That fatal moment when you crash your drone for the first time… It’s a kick in the nuts honestly. Jon’s face completely dropped and he fell silent. “Where did it land!?” “It’s on the roof…” Great, how the hell are we going to get up there?

We were out shooting Rawooh take on a 12 story mural for Artist Replete. It’s the biggest mural to date in the Pilsen neighborhood on S. Racine Ave and W. 21st St. so we just so happen to be in luck by having a massive scissor lift at hand. Hope has been restored!

We scurried our way around the corner and scraped the telephone wires getting up to the fire escape. If you’re a photographer or anything like us, a fire escape is like a playground for a kid; and it brought us back to the good ole’ days in Clark Street.

Jon saw the drone right away, PHEW. After inspection the drone was only missing a few propellers and the footage was still there. Oh and the views up there were KILLER! So naturally I had to climb the water tower on the roof. I mean, when do you even get this type of opportunity?

All in all we had our very first successful drone crash. What did we learn? Make sure you have some graffiti friends with a scissor lift.

Let’s hope we aren’t by water the next time.