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Happy Tuesday

This past Saturday was the annual Grandview Gallop.  As usual Angie and Ben ran in the 4K event and it draws a lot of people from around the city and surrounding area.

The place I normally camp out to photograph the runners is very close to the Start/Stop line.  Unfortunately in order to get there I would have to park over a mile away and the walk is all up hill.  I just can’t do that in my current physical condition.

So I had to find a new position.  I lucked out in parking about the halfway mark and no walking.  While I was setting up my equipment this wonderful little boy and his Mom were there and they were very friendly.  He doesn’t have his hat on in this image but he was dressed as Mario and had a party to go to later on.

So I spent about 20 minutes setting up my camera drone to get the best shot possible.  Once I had the settings correct I had to change batteries because all that set up time had drained the battery.  I could see the runners approaching, so I launched the drone about 20 feet in the air so I could get a good view of all the runners and then I was going to edit the video to highlight Angie, Joshua, Ben, and Gabby.

Sadly in my haste to get everything set up I forgot to push the record button on the camera and so it hovered for 35 minutes without capturing one inch of video.  😦

Fortunately, I still had my still camera with me and could capture Angie and Joshua.

Also Ben and Gabby.  So I got to see the family run I wasn’t able to get any drone footage.  I guess I still need some practice.

Angie ran with Austin in the one mile event and Ben ran with Addie in the one mile event.  I was too far away to capture those moments.

Enjoy your day and be careful.