The Drone Dish: Peter Wiese

Peter Wiese joins Tyler Mason to talk drones on this episode of the DD. See where his handle (HeyYouShould) comes from as well as some dope Chicago shots to get your brain dished!

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And for more amazing aerial views, check out AirVūz.com READ THE FULL VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Tyler Mason: Joining us from Chicago Peter Wiese. Peter, thanks for coming on The Drone Dish. Peter Wiese: Great, thanks for having me. Tyler Mason: I got to start out asking about your user name on AirVuz, Hey You Should. What does that mean? Tell us a little bit about what that user name is. Peter Wiese: I wish it was a better story, but it's been around for a long time, since pretty much Instagram started, is where that came through. Pretty much how it used to go was [00:00:30] I would get a couple of drinks in me and then I would tell people what they should do and it was usually something really dumb, but that's where it started from, but it's actually more into I'm a director and cinematographer, so it also has kind of morphed into using it in that sense as well. It's just a funny kind of way through it. Tyler Mason: Cool. Some of your videos that you've uploaded have the word awake in the title and you describe in some of the videos, or in one of the videos, what that means. Just tell us about what that is and what tat means as a drone pilot. Peter Wiese: Sure, so [00:01:00] I think one of the most important things in getting a great video is your light. You've got to, I think shooting at the right time is everything. So, what I intend to not even shoot unless it's sunrise or sunset, which works out well for me because I have a family and we get up really early to get them out the door and to daycare, so I have a block of time between 6:00 AM to about 8:30 AM every morning. That's what's led me to go and start shooting [00:01:30] these videos in the morning. It was this whole funny process of I became addicted to shooting sunrises, and that was even before having the drone. With that, it was this deal of I feel like you should have a name finally that was kind of a new deal for 2017, was to give these a title and maybe a little bit of reference to them. So with that, we went, I talked to my wife a little bit and she said, oh I think awake makes sense. We were trying not to be too pretentious with it either, which happens real fast. [00:02:00] So, long story short is I'm up every morning, so I try to shoot something every morning if possible. Tyler Mason: Very cool. Thanks for, it makes sense. In one of the awake videos is the fog, which is probably my favorite one they've uploaded. In the description you say you drove past the spot and pulled a U turn to stop and shoot it with your drone. What do you enjoy about doing that and scouting these spots and these locations as a drone pilot? Peter Wiese: It's funny, I've always been looking out for something. [00:02:30] I've grown up skateboarding, so you're always looking for the next thing to skate on or whatever, so it's been through film making and then once I started shooting with the drone a year or two ago, it changed my perspective on everything. Like now, it's, I still look for skateboard spots, but I still, I think drone has almost taken precedent in that urgency. I've been seeing, I'll look around all the time, so seeing those woods that [inaudible 00:02:59] fog spot, [00:03:00] it's actually a really small swath of dead forest, but you could never shoot it with a drone before because if you could see in the distance, you'd see a highway or you'd see power lines behind you or you'd see that there's a neighborhood on the other side. So, just seeing that pop up, and it was foggy, it was like well this a no brainer. Then I flipped the U turn and sped over there and got a few shots before it was too cold and too wet to do anything. By yeah, [00:03:30] I mean it's the hunt is always on and it's become kind of a sickness with it, I almost feel like at times. It's pretty funny. Tyler Mason: Well it worked out, especially in that video too. I know you were flying the Phantom 3 Professional, I saw on Instagram though you had maybe a little mishap with it. Tell me what happened and is the drone okay? Peter Wiese: I think it's okay. I had to order some new props. I tend to not fly very high. I like to do more low stuff and use it almost more as a dolly and stuff like that, and that's what tends to get [00:04:00] me in trouble. Yeah, full on user error and I flew into a cement wall and it was the most violent crash I've ever seen. That were props flying all over the place and at one point, once it hit the ground, it was about 100 feet away in old kind of field in the middle of winter, so everything's dead and you could just hear this drone screaming as it lays on the ground. It like I have to go run through and try and rescue it. I think it looks good. It knocked the camera off. It knocked the gimbal off and busted [00:04:30] most of the blades, but I've taken it apart a little bit. Everything looks to be intact, so I think we should be ready to go this weekend. Tyler Mason: Now, in some of your videos you've filmed at some abandoned locations, which I'm always intrigued by seeing abandoned places from a drone. What is it that intriguing you about that and how do you find these locations to fly? Peter Wiese: I try to find something different. I live in Chicago, so everything is kind of an urban environment, so unless you're just out on the lakefront getting a skyline shot, which I do and I love. I like to try to find [00:05:00] something else that has a texture to it and I think there's just something fascinating about seeing some of these buildings that look bombed out and deserted. I don't know, just it's something you don't see everywhere and they're like these precious little moments, when you see it. It's another U turn kind of moment, where I have to turn around and go see it or scout it out the day before and try to figure out when the light's gonna be right on it. I don't know, I think it's just something about finding that texture and that scenario and I also find it's really important to see what's [00:05:30] behind it. Like, you can't shoot a bombed out building when there's a million dollar neighborhood right behind it. That doesn't work either. You've got to be able to find it, where it keeps going into an industrial kind of waste land or expanse behind it. I think seeing what's in the distance is just as important as what's in the foreground. Tyler Mason: Well we appreciate you taking us behind the scenes a little bit. Hopefully you get your drone back up and running and create some more awesome videos for AirVuz. We appreciate you joining us on The Drone Dish Peter. Peter Wiese: Great, thank you. It's been great to talk to you guys.