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“A bigpart of outdoor photography forme is getting to call the bushmy office, or evenahome base…Photography forme is about proving that
I’m capable of puttingmyself inunique situations that helpme learnmoreaboutwho I am,and tokeepdoing it.”—NelsonPhillips
I got hired to shoot an
art installationpiece
involvingaround30
peopledressed in
suits,meditatingalong
theSydenhamRiver
below InglisFalls. Iwas
nervousand sweating
hard theentire shoot,
havingonly flown the
dronea few times.We
had to land the thing
byoneof theactors
grabbing the foot of
thedronemid-flight
because therewasno
level place to set it
down.Worth the risk.
