Drone + Donut = Dronut (VIDEO)
It's not every day you see a donut flying over the treetops.
For a while now, our friend Danny and I have been thinking about how much fun it would be to use the drone to deliver a donut to our friends who live down the street. We had some time last Sunday and the weather was perfect for a late afternoon dronut delivery.
The rig was a simple frame and hook contraption formed out of stiff electrical wire attached to the landing gear of the DJI Phantom 4. A chocolate frosted donut with sprinkles from Dunkin' Donuts (Henry's favorite) was securely loaded onto the hook and away it went, over the treetops.
All was going according to plan, that is until the iPad that was controlling the drone suddenly shut down and went black! I no longer had any visual from the camera, but thanks to it's advanced features, the drone was fine, just hovering in place waiting for instruction. I swapped out the iPad for my phone, and we were back in business.
Overall, our first dronut delivery was a success! Now to figure out how to attach a cup of coffee...
(song by Matt Chaney, re-worked and performed by Emma Charette and Daniel Castro)
Pre-Bot Needs Your Help!
Pre-Bot is a wooden toy robot that comes with a beautifully illustrated hardcover book that teaches kids positive behavior traits. Pre-Bot and his creator Rod Lowe recently appeared on an episode of ABC's THE TOY BOX. He made it past the first set of judges, but in the end Pre-Bot lost out to the great design of the winner of the entire season.
Thanks to a new Kickstarter campaign, Pre-Bot has another chance to become a reality. Now he needs your help! Support this positive project HERE to help get Pre-Bot manufactured.
It's been a pleasure and privilege to work along with Pre-Bot through his journey, helping out with photos, videos and now the official Kickstarter video. We wish Pre-Bot and Rod the best, and hope to see the prototype become a real product that many kids are sure to enjoy!
Baumgart Creative Media Featured in Boston Voyager Magazine
We're so excited to be featured in an article for Boston Voyager Magazine today! We were interviewed for a segment in the section, Boston's Most Inspiring Stories. Boston Voyager has compiled a series of articles featuring interviews with "Boston's most inspiring entrepreneurs and independent businesses". What an honor to be chosen! Read the article here.
The Most Photographed Lighthouse in the World?
Maybe, but I'm sure some would disagree. I know this for sure though, so far this is the most photographed lighthouse by Baumgart Creative Media in 2017!
The famous Portland Head Light is located on the shores of Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, ME right outside of Portland. I'm sure it's beautiful all day long, but we wanted to try and capture our own shot of this famous lighthouse at sunset. We arrived a little early to scope out a nice spot. There were several other photographers down there with the same idea, but we all got along ;-)
To get the water looking smooth and surreal, we used a long exposure. For some of the shots, the shutter was open for as much as 8 seconds. For these kind of shots a tripod and a neutral density filter (basically sunglasses for the lens) are a must.
Even though everyone and their cousin probably has made photos from this spot, we were pretty happy with the souvenirs we came back with from "the most photographed lighthouse in the world".
