January 7th, 2023 – Episode 1 – In this week’s edited video we catch rail action from the air!

January 7th, 2023 – Episode 1 – In this week’s edited video we catch rail action between Rahm, Indiana and Mortons Gap, Kentucky along the CSX Henderson Subdivision, mostly from the air! This week we spend a lot of time in the air, where we catch southbound M503 at Mortons Gap, Ky, B207 northbound at Mortons Gap, M648 northbound at Hanson, I026 northbound at Madisonville and I025 southbound up the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana! Enjoy!

For this week I worked on my skills of shooting footage from the ground and the air on most of my trains. If you weren’t aware, drones don’t shoot audio, because all you’d hear is the sound of the motors on the drone. You have to either lay a music track in post editing, go with no audio, record with an external digital recorder or shoot with a second camera on the ground for audio.

I go with the latter, using my iPhone 14 Pro, on a tripod, and then using Adobe Premiere Pro I edit the two together, syncing the audio on the ground video with the footage from the air. In case you aren’t aware, I fly a DJI Air 2S and I match the frame rates between the two to 4K at 24fps.

Most of my Saturday videos are about 17-22 minutes long and so when I export the video I do so in full HD and not 4K. The 4k file comes out to be around 10-12 TB in size and the HD file is about 3-4 TB, which is much more manageable. If you have any questions about the process I use, just leave them in the comments here or on the video in question! – Jim

December 24th, 2022 Saturday Edited Video

This Saturday’s edited video is a bit different as it was all shot in B&W Infrared!

Not really the best time of the year to shoot Infrared as it works best when it has a lot of greenery in the scene. I have been considering doing this for awhile now and decided to take it on as a challenge to see what I could come up with during the starkness of the winter.

The videos were all shot on my Fuji XT1 which was converted to 720nm Infrared! If you’re interested in seeing still shots that I do in Infrared then pay a visit to my website at http://www.jimpearsonphotography.com or my Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/jimpearsonsp… where you’ll find the photography end of my passion.

My videos are also posted there as well. I hope you all enjoy my latest edited video and I plan to do IR video occasionally, but probably when were into Spring and Summer. If you have any questions just drop them in the comments! – Jim

November 4-6th, 2022 – Cass Scenic Railroads’ Rail Heritage Weekend at Durbin and Cass, WV

This week’s edited video is from my trip to Cass Scenic Railroad’s Rail Heritage Weekend, which was a photo charter at Durbin and Cass, West Virginia.

I participated in the Rail Heritage Weekend, with about 50 other railfans, including friends Bryan Burton and Dave Higdon, Jr. This video covers the the steam operations during the weekend.

I just received my new iPhone 14 Pro before this trip and used it for all my video work you see here. The image stabilization is so awesome on this thing, not to mention the image quality from the camera, from a phone! #jimpearsonphotography Thanks for watching!

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Nov. 3 & 7, 2022, CSX action on the Kanawha & New River subdivisions from Huntington & Thurmond, WV.

November 12th, 2022 – This week in this edited video we catch November 3rd and 7th, 2022, in this edited video we catch CSX action on the Kanawha and New River subdivisions between Huntington & Thurmond, WV as I made my way to and from Cass, West Virginia.

I was headed out to participate in their Rail Heritage Weekend, with about 50 other railfans, including friends Bryan Burton and Dave Higdon, Jr. We all had a great time, and you’ll see a video of the steam operations during the weekend in my edited video on November 19th, 2022, so stay tuned and be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss it! #jimpearsonphotography

CSX action on the Henderson and Mainline Subdivisions between October 2nd and 4th, 2022

Oct 8, 2022 October 8th, 2022 – In today’s edited video we catch CSX action on the Henderson and Mainline Subdivisions showing CSX I026, M503, I025, L391, C319, M587, L412, I141 and M574 as they work along these two Subdivisions between October 2nd and the 4th, 2022, including the CSX OCS power and cars on I026. Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to Subscribe and Ring the Notification Bell so you won’t miss any of my future videos! Have a blessed day everyone!!

NKP 765 between Hillsdale, MI and Pleasant Lake, IN

Oct 1, 2022 September 22-24th, 2022 – In this edited video we follow the operations of NKP 765 between Hillsdale, MI and Pleasant Lake, IN, during their American History Train which ran between Angola to Pleasant Lake, Indiana during the annual History Festival at Pleasant Lake. Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to Subscribe and Ring the Notification Bell so you won’t miss any of my future videos! Have a blessed day everyone!!

A day of action on the CSX Henderson subdivision between Springfield, Tennessee to Kelly, Kentucky

September 2nd, 2022 A day of action on the CSX Henderson subdivision between Springfield, Tennessee to Kelly, Kentucky, plus a short side trip on the RJ Corman Railroad at Guthrie, KY featuring CSX M512, CO15, M503, M647, RJ Corman Local, I025, and X647. Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to Subscribe and Ring the Notification Bell so you won’t miss any of my future videos! Have a blessed day everyone!!