Coral Shores Football Season – Inspired by high school football, the fierce athletic entertainment and it’s pull on the community, British born film-maker, Florida Keys drone professional, Nada Jones, gets down at grass level with 6 lenses.
Not only is the high school home to the fabulous Hurricanes football team, the Canettes and the Cheer Team are also famously resident here. A good friend of mine invited me to be the photography and video sponsor for the Cheer team & of course then the Canettes were keen to have me work with them.
The invitation to sponsor the football team put me outside my comfort zone. Ina. major way I felt this was a good thing. And embraced it 100%. To me it seemed that if they can go out there and get beaten up and dance and perform perfectly. I could too.
2022 Coral Shores Football Season
About Nada Jones – Since 2016 she’s represented the pinnacle of South Florida’s world of drones. She’s become known for her aerial views in Real Estate photography and films, wedding photo and films and Social Media Video.
She shares the basics of her Coral Shores Football Season equipment, how she does it and what being a galaxy outside her comfort zone has taught her about herself, Americans, high schoolers and film making.
Equipment
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Commercial creative real estate & social content & wedding films all strictly flown under the Part107 sUAS license provided by the FAA. Considered by many to be THE drone film maker. She does NOT just fly a drone around and hit ‘record.’
Jones edits the footage and makes it fabulous so clients LOVE what they see. She flies regularly with the best ‘manned flight aware’ drone equipment. Keenly aware of the need for RFID, she’s ready for when all the industry leaders get their act together and make that reality.
When droning she is constantly updated by the local flight traffic and National Air Space data when she flies. She loves tuning in to local flight chatter on her YAESU Pro-X and swears by it for all unmanned aerial vehicle flying jobs.
Operating in Miami, Homestead, Florida Keys and Key Largo to Key West. Creative drone video? We hear we are considered highly as drone creatives in the Florida Keys. So join Nada Jones & her team, as they continue to practice being as talented and professional as they possibly can be. And not bragging about it too much.
1. The Canettes – Sony G Master FE2.8 12-24mm Wide Lens – Sony Alpha 9 two 128 gb Sony Tough SD cards, double battery pack. Tripod
2. The Cheer Team – Rokinon F2 12mm – Sony Alpha 7iii two 128 gb two Sony Tough SD cards, double battery pack. Tripod.
3. The Game – 90 mm Lens – Sony Alpha FX3 128 gb two Sony Tough SD cards. Zhiyun Crane
4. The Game – Sony G Master f2.8 16 – 35 mm Sony Alpha FX3 128 gb two Sony Tough SD cards. Zhiyun Weebill
5. The Crowd – GoPro Hero 10 Black extra long burn batteries – 256 gb micro san disk SD cards. Tripod
6. The Crowd – GoPro Hero 10 Black extra long burn batteries – 256 gb micro san disk SD cards. Tripod
Tricks
Took me three games to figure out the configuration.
For 1 and 2 – these cameras are raised to head height and stationary. Turned on and off when there is ‘action’
For 3 and 4 – #1 TIP Set the cameras to precisely the same time stamp. These are the moving game/crowd cameras.
For 5 and 6 The Crowd Facing Cameras – Turn them on set to Cinematic 30FPS, Linear. These Enduro Batteries last, the larger SD cards can handle most of the game.
Time Sync! – all cameras – when in post production clips organise into the correct sequence.
Moving – The hardest part is handling the wide lens and the tight lens on their gimbals, along with the game and staying out of the way of the side line action. This is the largest challenge. Practice makes perfect.
Best spot is right next to the side line ump if poss. Run the wide and tight simultaneously. Turn them on and off in conjunction with each other.
Season 1 Win For Jones
But what has the cost been? And is it, will it be, worth the price she paid? The important question is, does she care what the cost is? Does the enjoyment outweigh the cost?
Next Years Football Booster
Looking forward to next years season? Being invited to film this entire Coral Shores Football Season by the director of the football boosters, and the Canettes and Cheer Team Directors has been a major step into creative challenge for me.
I am so excited because next season the boosters will be captained by a very inspired and solid group of ladies who are entrepreneurs in their local community. That is a very exciting prospect.
Letting Go Of What You Love
She’s only jealous that they may ask someone else to do it, but knows whoever it is will give their all, as she has done. For her it has been an utter labor of love and enthusiasm, so the decision has paid her large dividends in her skill improvement, community support and happiness quota.
