TNVC Nightfighter 1 - Alliance, OH - July 2016

A few photos from this last weekend at the Alliance PD training range with Don from TNVC. Full gallery available here.

Night Fighter Level 1 is designed to arm students with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of night vision operation and use. Beginning with gear choice and setup, the class provides students the tools for learning to safely / effectively move, shoot, and communicate in low-light/no-light environments. Students will participate in a variety of movement, stalking, and live-fire exercises aimed at producing a core competency with night vision goggles, lasers, and white light.
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Clairton Action Shoot - Dec 2014

First Sundays of each month, FAST-Tactics hosts a 3-gun action shoot at Clairton Sportsman's Club just outside of Pittsburgh, PA.

4-5 stages of pistol, shotgun and carbine exercises suitable for shooters of all skill levels. The night before we ran it under night vision or flashlights after setting up.

There are also some aerial shots I threw into the mix with our quick Phantom/GoPro setup from Osprey.

Looks like Nick at TFB posted about his morning at the shoot, too - check it out.

Shooting Training Courses

Just updated the events section of the portfolio with a couple shots that I took while covering and participating in some training courses. I've partnered with a number of firearms trainers to provide them with high quality photos to include with their after action reports (AARs) and marketing materials. If you're a firearms educator, I'd love to come out and take some photos and video for you. I'll definitely be bringing my rifle along to learn something along the way, too :)

Here's where I upload galleries for student download and printing.

Provided aerial video services for Black Heart Consulting's Sniper Course.

Going aerial

I've recently gotten into the aerial flight and photography game with something called a Phantom 2 from DJI, who have an office in Austin, TX and are based out of Hong Kong. This particular multirotor has four motors and is operated by a set of joysticks over 2.4 GHz. It holds a GoPro Hero 3-series camera with a stabilized gimbal and I've set it up with a first-person-view (fpv) system that allows me to receive a live video feed at the ground.

It sure has been a blast, with a bunch of learning along the way. Here's a couple of stills:

And here's a few videos that I've put together of flights here in Pittsburgh and from a recent trip to the coast of Maine: