Helmet cam at the Decatur Celebration

Finally! This weekend I finally put my helmet camera on a paintball gun to get a first-person view down the barrel. The camera didn’t go back far enough to show the barrel, a la first-person-shooter, but you can see the discharge from the CO2.

We also used the helmet cam to let viewers go on carnival rides with my friend, H&R videographer Adam Casner. Here are the vids!

As you can see, Adam took a pretty good beating in there. Here is a picture he posted later on:

Painless? No, Paintless.

Now that you’ve had a laugh at Adam’s expense, check out some things that he’s been working on over at AdamCasner.com!

Bugs, bullets, and burning boxes

The past few weeks have been pretty action packed, so I’ll try to keep the words to a minimum and make my point with photos and video. Here we go.

Last week  I shot a video about a huge collection of bugs being donated to the Illinois Raptor Center here in Decatur. I highly recommend taking a look at the video HERE. In it you will see just why they call this terrifying Illinois native the Cicada Killer:

Hint: it doesn't kill them right away...

Moving on. What’s the best way to prove how great sprinkler systems are at fighting fires? Build two identical rooms outside and light them on fire in front of a large crowd. Check out the video HERE. In it you will see this neat tornado-like flame:

I probably should not have sat as close as I did...

And to top it all off, I finally got a chance to use my helmet cam! Take a look:

Patrol officer Shawn Guenther with the camera on his paintball mask

A first-person view of the training exercise.

The Decatur Police Department did some training exercises with paintball guns, and I used the helmet cam for a couple sessions. You can see the footage included in my video for the Herald & Review HERE!

And, as a special bonus, you can see Huey Freeman trying his hand at shooting police with a 9mm paintball gun. Enjoy!