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RCD Golf Day

The RCD Charity Golf day at Victoria Golf Club

I’ve been working with the Robert Conor Dawes – Connor’s Run Charity Golf Day for a couple of years and Victoria Golf Club, being one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in Australia, is alwaysthe perfect setting for such a great day and wonderful cause. 

The format is typical, Ambrose golf consisting if groups of off with a shotgun start – meaning each groups starts on a different hole around the course so they all finish at the same time. 

My role is to take photos of the action, make a video and this is the kicker.. have that video fully edited and ready to play as the golfers finish their round and sit down for the evening meal. No pressure then..

Capturing The RCD Golf Day - What's Involved...

The first order of the day is securing a golf cart as without it it makes life very difficult. Ideally a golf cart that has an in-built GPS map which makes navigating around the course easier. On the cart I have my drone, controller and iPad, long lens camera, Insta 360 on a small tripod, Ronin gimbal with camera, all ready to go and capture the content. 

Charity days are fun as no one minds too much if you are a little annoying whilst players are taking their shots.  I try and cover as many groups as possible and the main challenge is going in the opposite way of travel (which is harder than it seems on a golf course as they are all set up in one direction) in order to get a mix of groups. Otherwise the footage is of the same groups. 

I use the drone in many different ways, counter-intuitively I find the best use of the drone is getting low and close to golfers, especially around the green and on the t-box.

I need to leave the course when the golfers are just over half way round to give me around 2 hours to download the footage and start the editing process. This sounds easier than it sounds as different groups will be further progressed than others. Prior to finishing up I allow myself a little trick and getting those finishing on the 18th to shake hands so I can get the final clip for the video.

Then I find a quiet place in the clubhouse, plug everything in and start the editing process. The opening and closing screens and music I will have prepared earlier. There is no point in stressing or rushing as there is only myself that can control the outcome so I just get in the zone and thrash it out.

Luckily there are always a few stragglers coming off the course which gives me a bit of extra time!

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