Originally Posted by
Davvidd
I have not seen any of your videos but have a question. Do you record other people in the flight or only yourself? If you do record, do you ask their permission?
I only film myself intentionally. Of course you will often see other people in the background of the videos and I can't ask all of them - but people who are at the side of me and prominent I always chat to about the video and make sure they're OK being there. I've only been asked to blur people out a handful of times for varying reasons, and always oblige when requested. It's easy to do after the upload, YouTube has a tool specifically for that.
Originally Posted by
MSYtoJFKagain
Hey Noel,
Honest question, do you do any prep before visiting certain countries?
Watching your Japan videos is like watching a train crash. As someone who travels and films for their livelihood, it seems like you didn't even google a basic travel guide. It's one thing to show a few mistakes but you battered your head into every possible travel mistake between Sapporo and leaving from Tokyo.
Honestly, I don't do a lot of preparation. But that's sometimes by intention. I visit so many countries in such a short space of time, I often arrive as a 'fresh off the boat' face. And by running into these problems and including them in the video - I hope that it can help others to not have the same issues going forward. Learn from my mistakes, if you will. After all, it would be easy for me to just edit out all those mistakes, but then who is going to get any benefit from them? Japan's a very unique country to visit and I have to say I had many issues there i wasn't expecting. But people were very happy to help at every stage.
Originally Posted by
GW McLintock
I will agree re: Noel Philips (a.k.a. TCASAlert); while I really can't stand the attitude and the (intentional?) bumbles, the content is often truly unique, and that's one of the reasons I will admit I've watched the majority of his videos. The Lukla segments were a highlight in my mind; I have friends in Nepal and have been to KTM twice, and I re-watched all of the Nepal videos before I went earlier this year. Hoping to go to Lukla next time.
-J.
Thank you! I know my style isn't for everyone, I really do. And I know there are plenty of other vloggers out there who different people enjoy for different reasons, just as I enjoy certain vloggers more than others. I just try to make fun videos showing interesting things, and bringing a little character to things rather than 'Here is an airport, here is a plane' type videos of which there are plenty online. I am at heart just an avgeek who enjoys flying on cool planes, and sharing that passion with people. I'm truly fortunate that I've been somehow able to make this my full time in my 40s. Lukla was incredible and is easily one of the favourite places I've ever visited, along with northern Pakistan.