nimbus.fpv
Type
FPV Cinematography
Client
Independent
Role
Aerial Cinematographer Drone Engineer Editor
Year
2021 - Present
In 2020, I came across a video on Instagram that I couldn't figure out. I assumed it was shot on a 360° camera and reframed in post. It turned out to be a single FPV drone, flown through goggles that let the pilot see exactly what the machine sees. Back then, you couldn't simply buy a ready-to-fly system. The parts had to be sourced, assembled and tuned yourself, and getting them to work together was a challenge in itself. That was exactly what drew me in.
In 2020, I came across a video on Instagram that I couldn't figure out. I assumed it was shot on a 360° camera and reframed in post. It turned out to be a single FPV drone, flown through goggles that let the pilot see exactly what the machine sees. Back then, you couldn't simply buy a ready-to-fly system. The parts had to be sourced, assembled and tuned yourself, and getting them to work together was a challenge in itself. That was exactly what drew me in.
Flying it is a different kind of experience. Once the goggles go on, the world around me disappears. I see what the drone sees, and for those few minutes, it feels less like flying a machine and more like flying myself. At 150 km/h, there is very little room for hesitation. The adrenaline is real, but so is the focus. Everything narrows down to the next movement, the next gap, the next decision. There is nothing else in my head.
Flying it is a different kind of experience. Once the goggles go on, the world around me disappears. I see what the drone sees, and for those few minutes, it feels less like flying a machine and more like flying myself. At 150 km/h, there is very little room for hesitation. The adrenaline is real, but so is the focus. Everything narrows down to the next movement, the next gap, the next decision. There is nothing else in my head.
What started as an interest in the machine slowly changed the way I thought about the camera. I began to see movement not just as a way of getting from one shot to another, but as part of the image itself. Nimbus became an ongoing experiment in what happens when the camera isn't watching the action anymore, but becomes part of it.
What started as an interest in the machine slowly changed the way I thought about the camera. I began to see movement not just as a way of getting from one shot to another, but as part of the image itself. Nimbus became an ongoing experiment in what happens when the camera isn't watching the action anymore, but becomes part of it.
