Title says it all on this one.. was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on the beach at White Bay on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, Caribbean! My favorite color has always been turquoise.. just like the shallow waters in the Caribbean, and White ...
As you know, we started in 2015 with a complete re-fit of 'Sophisticated Lady' this year, and it's been a big undertaking already! One of our main resources here in the Caribbean has been Budget Marine as they actually keep IN STOCK anything and everythin...
Here is Part 3 of our new series of videos on maintenance, upgrades, equipment and gear reviews and more as we begin our 2015 re-fit of 'Sophisticated Lady' here at Rodney Bay Marina in St Lucia, Caribbean... the new series aptly called "JUST ANOTHER DAY I...
It's not often that you see something so spectacular as a full halo on the moon on a perfectly clear night! This was one such night and I just happened to capture it on our new Sony AX100 video camera on manual low-light settings... at F2.8 and shutter sp...
Meet Paul & Sheryl Shard of Internationally Syndicated TV show "DISTANT SHORES"! Paul & Sheryl have been traveling by sail for over 25 years and producing videos and DVDs of their travels from all over Europe, the Mediterranean, North America and ...
Today finds me grateful at end of a long day for having a beautiful beach nearby to walk in the sand and sea and just watch the sunset while letting all the stress of the day slip by.. awesome. Trellis Bay is on Beef Island attached to Tortola in the Brit...
Yes, a new sponsor in support of our AmbientRealLife channel, and one of my favorite restaurants in the British Virgin Islands! The Rock Cafe in Virgin Gorda has the new Treehouse bar/restaurant built way up on top of the tree tops, and it has one of the ...
Today is day 3 in my 2015 Grateful challenge, and today finds me thinking about my kids and wishing I could see them more than I do, but certainly grateful that they are healthy, happy, and safe in their world surrounded by family and friends!
How about y...
Day 2 of our 2015 Grateful Challenge finds us in the beautiful island of St John in the US Virgin Islands. Anchored in Francis Bay next to Maho Bay we find perfect tranquility in a truly serene place... there are no cars, no resorts or hotels, no airports...
I think we all go through cycles of high and low energy depending on what's going on in our individual lives at the time, and for me the past several months have harbored some challenges I could have done without.. but then it is time to get back to basics...
Yes, the new version of the MARINER Waterproof Drone, aka the new "SPLASH" Drone, is now on Kickstarter and will begin production in May with scheduled delivery in June 2015!
Find everything you need including a link to the Kickstarter campaign at http://...
We put into Caneel Bay on St John, USVIs for the night, anchored just off of Honeymoon Beach outside of the main harbor of Cruz Bay. Was a beautiful calm evening and night, but overnight the reversing currents decided to throw us a little curve ball! Wok...
Here are the first test scenes captured from our new Sony AX-100 video camera filming in 4K Ultra HD Resolution! All scenes filmed in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) of the CARIBBEAN.
First you will some shots from onboard 'Sophisticated Lady' while und...
Yes, our new Sony AX-100 has arrived here in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), so now between that and our 3-GoPro Hero4 cameras that also film in 4K you will see a comsiderable advance in the quality and clarity of some of our videos! Of course it will b...
WE DID IT!! World's First... a "MARINER" Waterproof Drone filming in 4K with a GoPro Hero4 stabilized on a FULLY WATERPROOF GIMBAL, with Waterproof FPV live-video transmission to the ground station, even from under water!
This has been a major undertakin...
Today finds us in Cane Garden Bay in the Northwest side of Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands of the Caribbean! Cane Garden Bay has always been a favorite, and home to many things.. first of all it has one of the longest and most beautiful beaches in ...
At long last I have finally tried and tested my new WATERPROOF FPV (First Person View) system on our "MARINER" Waterproof Drone.. and it worked! But whatever you do, DON'T try this with your DJI Phantom or Inspire 1 quadcopters or you will very quickly se...
Title pretty much sums it up... was a spectacular sunset with the beautiful tallship "STAD AMSTERDAM" in the harbor here in Simpson Bay, St Maarten, SXM, CARIBBEAN... and "LUCKY" along for the ride, our African Grey Parrot that has lived onboard 'Sophistic...
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You asked for it, so here it is... the new "MARINER" Waterproof DRONE First Flight Tutorial! And we wanted to do something unique for this tutorial, so we launched the "MARINER" Drone from the helideck of a Megayacht in St Maarten, SXM, in the CARIBBEAN!
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Here is the first flight tests of the newest version, the SplashDrone AUTO PLUS model:
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Thought we'd do something a little different this New Years Eve, so we flew our new "MARINER" Waterproof DRONE through the Fireworks display in Philipsburg Bay...
This day finds us sailing 'Sophisticated Lady' down the coast of St Lucia on our way to St Vincent.. we decided to break the trip up with a stop at the Pitons National Park at the south end of St Lucia.
Saint Lucia is one of the most mountainous Caribbean...
Welcome to Rodney Bay Marina on the Beautiful island of St Lucia here in the CARIBBEAN! Rodney Bay Marina is host to the 2014 Atlantic Rally For Cruisers (2014) and ready to welcome all participating vessels on arrival after a grueling 3000+ mile sail acr...
Here is Part 2 of our new series of videos on maintenance, upgrades, equipment and gear reviews and more as we begin our 2015 re-fit of 'Sophisticated Lady' here at Rodney Bay Marina in St Lucia, Caribbean... the new series aptly called "JUST ANOTHER DAY I...
Just a quick scene to help start your day off with a bit of Sunshine from St Lucia in the Caribbean! Filmed with our new WATERPROOF "MARINER" DRONE at the Rodney Bay Marina here in Rodney Bay, the Happy Day Bar features happy hour all day long so you can ...
You guys asked for it, so here it is... the start of our new series of videos on maintenance, upgrades, equipment and gear reviews and more as we begin our 2015 re-fit of 'Sophisticated Lady' here at Rodney Bay Marina in St Lucia, Caribbean... the new seri...
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It was only with extreme luck that we left St Maarten and St Barth's just early enough this season to escape the wrath of what the islands expected to be a 30-40knot tropical storm, but turned into Hurricane...
Sure, everyone has a cool drone available now, but how many can be flown on and off the water?!? Our new Mariner can do just that, and even with an HD GoPro Hero3 attached to the bottom in a waterproof casing to gain those really cool shots from above and...
Some great aerials shot at Rodney Bay in St Lucia, CARIBBEAN.. in and around the IGY Rodney Bay Marina at Rodney Bay. Videos filmed with our new "Mariner" Waterproof DRONE with a stabilized GoPro Hero3 camera!
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Any day can be made better with the addition of DOLPHINS! And this day was nothing short of spectacular... beautiful calm blue Caribbean seas.. gentle breeze blowing, sailing along at about 5knots.. and out of the blue comes a very large school of dolphin...
Including some of the antics of our resident Pirate Parrot, "Lucky", an African Grey Parrot that has lived onboard a sailboat full time for over 10 years.. this new video update from our sailing journeys in the CARIBBEAN! Filmed in St Thomas, USVI while o...
Was a beautiful St Maarten afternoon in the CARIBBEAN at our friends Rodger & Corinne from Paradise Found Realty in Saint Martin, SXM.. we joined them for a poolside barbeque, and of course a swim! Was a perfect day so we decided to take our new "MARI...
Thought we'd share some of our new aerial video scenes from our new "MARINER" waterproof drones from some of the projects we've been working on in the British and US Virgin Islands, and some that I'm sure you'll hear more about in the near future! ;)
The...
A small collection of scenes we shot this week for some of our clients around Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, CARIBBEAN. All shots were filmed with our new "MARINER" Waterproof Drones that we've been using for aerial videography.
We now have ...
Tropical Storm BERTHA hits Leverick Bay in the British Virgin Islands, CARIBBEAN! Video also includes some new scenes of Leverick Bay taken by our new "Mariner" Waterproof DRONE!
We were supposed to be on our way back to St Maarten this week after finish...
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