As the Corona Virus makes its way through our City’s and hometowns, I’m doing my best to beat cabin fever like everyone else.
So now is the time to dig through the archives and share some of my pictures and stories behind them.
Back in late 2016 I tore my right ACL which required a knee reconstruction.
Only 3 years earlier I tore my left ACL so I knew what to expect the second time round.
The main thing I missed during my recovery period with my first surgery was not being able to take pictures.
Photography is a massive part of my life and it’s the glue that keeps everything together. So being a little more prepared this time round I thought buying myself a drone will fill the void.
I only had to be able to walk from the car to a good location, fire the thing up and I could get my picture taking fix.
So a pretty good idea I thought, so once I had the thing in my hand it was time to take it for some flights. With my now surgically enhanced knee, a couple of feet of tape wrapped around it and some Panadol a new world was waiting.
One of my very first flights was near my home in the South of Sydney, a beautiful little suburb named Lilli Pilli.
Still getting used to the controls I was playing it as safe as possible and not flying it to far from the take off spot.
So through the trees and snapping away, I could see via the remotes screen a little set of stairs. From my vantage point you couldn’t see the stairs at all so it really highlighted the point of a drone in seeing the world from a different point of view.
It looked like a scene out of a children’s book, just perfect in every way.
So I fired away and took my shots, it’s still one of my favourite shoots and it means a little bit more as I know without my knee injury it’s a series of pictures that I wouldn’t have normally taken.
And it was also the kickstart I needed to begin my new lifelong project of Ocean Photography. So even tho the surgery sucked big time, I’m glad of my newfound path.
Til next time!
Chris
Chasing Light by Chris Lane 