Skydiving Shellharbour

A skydiving video is a video made of your jump that you can keep to remember your experience by for years to come. A skydiving video is captured in two ways, either using a handcam, or by a freefall camera person (outside video).

Handcam is the name for the small camera our tandem skydiving instructors wear on their wrist.

The Skydive Instructor will capture a short interview on the ground, plane ride up with views, plane exit, parachute opening, your face throughout the skydive and during the parachute ride too, and gives a great scenic views while under the parachute! The angle is much closer up than the outside camera…

A freefall videographer is a skydiver whose job it is to wear a camera on their helmet, fly with you and film your whole skydive. The videographer will exit the plane with you and capture your exit from the plane, all of freefall and landing from the best angles. They’ll even grab you on the ground for a reaction shot!

The benefit is that the angle is further away than handcam, meaning you can see your whole body and the sky and ground around you too, giving a great sense of position. You also get handcam video when you purchase Outside Camera so you’ll also get the parachute ride footage.

Each skydiving video is different. With handcam, the video you get depends on you primarily, and how much you interact with the camera – and, most importantly, smile!

For outside camera, it’s a bit more creative. These are professional skydiving videographers who take great pride in their work – plus, they’re super awesome flyers themselves, which means they’ll sit right in front of you to film you as you fall, as well as flying around you to show how high up you are and to capture some of our exquisite views.

This might mean your video (and skydive experience with a fellow person in freefall) is a little different to your friend’s, but it makes sense, right – unique videos for unique experiences!

No, unfortunately not.

If choosing handcam, your instructor will wear the camera on his/her hand and only be able to capture you.

When you choose outside camera, you get a dedicated camera person who will film your experience for you. They sit in front of you in the sky in freefall and fly around you to capture the whole experience. That means they can only film one skydiver at a time. It’s also a safety requirement, as we have to have adequate distance between our tandem skydivers, which makes it impossible for the camera person to film more than one at a time.

The main regret we hear from our tandem skydiving customers is that they didn’t buy a skydiving video. Once you’ve experienced the jump, you’ll undoubtedly want to share it with everyone you know and post it on your social networks, but without a video, there’s no way to do that!

You’ll receive your skydiving video and be able to upload to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram etc. and to share it via email or simply gather round the TV and watch together.

Booking your skydiving video/photos is simple! Book online when purchasing your skydive. We recommend this option when booking Outside Cameraman. All options (subject to Outside Camera availability) can also be added on, on the day of your skydive or anytime by calling us. 

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