What’s so dangerous about using a drone?

Last week I finally completed a project I’d been thinking about for a long time, doing a paint pour shoot and recording with a drone. 

To make this dream project a reality I employed my son, Giac, and good friend + amazing photographer, Audrey Blake.

It turned out perfect… Well, I did spend the ride home wrapped up in a clear tarp, but the videos and shots were absolutely amazing.

I was really excited about the footage and edited it a few different ways. I posted the first and it did well but then as I posted subsequent videos I realized almost immediately they had no reach. 

Now of course it’s always important to remember that not all videos will resonate but this seemed completely out of the ordinary. After hours only a handful of people had seen them. 

Unfortunately I noticed the next day that my first drone TikTok was flagged for “dangerous behavior.”

I’m not really sure what I was doing was all that dangerous (I think it’s because I was laying down in a parking lot). But the flag killed any chance of my subsequent videos from being seen.

I’m sharing this because I was recently asked why I’ve taken down a number of videos after they've been posted. The short answer is that once a video is flagged you have a period of time that you’re on probation, or so I think. 

There is no “for sure” with these things. It’s all speculation on my part. But in my experience taking a break and removing videos that are deemed dangerous is usually a good idea.

You should remember this when posting your own content on TikTok.

I know there are many ways to share the same material and I look at it as a challenge to find a better way to do this one! 

Remember there are so many factors when sharing content and it’s easy to get discouraged but you just need to remix and try again!