Ep. 002: Jeff “The Dronefather” Scholl
Recorded at NAB 2017
After a long day at NAB, we sat down with some beverages and microphones. Tabb Firchau and I caught up with Jeff and Adele Scholl of Quadrocopter and GravityShots.com.
Pre Roll
Aside from mentioning how great NAB was and calling out the three new products we announced (MōVI XL, Pilot, and MōVI Carbon), I shared a clip from Shane Hurlbut’s presentation. Watch the whole thing here.
Meet Jeff and Adele Scholl
Tabb and Jeff go way back to the early days of attaching cameras to flying robots. Jeff and Adele operate Gravity Shots, their freelance aerial images operation. GravityShots.com has nearly 8,000 aerial images.
Jeff is also the chief engineer, full scale pilot, sUAV pilot & specialist for Quadrocopter. Adele does sales and marketing for Quadrocopter.
Wayback Machine
Jeff and Tabb worked together on a number of projects before Freefly Systems started making camera movement gear — long before the days of multicopters (like the Cinestar and the ALTA) and the MōVI.
In our interview, they talked about the dangers they faced wading through a “great white shark buffet table.”
“I don’t even know why we’re still alive. That job, we should’ve been eaten by sharks!” –Jeff
Jeff has flown for The History Channel, Fox News, Outdoor Channel, ESPN, DIY, and others.
Post Roll
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