power flash from completing (shortening flash duration). That's why speedlights have faster flash durations at lower power settings. Most studio strobes actually fill up a capacitor in preparation for a flash (depending on what power setting you have chosen) and they dump the capacitor completely with each flash. That's why you have to "dump" a studio strobe when you lower it's power setting.
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Thermal Imaging Camera (M30T only): Equivalent Focal Length: 40 mm; Resolution: 640 x 512 or Infrared Image Super-resolution Mode: 1280 x 1024; Frame Rate: 30fps; Measurement Accuracy: ±2°C or ±2%.
In its own right, the Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced is a powerful police drone, with impressive capabilities for its size, including a high-resolution thermal camera.
PC Tom Gee, UAS Accountable Manager for Derbyshire Constabulary’s Police Drone Unit, described the Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced as a game-changer for public safety, praising the aircraft’s upgraded thermal and visual sensors, which he says make for more confident searches and reliable data collection. Read the full story here.
My math is clearly wrong in the video (I don't actually know if it was at 1/8th or 1/4) but yes Profoto heads have shorter flash durations at full power. I was just with the Profoto rep last week and he confirmed it. B1s have fast T1 times at lowest power while D1 are the opposite and have fast T1 times at full power.
The drone offered a quick, cheap and readily-available solution which was impossible for fans to take counter-measures, and offered unique and better views. Sent into the sky, it scanned the crowd and sent live pictures to officers on the ground.
I think we usually want to believe that someone is ripping off someone else when two ideas are similar. The Nymphomaniac posters are clearly a clever way to advertise the movie. I had no idea my series would produce the orgasmic reactions they have received until after I looked at the images (actually I could tell during the event itself). The test images mainly produced images of pain. Stylistically they are very different but the actual people do share similarities. Does anyone know if Von Trier or the photographer actually made the actors reach orgasm or were they simply acting?
It reminds me of the Milgram experiment. I'm creeped out the photographer thought it'd be a great idea to find willing participants to actively hurt each other.
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Like many photographers, I have a ton of ideas floating around that I think would be great to explore. This idea for a photo series showing people the second they are hit with a taser or stun gun has been something I have wanted to photograph for almost a year now. Despite all the barriers it presented and the countless people who thought I was a sadist, crazy, or just outright irresponsible, I decided to finally stop talking about this idea and actually execute it. The results were pretty hilarious.
The ES-DOT course is specifically designed for police forces, delivering the CAA-approved syllabus in a closed-course environment, with a focus on public safety.
Not only does this speed up the data-collection process, but also means that roads can be reopened faster and cuts down on officer on-scene times.
The DJI 30 Series has an enhanced IP rating of IP55 and a 41 minute flight time. The payload on the DJI M30 and M30T is fixed, but has high-performance capabilities:
Additional modules can be integrated with the M30 Series, such as the LP12 loudspeaker/spotlight, which is an ideal accessory for police/public safety, for operations such as search and rescue and ground communication.
Take Lincolnshire Police, for example. Using an unmanned aircraft with thermal capabilities, the drone team landed its first prosecution by uncovering a professional cannabis growing operation.
The ability to swap payloads makes the M300 RTK an attractive proposition for the police - from using thermal to detect heat sources during a missing person mission, to LiDAR for building maps in highly-vegetated areas.
Meanwhile, the Z15 spotlight provides a powerful, targeted aerial light source, ideal for a range of police missions, including public safety, law enforcement and searches for missing people.
Drones can be deployed by police for a range of observation missions, such as scouting key areas or suspects, obtaining vital situational awareness to help with deployment tactics, and monitoring crowd behaviour and movement. They are particularly useful for investigating suspects - especially those who could be armed - while maintaining a safe distance.
RESULT** High Risk Missing Person in their 70s with dementia located today, by our brand new @lincspolice #drone in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. Officers guided in misper safe guarded. Inc 268 19/06/22 @DJIGlobal @DJIEnterprise #M30 #dronesforgood pic.twitter.com/rXHAbKfdFd
Deploying UAS for accident reconstruction cuts down the evidence-gathering process - taking less than 30 minutes for a job that used to take three or four hours.