The story behind my visual exploration
a persuit of meaningful expression trough cameras & drones
1989 “the Birth”
2016-2017 “Amature”
I had a hobby, and was conflicted with how to best capture & share the progression of the sport "Highline" in Sweden. Initialy i tried with GoPros, Smartphone, and a early 360camera. But it felt like nothing justified the experience. Eventualy i bought a DJI Phantom 3 and that lead me into drones
2017-2020 “DJI Drones”
Very early with drones i felt that the movement of them felt unnatural, i craved something more fluid, i had yet not heard of “FPV”, nor that you could build your own drones. Unknowingly i kept flying DJI drones, and tried my best to use them for smooth photage with movement. In 2020 i was made aware of FPV drones and felt a urge to explore this new platform
2020 “FPV beginning”
Quickly i was humbled by how hard FPV was, everything was so un-intuetive, the build, the software, the feeling of flight. I felt it would be impossible to reach a reasonable level of flight for good photage. But then i found my way to a local “Drone raceing” Community, so i started doing some racing in hopes to improve on my building & flying ability. weekly trainings, participation in 4 competitions, eventualy i found myself at a level to start using this platform for creating stunning visual art
2021 “FPV deepdive”
I went on a deep dive into FPV & how to make interesting looking videos with this new found form of expression, what was missing in DJI drones was found in FPV. Since i was not comming from a strong foundation & knowlage in videography or cameras, there was yet alot to learn
Q1 2022 “Videograhy”
When my FPV obsession led me to the creation of a drone that was big enough to carry a “cinema camera” i figured that it would be a shame not to use that camera for handheld work as well. and to my suprise i grew very attached to using it, the ability to capture emotions of people, steer the attention with focus, rich colors
2022 “Drone Profession”
This is when i started to reach out and offer my drone services as a proffesional. constantly deepening my understanding of Videography in general, analysing each video, reflecting on every step of the way, perfecting the drones, learning more about handheld, learning how to edit, learning how to color correct, Interacting with other creators. Learning what is meaningful visuals for me, for others. Accepting new challanges and putting myself out of comfort, in-order to grow this new love for life found trough creation, a growing affection for the passionate & beautiful people i meet in the context of it
2023 “the Present”
My ambition is to continue deepening my knowlage about professional videography & photography, this summer has already some inspiring projects planned
im open for more inspiring projects!
Visual expression and understanding, genuinly has become my biggest passion in life!
Stockholm, Sweden received a boy named Mathias Rohdin