Nashville Bicentennial Mall Virtual Tour

600 James Robertson Pkwy, Nashville, TN 37243

Located in the shadow of the Capitol in downtown Nashville, next to the Farmers Market, the Bicentennial Capitol Mall gives visitors a taste of Tennessee’s history, natural wonders and serves as a lasting monument to Tennessee’s Bicentennial Celebration, which was June 1, 1996… read more

This 360º virtual tour includes the Carillon, WW II Memorial, Timeline Wall, Amphitheater, Fountain and a large Mural Map of Tennessee.

The U.S. Navy LST 325

A virtual tour of the Landing Ship Tank transport from the D-day invasion of Normandy, France. “Operation Overlord” would turn the tide in World War II there using LST’s to land tanks, trucks and troops. Shot in Clarksville, Tennessee September 12, 2017, this floating historical museum and memorial is the only remaining operational ship.

It is supported and maintained by the non-profit LST Memorial, Inc. Support LST 325

D-Day Transport: LST 325

Virtual Tour by Bob Henderson

D-Day Sunken Secrets: Buy the video of the PBS documentary for $2.99 on iTunes (the LST portion of the video starts at 1 hour and five minutes). It includes interviews with 89 year old Navy Corpsman Bill Allen, and his return to LST 523 on the bottom of the English Channel. It sank off Utah beach June 19th, 1944. The force of a mine blast split the LST in two pieces, and sank her with 94 men of the 300th Engineer Combat Battalion and 41 of her crew carried down with her… read more

Luxury Home in Leiper’s Fork

United Country Real Estate home for sale.

Listing Agent: Greg Musgrove listing agent • 615-599-3676

5579 Wilkins Branch, Franklin, TN

To enter the full screen mode, click on the three vertical dots on the upper right corner of the frame below.

LeQuire Art Gallery 360º Virtual Tour

4304 Charlotte Avenue | Nashville, TN | 615.298.4611

Hours: Tue – Sat 10-3

LeQuire Gallery Website

Viral Video of a 1000′ phone drop: “This Ain’t my Phone”

Filming a WW I biplane* flying over Bowling Green Kentucky, my brother (Blake Henderson) accidentally dropped his Samsung S5 from 1000′ above the ground. It recorded spinning all the way down, plopping into a garden unscathed. The footage after that is hysterical.

Knowing this was a jem, we planned a viral marketing strategy. August 11, 2017, was a going away party for my son Ryan, who was moving to the Czech Republic. With the council of him, my other I.T. son Eric, and my world renowned video branding wizard cousin, Billy Pittard (MTSU Media Arts Chairman), we came up with a plan:

Consider legal repercussions. In this case we had two concerns: the FAA, and the property owner. We talked to both.

Cut the video down as much as possible (due to silence in-between auto recording). I ended up with just under 2 minutes of an 11 minute .mpg file.

Post to Youtube: Sunday morning August 13, 2017 about 11 AM.

Post to Reddit: (/r/videos) This was the most critical element. Reddit is a snake pit of tech savvy #millennial/GenY/futurist/disruptor/guru/putz’s 😉. They pounced on it immediately crying fraud, fake, hoax! Ryan monitored the chatter and responded with diplomacy. After a few hours, he asked me for the unedited 11 minute .mpg file. He posted it in response to the fraudster “pundits”.

We hadn’t planned this (at least I didn’t), but it was perfect. He had all the nay-sayers going after the second video. It climbed the charts as well, pulled by the first one, with almost as many views.

The crack-pot comments ranged from; bad math on the calculated speed of terminal velocity, to some idiot that asserted that an airplane could not have a window you could open during flight (pictures of the Beechcraft Bonanza).

Wait for the offers. As the videos climbed through 100,000 views, news brokers started contacting us. This happened about 3 PM Sunday, four hours after posting. Eric suggested we wait a few days, but with it trending upwards, when do you blink?

Wait 24 – Sign the deal. Monday 3PM – $xxx up front and $xx/$xx split over 8 months (negotiated up, with competing bids from three sources). Ryan selected Storyful (video below).

Answer the phone. By monday night, came calls for interviews. The first one with Blake was Right This Minute that evening via Skype from his home. By monday morning NBC and CBS were on the line. International stories started to appear all over (local news was last to pick this up). 2 days later, Inside Edition did an interview via FaceTime† to my office with Blake and Ryan. They cross-examined both as hard as a trial lawyer! (I have a private video of that).

Storyful: Our News Broker

They basically monetize the pay per click, and sell the story to various news agencies. I think this video is a good example of their video examination prowess. They apparently were able to analyze the video content very quickly to validate the authenticity of the story. We believe a combination of the frame sequence in rotation, and the audio made this possible. It would be almost impossible to stage.

Some of the news broadcasters edited the video down, adding their own commentary. Some of them used the comments from the YouTube feed. I think this is a bad idea, as it adds legitimacy to inaccurate and dim-witted comments. At least one network got the altitude wrong. There is a big difference between 11,000’ and 1,000’ fall!

10 Days later: 2,872,843 views on YouTube. Estimated revenue: $xxxx+. The Youtube videos are: This Ain’t My Phone and This Ain’t My Phone (unedited).

Is the purpose of this blog obvious? 😉 @belmontguy

* Ironically, two weeks later the World War I Curtis Jenny crashed. It did not hold up as well as the phone, but the pilot is ok and the plane reparable.

**YouTube comment: (13 second freefall —> h=0.5*g*t^2 —> 0.5 * 9.81m/s^2 * 13sec^2 = 829 meter freefall distance. Maximum freefall velocity of 459km/h) The error in this does not account for mass resistance of the atmosphere. It was probably more like 42 miles per hour.

†FaceTime seemed to have better clarity. Inside Edition prefers it they said.

#phonedrop #storyful @belmontguy

Search Engine Optimization with Google Street View:

One of the things that will help your search engine optimization is quality imagery. Specifically, Google Street View (GSV) tours of commercial businesses. This law office in Nashville requested one upon the advice of Ross Jones of 2 the Top Design. Ross is probably the top SEO specialist in Middle Tennessee with 20+ years of experience. According to industry experts, Google ranks you higher if you show off your business interior. These tours are affordable and effective.

Take a virtual tour of Raybin & Weissman Attorney’s at Law, shot by Bob Henderson, a Certified Google Street View photographer. Use the full screen mode in the upper right corner for the entire perspective.

Airdrops a s5 Galaxy 1000′

It’s amazing what can be done with a funny video and social media. With the help of my son Ryan Henderson, this went viral on Youtube with a Reddit post.  Critics have attacked this as a hoax, but meta data doesn’t lie. Additionally, it would take an army of digital masterminds to create the hundreds of frames this video contains. I’m a digital designer, but I’m not THAT good.

The portal window of the Beechcraft Bonanza is above the pilots left shoulder.

#airdrop #phone

3D and 360º Virtual Reality

Do you need your property or business updated into the 21st century?

I provide multiple solutions for modern business’s and individuals looking to address the growing demand for virtual representations of their space.

This means filming by air (drone), ground (360), or building 3D models. These services can truly allow you or your business to stick out both conventional and unconventional ways!

Sincerely, Bob Henderson

Affordable 3D models
This is ideal for buildings under construction. As low as 7 cents per square foot. View a 3D model.

3D Like Tours
Indoor and outdoor virtual tours. Experience a 360º virtual tour of this Nashville luxury apartment complex.

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Don’t risk hiring an aerial photographer that is not licensed. By law, any payed operator is required to be licensed. Beach Aerial

Local Tour Guide
Closing in on 7 million views of my photography, Google has promoted me to level 7. Most of my content is 360º panoramas.

Bob Henderson
(615) 477-0737
bob@athens-south.com
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