The other day I wanted to do a little 4 wheeling and fly my drone in the river canyon. I wasn't sure even if the river would be flowing this time year but there is snow on the ground and I wanted to capture that too.
The road to get the canyon was covered in snow and I haven't been there enough to be able to find it without a road, so we only did a tiny bit 4 wheelin and stopped to fly.
It was nice out, the sun shining and so I flew just over a mile to the canyon and back. Did a couple 360's of area too.
When it came time to edit, I had shot in 4k 60 so wanted to keep resolution and frame rate. I put it all together, added music... then it's time to render and my computer froze, tried again and got an error. Dang it my computer should be able to handle... It's already been a few hours and try for 3rd time. This time it completes in 2.5hrs but on playback it's choppy ad frozen. I then try to play the original files and now those won't play either and I already deleted them off the memory card. (Note to self, don't do that until I have done all editing) I'm a little down thinking I lost the video.
Now, this morning, I'm going thru my photos and I realize that I had set the drone to also download footage and photos to my phone. So, I go ahead an edit and add music using an app on my phone. YouTube however, wouldn't let me upload from phone, so I had to upload to DropBox, then download to computer, to upload to YouTube. On my phone I was only able to render in 1080 and upon viewing, I'm not sure it's even at that quality, as it doesn't look as good as I thought it should. However, it's up and ready to view.
So, if interested to catch a little view of the village I live in, then please take a look.
Oh and I'm trying out DTube as an alternative to YouTube, so this is my first video posted there.
Rowdy wanted to play and Ronin was too busy sniffing and peeing on everything....
Not sure I want to share on fb. Lots of changes happening, some things in limbo. Been a roller coaster for a few weeks now.
Today was a magical day in the pasture! Rowdy was having the time of her life doing zoomies. Watching her race around, and tail flying, was pure joy.
Seeing her play reminds us of the simple pleasures in life. If you need a smile today, just picture her galloping, full of energy and spirit. 💖
Hi, I just rewrote my about page. Wrote it last week and lost it. 🙄
You can view it here:
https://zaviasstudio.locals.com/about
I'm looking forward to playing around in this space and getting to know you.
My short trip to Vegas showed me something I hadn’t fully seen before, my drinking hasn’t been about fun. It’s been about escape. Not from people. Not from family. But from a place that feels like it's slowly suffocating my spirit.
In Vegas, I laughed, danced, wandered, felt inspired… all without a single drop of alcohol. Why? Because the environment fed me instead of draining me.
It wasn’t the booze I craved. It was aliveness.
Now I see it clearly: when the soul-starving stops, the self-medicating does too.
So I did a thing…
Back in the day, I used to ride a Ninja. Then life happened.... a move across two states forced a decision: ride it all the way there or sell. I sold it, thinking I’d be back in the saddle soon after settling in.
Yeah… “soon” turned into 20 years.
But guess who’s back on two wheels?
Here’s to rediscovering freedom, one ride at a time.
And may my stress be taken away… like Calgon, but louder and with a little more throttle. 🏍️✨