Armed Forces Day 2018 on Southsea Common

As seafaring fanatics, Naval history nerds, and signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, we were excited and honoured when Portsmouth City Council requested we shoot the Armed Forces Day 2018 parade on Southsea seafront. We planned ahead to ensure our flights were legal and safe — very important when shooting near crowds of over 5,000 people, and especially imperative when there’s a parachute drop-in on the event schedule! Our take-off zone was over 400 metres away from Southsea Common, so using our cinema-quality zoom lenses was essential for obtaining the best footage we could from a safe distance.