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Mexico besides of being my place of birth is my inspiration.

I'm sitting at Madrid airport, drinking a tea and waiting for my last final flight after those 2 long flights: Guadalajara-Cancun (2 h 45m), Cancun-Madrid (8 h). My ass hurt for being seated too many hours, but nothing matters after so many memorable moments with such inspiring people. My creative friends, visual artists, sound artists, label artists, cultural promoters, the climbers, trail runners, mountain bikers and taxi...

Imagine yourself just floating in the air thanks to one harness, hanging on a static rope that's attached above you. Already unimaginable for somebody with the fear of heights. Then add a SonyA7 camera with a 24-70 mm in your one hand and a 100 mm lens for close up details in the other and tangling on this thin rope, you have to switch the lenses! If it falls, it dies!

Harnesses are a great invention but to do it properly, we have to admit it's a bit painf...

We just came back of a three weeks journey to Luis’ homeland: Mexico! We enjoyed being with the family, eating every day tasty food (chilaquiles, tacos, shrimp cocktail, ceviche, carne en su jugo, fresh juices, coconuts and many more), went to the lucha libre (Mexican wrestling show I worked as a camerawoman back then) and went swimming at some beautiful cenotes at the Mayan Rivera next to Tulum. It was incredibly wonderful to disconnect, to relax and enjoy every day with the flow it...

I often tell people that 'Al Aire Films' was founded more through a coincidence than actually a plan or a wish we longed for. Luis expressed his first idea to learn how to fly a drone when we lived in Cologne, Germany. He bought himself a mini helicopter and suddenly we had a robotic fly in our living room crashing against the walls when he was trying the biggest challenge: to get the heli through the living room door to our bedroom.

Then in Mallorca he purchased a second-hand drone, a...