David Nowell (Second Unit Aerial Photography)

"Remember, you would be feeling things that were different from what was real because your only visual reference was through the eyepiece of the camera. This way my brain could see where everything was going to be through my left eye and I could pre-roll the horizon level with the camera as I tilted up to complete the shot."

The atmosphere in Canyon Country, a suburb 35 miles outside bustling Los Angeles, is quiet. The occasional neighing of a horse or the whizzing sound of an off-road vehicle is far different from the constant chatter and non-stop traffic jams of "the city." It doesn't matter to ...

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