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Aug
15
2014
Java Post Aerial - Behind The Scenes - Harry Sheppard video shoot in field

Topics:   Java Blog

This is a brief behind the scenes video taken on August 13, 2014, showing the Java Post Aerial Photography crew working on a shot for Sheppard Realty. The location was an oat field about an hour outside of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. And, boy, was it windy! It was just about as windy and gusty as it could be and still be flyable conditions. For this shoot we were using our customized DJI 6-rotor…
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Aug
14
2014
Dronies and Selfies and Feet, Oh My!

Topics:   Java Blog

Okay, we all know what a "selfie" is...and the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle AKA drone) version of a selfie is a "dronie." However, judging from these outtake images captured Wednesday during our real estate project shoot for Harry Sheppard of Sheppardrealty.ca, we haven't quite got the hang of the whole selfie/dronie thing. However, it does appear we have a real knack for…
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Aug
14
2014
Live Air-to-Ground HD Video Streaming with Java Post!

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Java Post Production has just taken delivery of a DJI Lightbridge system, which will allow us to stream full HD video live from our Javacopter UAV helicopter down to the ground. This opens up some impressive creative possibilities for live news gathering, live sports, or any event where you want or need a live HD aerial image. The range of the DJI Lightbridge system is...well, let's put it…
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Aug
14
2014
Java Post has been invaded by a Ronin!

Topics:   Java Blog

A Ronin has invaded the Java Post Production office! What's a Ronin, you ask? Well, Wikipedia describes a Ronin as a samurai with no lord or master during the feudal period of Japan, between 1185 and 1868. "Ronin" is also the title of a 1998 spy thriller action film, starring Robert De Niro. But for Java Post Aerial Photography, the Ronin is the latest, greatest camera stabilization…
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Aug
11
2014
Java Post UAV Drone makes the August edition of Pipeline News

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Last June, Java Post Production was an exhibitor at the Estevan Energy Expo in, naturally, Estevan, Saskatchewan. While we were there, the good folks from Pipeline News, Saskatchewan's petroleum monthly, stopped by our booth to learn a little bit about our UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) and how it could be used in the oil and gas industry. Below is a transcript of the article, which appeared in…
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Aug
8
2014
Shooting "Dronies" In Weyburn with Play Creative and Look Matters.

Topics:   Java Blog

We all know about "selfies" - photos you take of yourself with your smartphone camera. Well, in the world of unmanned aerial photography there's now a new thing called a "dronie." That's a photo you take of yourself from your unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly called a drone. Well, the Java Post Aerial Photography crew was out in Weyburn earlier this week, doing some…
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Aug
6
2014
Giving some "big props" to a member of the Java Post aerial UAV team.

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When former Canadian armed forces jet pilot Ted Delanghe isn't working with the Java Post unmanned aerial photography team, he likes to play with slightly larger aircraft. Here's Ted posing with a Turbo Thrush airplane, which Ted uses for doing aerial application ("crop dusting" to us laypeople) on local Saskatchewan farmland. With a 900 horsepower turbine engine, this Turbo…
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Aug
2
2014
First flight with our Kraken Octocopter UAV Drone

Topics:   Java Blog

Friday afternoon, our certified UAV pilot, Jack Tunnicliffe, and our technician, Trevor Bennett, took our new custom Kraken Octocopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle, sometimes incorrectly called a "drone") out for it's first Canadian test flight. Jack just ran the 'copter through some basic flight paces, and the under-mounted 360-degree camera gimbal and 4K Ultra HD camera will be…
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Aug
1
2014
Putting the Screws to our new Kraken UAV Octocopter

Topics:   Java Blog

First thing this morning at Java Post Production, our technician and UAV camera operator, Trevor Bennett, was busy "screwing around" with our new, customized K123 "Kraken" octocopter. And, by "screwing around," we mean he was literally going through the unit screw by screw, getting it prepped for it's initial flights for Java Post. Also on Trevor's to-do list…
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Jul
30
2014
Java Post's Doug Russell reminisces on the 60th Anniversary of CTV Regina-CKCK-TV

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Courtesy of CTV Regina Morning Live, this is an interview from July 29, 2014, on the 60th Anniversary of CKCK-TV (CTV Regina). A trio of former CTV Regina employees - including Java Post Production's own Doug Russell - chat with host Molly Thomas about their memories of working at CKCK-TV over the years.
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Jul
30
2014
We're "Kraken" open the shipping boxes on our new UAV.

Topics:   Java Blog

As you probably read in a very recent news post (and if you haven't, you should), we were anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new K130 "Kraken" 8-rotor UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle, although everyone seems to call anything that doesn't have a pilot seat on it a "drone.") Well, the boxes arrived in the office and our technician, Trevor Bennett, has been…
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Jul
28
2014
Release the Kraken! Our New UAV Drone Helicopter first flight test.

Topics:   Java Blog

Our new, specially customized "Kraken" 8-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) will be arriving soon at Java Post Production! And, as if we didn't already have enough reason to get excited about our pending new bundle of helicopter joy, we received this YouTube video from the manufacturer, Foxtech, with their company rep, Fu, showing us the very first flight test of our Kraken K130…
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Jul
28
2014
Happy 96th, Joan Tunnicliffe!

Topics:   Java Blog

This past Saturday was the 96th birthday of Joan Tunnicliffe, mother of Java Post Production owner Jack Tunnicliffe. Old friends Mel and Marina Friesen arranged for a special "photo cake" and long-time neighbour Antonia Barbaro provided a delicious Italian supper and some wonderful homemade wine which, as you can, seemed to meet with Joan's enthusiastic approval. Happy 96th birthday…
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Jul
27
2014
Happy 60th Anniversary, CTV Regina CKCK-TV.

Topics:   Articles & links, Java Blog

The gang at Java Post Production wants to wish a very happy 60th anniversary to CTV Regina (also known as CKCK-TV). Today marks 60 years of broadcasting from the little television station on the eastern outskirts of Regina, Saskatchewan. There are dozens of former CKCK-TV/CTV Regina employees working in the broadcasting, advertising, production and film industries across Canada. In fact, there are…
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Jul
26
2014
Just another beautiful Saskatchewan day shooting UAV aerials for "Corner Gas: The Movie."

Topics:   Java Blog

Earlier this week, "Java Jack" Tunnicliffe (our boss, co-producer and certified UAV pilot) Tom Davidson (UAV camera operator), and co-producer Rob de Lint from Vérité Films were out in the fields near Lang, Saskatchewan, shooting some more UAV aerials for Corner Gas: The Movie. As you can see from these photos, it was just a beautiful day to have our Javacopter up in the…
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