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  1. GoPro HD Hero 2

    October 27, 2011 by admin

    I just took delivery of the new “professional” go-anywhere HD Hero2 camera from GoPro. I intend to use it as an additional time-lapse camera for use in appropriate environments and also for kite aerial photography (the forthcoming wifi bacpac should be excellent).

    More details can be found at http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero2-outdoor-edition/, but in short the GoPro has the following features: (more…)

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  2. New Photography website

    September 6, 2011 by admin

    I have finished going through over 16,000 images taken over the past 10 years and produced a new photographic website with sections on Arctic Photography, Antarctic Images, Aerial (including kite) photography, Wales and Italy.

    This can be viewed at http://www.nickrussill-photography.co.uk

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  3. My videos on Vimeo

    March 22, 2011 by admin

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  4. Adria 4 Twin Van Review

    November 12, 2010 by admin

    Adria 4 Twin Van, Brandon Bay

    A few people have asked me about what our Adria 4 Twin van conversion is like after seeing photos over on my Flickr page. When I was researching vans to buy there was next to nothing on the web (apart from the obligatory forum rants by fringe lunatics), so rather than send out hurried emails I hope this will be a useful text.

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  5. Laser scanning Cologne Cathedral

    October 12, 2010 by admin

    I was in Cologne for Intergeo 2010. On the second night our Topcon GLS-1500 scanner joined us for a beer outside the impressive cathedral. While we were relaxing, it did the hard work of acquiring an amazing point cloud…

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  6. Monitoring the Heritage Coast

    October 1, 2009 by admin

    A short film I made from a visit to the coast near Cardiff to carry out laser scanning. The aim is to monitor changes in the rock year on year for coastal erosion. More info about this method can be found here

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  7. Night snowboarding video

    April 8, 2009 by admin

    I’ve just got back from the Mountain Travel Symposium in Colordao. We did some night snowboarding at Keystone Ski Resort and here is a short film of it. This was shot using a Canon EOS 5D Mk II. Note the amazing dynamic range and lack of noise in the image (shot at ISO 6400). View a high res QT movie here to see how amazing this camera is!

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  8. Kite photography in Maldives

    September 24, 2008 by admin

    Kite photograph of speedboat in Maldives

    Kite photograph from speedboat (of speedboat) in Maldives




    All taken from a Ricoh GRD camera mounted on a kite line. There was no wind so I made my own with the speedboat! A short film about how I did this can be viewed here

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  9. Alaska Project Published Worldwide

    September 1, 2008 by admin


    Last June I went to Alaska to train a group of surveyors how to produce land maps using helicopter-based low altitude photogrammetry.


    The survey was centered on Huslia in the remote bush  north of Fairbanks and was a big success. In conjuction with Topcon and the client, a two-piece article was written and published in the world’s survey press.

    You can download the articles here: part 1 | part 2

    For me the trip was an adventure to a part of the world I’d always wanted to visit.  After leaving a wet, grey Wales, a sweaty stopover in Mineapolis, landing in Fairbanks was just like landing back in Cardiff (grey and wet) – but with more trees. I joined the survey barge which departed 2 weeks earlier after a four hour helicopter flight. The pre-flight briefing involved showing me a loaded pistol under the pilot’s seat for shooting bears (only in the eye socket as their heads are too thick to penetrate with a bullet), and a mosquito net (“if we go down and you’re too smashed up to walk then the mosquitoes will eat you before the bears get to you”) said Chris the Swiss pilot.

    Click here too view a slideshow of some of my photographs of the trip

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  10. Bostonia

    February 6, 2008 by admin

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    Bostonia Magazine, originally uploaded by nick_russill.

    My aurora shot from Kulusuk in E. Greenland was used on the current cover of Bostonia – the Boston University Alumni magazine for their cover article on space weather and its effects on global telecommunications. Read the article here.

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