Newbie 0 #1 August 17, 2005 Just curious - what jump numbers for both total jumps and number of jumps with video did you have? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linestretch 0 #2 August 17, 2005 around 700ish total...that would've been 200ish with video. QuoteJump numbers are only an indicator of experience, not ability. Maybe a better question for you to be asking is if you are able to fly a good video slot consistantly and more importantly...safely. yes and yes. It was perfect timing for me. It is scary that jumpers are soo damn quick to put a camera on their heads. edited to add what was just added.my pics & stuff! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverds 0 #3 August 17, 2005 Jump numbers are only an indicator of experience, not ability. Maybe a better question for you to be asking is if you are able to fly a good video slot consistantly and more importantly...safely. Skydive Radio Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #4 August 17, 2005 QuoteJust curious - what jump numbers for both total jumps and number of jumps with video did you have? ..I had 1,700 jumps or so, in early 1995 when i first began jumping with a video camera...I made maybe 5 or 6 camera jumps,, ( 2 ways and 3 ways ) before i was enlisted by the DZO to video tandems...At the time I was at a Cessna DZ. My efforts and my work have always been well received, both by the dropzone and the students .... Things were different then. If a safe jumper began to fly a camera, they would soon enough be shooting tandem videos. Something of an "on the job training" situation... ( of course I was skydiving with Tandem instructors with whom I had already made hundreds and hundreds of RW and fun jumps... we communicated easily and effectively , on the ground in the aircraft and in freefall )... Safety was the order of business.. and "creativity and ad-libbing" were discouraged,,, if the move had not been previously discussed.... Skydiving IS a door and we don't jump OUT of it,, we Jump INTO it...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jdhill 0 #5 August 17, 2005 About 350 jumps, about 2 with video. JAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billo 0 #6 August 17, 2005 These questions would be easier if i didn't keep misplacing logbooks... Prob 800ish jumps total, 20 previous with a camera latched to my noggin. Lots of those early non-paid jumps spent shooting tandems who weren't getting paid video, or shooting outside video of a tandem who was paying the primary video slot. As Dave mentioned, best to have lots of experience being in the air with tandems (either shooting free video or chasing) so you can know how to fly the slot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Newbie 0 #7 August 18, 2005 QuoteJump numbers are only an indicator of experience, not ability. Maybe a better question for you to be asking is if you are able to fly a good video slot consistantly and more importantly...safely. Thanks Dave, yeah i know it's not an indicator of ability - i was just curious to see the range, i'm not thinking about shooting tandem videos anytime soon, i'm still learning to fly my slot and not compromise safety doing so. "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StevePhelps 0 #8 August 18, 2005 I had about 250+ with 50+ camera fun jumps before I jumped tandems for pay. I lurked a few tandems that were getting veideo and jumped video on several no video tandems. When the DZO and customers saw my videos, the customers bought them, and I was put in the rotation. After a few months I made chief videographer. (big fish in small pond) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Deuce 1 #9 August 18, 2005 About 250, camera on at 200, did a bunch of free jumps videoing tandems, eventually got good enough to sell them to people who hadn't bought video ahead of time, and was on regular rotation, having gotten good enough, at about 250. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites theskydiveguy 0 #10 August 19, 2005 Camera on head Jump #50.. Tandem filming at jump 250ish.. Same as most stories, DZO and other camera guys saw my work and gave blessings to sell it.. Had maybe 20 freebie tandems for practice before that! Hope that helps, ~Jeff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
jdhill 0 #5 August 17, 2005 About 350 jumps, about 2 with video. JAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billo 0 #6 August 17, 2005 These questions would be easier if i didn't keep misplacing logbooks... Prob 800ish jumps total, 20 previous with a camera latched to my noggin. Lots of those early non-paid jumps spent shooting tandems who weren't getting paid video, or shooting outside video of a tandem who was paying the primary video slot. As Dave mentioned, best to have lots of experience being in the air with tandems (either shooting free video or chasing) so you can know how to fly the slot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newbie 0 #7 August 18, 2005 QuoteJump numbers are only an indicator of experience, not ability. Maybe a better question for you to be asking is if you are able to fly a good video slot consistantly and more importantly...safely. Thanks Dave, yeah i know it's not an indicator of ability - i was just curious to see the range, i'm not thinking about shooting tandem videos anytime soon, i'm still learning to fly my slot and not compromise safety doing so. "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePhelps 0 #8 August 18, 2005 I had about 250+ with 50+ camera fun jumps before I jumped tandems for pay. I lurked a few tandems that were getting veideo and jumped video on several no video tandems. When the DZO and customers saw my videos, the customers bought them, and I was put in the rotation. After a few months I made chief videographer. (big fish in small pond) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #9 August 18, 2005 About 250, camera on at 200, did a bunch of free jumps videoing tandems, eventually got good enough to sell them to people who hadn't bought video ahead of time, and was on regular rotation, having gotten good enough, at about 250. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theskydiveguy 0 #10 August 19, 2005 Camera on head Jump #50.. Tandem filming at jump 250ish.. Same as most stories, DZO and other camera guys saw my work and gave blessings to sell it.. Had maybe 20 freebie tandems for practice before that! Hope that helps, ~Jeff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
