Last year Visit Lancashire commissioned SkyOptics to capture our stunningly beautiful county from the air and the result was a fantastic film that showcases Lancashire at its finest.
Col Lloyd, pilot and founder of SkyOptics, relished the opportunity to exploit the fantastic vantage point that the drones provided. He explained "Each of the locations had its own challenges. The downhill Enduro race at Lee Quarry was exciting to film and allowed us to get some great high speed tracking shots with our drone. The East Lancashire Railway took a lot of planning and logistics to get the aerial shots of the trains. Morecambe was interesting, flying out over the Bay area and Williamson Park was a challenge and took a lot of planning with the director of the walkabout theatre production. We wanted to film the action of the outdoor theatre, but rightly so, this had to be done with the drone never in line of sight of the audience. And Lytham Festival was exciting to fly at when Bryan Adams was playing to several thousand people." "I’ve been a keen cyclist for several years, but wasn’t aware of the amount of routes and great places to ride in the Forest of Bowland. When you see it from 400ft up, it’s certainly makes you want to go back and explore on two wheels."
Watch the film below
This article featured in the 2017 Lancashire Visitor Magazine. Read the guide below or order a copy
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