Arizona | Motorcycle Filmmaking in a Hot Desert 

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The real challenge is making a film about filming yourself while you film 🤣🤣🤣 appreciate you sharing a part of your process!

It’s so easy to forget about all that goes into making these films. Thank you Sterling for sharing this trip and allowing us to see the effort and forethought that goes into such an inspiring series.

Damm that’s a lot of work, thank you for all your efforts. Love your videos.

Thanks for another awesome video series. You do an amazing job with all aspects involved in the process.

Educational and relaxing! Cheers Sterling.

I’ll take a short teaser over nothing. Keep it up Sterling! Love it!!

Totally appreciate the comments on the heat. Road through southern Nevada last year on the way to ride the PCH. Thermometer showed 114 degrees most of the day.

I appreciated the montage showing the reality of a "simple" passing-by camera shot. What you didn't show of course was that you had to come back *again* for the camera filming the montage! :-) Safe travels!

That's some tough riding and camping. Sleeping on hot earth is not easy. Really enjoyed the visuals though. Thanks!

Watch your channel for a while now, and normally don’t comment but have to stop in and say great video. I really appreciate not only the editing, but the effort you make to put these together. Enjoy the ride.

You make the camera work seamless. Mark of a true professional. We know it is difficult and time consuming, but you magically make is seamless, thank you.

Always glad to be on the ride with you. It definitely feels like work riding over 100°

Thanks Sterling 👍👍👍

Good wee video....would have liked to see you camp and cook a meal as normal, makes for a nice share of being along for the trip...Stay Safe thanks for sharing 🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great video thank you very well done thanks for taking us along cheers to ya.

Hey Sterling it was nice meeting you today. Glad I was able to meet you. Troy from Casa Grande.

EXCELLENT! Thanks for presenting!

There’s an Iron Butt ride from Why, AZ to Whynot, MS. On the bucket list for sure!!

I’ve been watching lots of motorcycle travel RU-vid channels and you’re just simply the Best, thank you for bringing serenity and peace to me.

The setting up for shots...made me laugh. The things we do to get footage..ha...

You are really well organized. You make me realize that you spend a lot of energy to make quality films and it takes a lot of patience. Thank you very much for your great videos

Very cool, I mean hot! Enjoy.

One of my favorite day rides on the old US80 across the Gillespie dam bridge to Ajo and Why, AZ. Grandma's Kitchen in Why, has great tacos and food. AZ summer heat is a beast not to play with, beautiful video. Thank you.

Great video and scenery. Thanks

Definitely liked this one. I really like the little Ajo and your showing how you get some of your shots. Thank you.

Absolutely captivating. The behind the scenes are particularly appreciated; they provide a lot of context of the work you have to put in for us to ‘travel with you’.

I admire your perseverance with filming in those temps for your viewers' enjoyment! I'm enjoying your 3rd person camera view (on the monopod), which by the way looks SUPER handy and functional. Thanks for another great episode documenting your journey!

Great to see some of my old stomping grounds 👍🏼generally nobody understands how much work goes into good photography

Sterling Thanks for the filming in a hot desert lesson. Epic stuff! I'm taking notes of how filming gets done by the best guy out there. Ride SAFE and BE safe Sir. Cheers

It's not just riding but filming too. Quality Filming! Tnx.

Hi Sterling. I’m watching this year (or slightly older) video of yours and had the thought to message you. Seeing your subscriber count I’m certainly not alone but I wanted to tell you I’m so glad I found your channel. Very well produced, and inspiring. I found your channel about two weeks ago while researching the Honda Trail 125 I was considering buying. I’m brand new to riding and have ideas on somewhat milder “adventure” riding than what you’re often up to in your videos. Perhaps after a few thousand miles of experience I’ll work my way up to bigger adventures similar to yours. I did ultimately purchase a 2023 Trail 125 and am loving it after one week. I’ve ridden about 150 miles on it so far and it’s got almost 500 miles total on it. 350 from the 1st owner I bought it from. Anyway, all that just to say I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.

Excellent production as always..awesome how you make it all looks so easy . Excellent editing and music choice.😎👍🇬🇧

Funny...... Was just down there camping at Organ Pipe 10 days ago....... Beautiful area... thanks....At least it was in February

Sterling, Thank YOU! for this beautifully produced and deeply insightful series. Please keep riding and filming!

Thanks for all of your hard work and time and for bringing us along with you !!

Hot and dry looks very inviting after almost making it through a very rainy central Oregon coast winter. Watching the temperatures down south and ready to go just as soon as it warms up a bit more. Inspiring video. 👍🏻

Much much better music than in previous series! Thanks for listening me :D

Stunning content, as usual. Thank you for doing this for all of us dreamers who do not have the time to do this for ourselves. Vicarious riding for me at its best. :)

Roughly 60 different shots in a video that’s only 5-1/2 minutes long. The amount of work that goes into content like this is staggering. Simply amazing, Sterling. Thank you!

Thank you for showing us around your home town and explaining the history of the town...very interesting. Also, like others, I didn't realize there was fairly high elevation down at the south end of the State. Looks like you were very strategic in choosing your town.

Most people don’t have a clue what it takes, I’ve done this hundreds of times myself. You definitely need the film making drive. Thank you Buddy 💯🇺🇸

A sterling job,I say.

Loving the trip so far!

Great videography, I really appreciate your efforts. Especially in that heat. Thanks, Günter/Nürnberg

Never take off your motorcycle protection, even in such deadly hot weather You are such a wonderful and exemplary rider

Even riding rugged terrain in dirt, bike always looks clean😊

When I lived in Hell I saw plenty of days of 124F or so. Tough. On the road inner city it could be over 140F on the pavement. Zip up, close the shield and go. Some beautiful rides all over the state. Amazing place. One day I was in the hottest place in America and the coldest. Coolidge and Heber AZ. Like your vids. Running back and forth isn't so much fun.. Just hope you get it right.

I am a subscriber living on Vancouver Island following your journey with interest. You'll like it here, I think.

Maybe it is too early a request, but please consider Live Q n A, sir! Enjoy watching so much🎉🎉🎉

Riding with and receiving filming lessons from the legend himself. Doesn’t get much better than this.

So good.

There is so much work that goes into producing such a good bike travel video for us to enjoy, thank you! It must detract from the ability to just go and ride but like (I think) you said in a previous one, you get a lot of enjoyment from doing all that extra work with cameras and editing. I admire you RU-vidrs for doing this. If I get over to The States as planned (I live in England) I hope to come to your hotel at some point 👍🏼

What a legend...u need patience to film this way

Nice reminder of the suffering you go through to entertain us! A 40 degree swing in temp over one day is no joke, for sure. When was this filmed? I'm always curious about your weather!

Very nice video...thanks for sharing!

Great little video Sterling

Thanks for another great video.

Thanks for sharing. Very professional vids

Yes, if we imagine how much work it is to set up each of your shots, we probably should multiply it x 10 to know how hard it is. That does not even include the editing. And, you are a brave man camping solo at Arivaca lake. Yup, that is the Gila River at the broken Gillespie Dam.

Just found your channel (and subscribed). I’m really excited to watch this AZ to BC trip, for the scenery, motorcycling and filming. Seeing explanations/demonstrations of how you film your videos will be really great & helpful. From the 3-4 of your videos I’ve seen so far, I’m especially interested in seeing/finding out how you get some of the drone shot which clearly not automatically controlled and/or per-programmed shots. Like when you are going in the opposite direction as the drone is going in. I did see in your linked web store you mount your controller on the bike in front of you, but still, operating it, and the bike a the same time is quite something. Looking forward to being along for the ride. Cheers

Nice video...I'm going to have to check out that Fuji camera. Has an old school look that I like!! Ride Safely!!

Another amazing trip and film adventure, ending up taking a well deserved break with some food around a campfire 🔥. Thanks Sterling for share your passion and tips. You have become an inspiration. Godspeed

As always a great and interesting video , we have those temps in Western Australia all through summer , ☀️

Great stuff! Thank you. Put a mic on that exhaust and it’ll be the cherry on top 😜.

2:50 - Thank you for showing how you set up the shots of you riding by a camera. It's easy to take good video for granted, as if it happens without much effort. A few seconds of ride-by video can take 20+ minutes. Now show how you set up to make a video of you making a ride-by video. :-) I've made some relatively poor quality videos. I can't even imagine how many hours are spent capturing the video, including drone shots and editing, to make this wonderful five and a half minute video. Thank you!

Great content as always!

Nice breeze by the camp site. Not sure if that was good or bad. Great stuff!

Going to have to stop and say hey! I have a home in Why! Enjoying your trip, taking notes.

I think you actually made those ride-by video/shots look slightly simpler than they really are. As a fellow (MUCH less experienced) RU-vidr, I think about all the detailed work that goes into it and almost want to say, Thanks Sterling, but please just enjoy your ride (every time you film one of those) ; )

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As a super small channel, i can relate to the heat on rides and trying to get footage. At 104 degrees, it was even hard for me to talk to the camera, more-or-less, get anywhere close to the shots you get!

as usually, great video

after you put all your gear back and went to riding away from getting the shot, I thought “cool, he got the shot. At least he can keep riding now.” Until I realized you were filming yourself film yourself.

Fantastic videos and really excited to follow you on this adventure! What is the camp kitchen setup you have? It looks very organized and functional, I am planning a trip of my own and would love to give it a try.

Hello, thanks to show us your trips , wonderful video very interesting it's like to travel with you I would like to travel in that way What kind of support do you you use for the drone? Thanks I follow you

Love your ride-by tripods shots on the Fuji💪💪 - is the skinny peak design tripod 2:49 up to all the hype and the price tag?

Sterling, I don’t see your mobile kitchen thingy in your Amazon store - maybe I missed it. But where did you get it? Very handy.

I have a cooling vest that works wonders when its hot. Not sure if you’ve tried it?

Just curious as to when you started trip 109 degrees in AZ yikes.

cool, i mean hot watching from nz

Always loved your videos. I’m planing a trip to Spain and I’d love to mount a mono pod to the back of my pannier like yours. Where did you get that from? And when you use your camera with the zoom lenses for the shots you do driving down the highway, is that set a max mm as in 100mm?

What have you thought of your helmet in comparison to the Klim?

AWESOME! What month did you leave AZ?

Another great video! Do you shoot in f-log on your Fujis? And, what about the GoPro and DJI? Are you shooting flat or stylized?

Sterling what size dry bags do you use or recommend ? Love your vids!

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No concerns with camping in the desert (on the ground) for rattlesnakes or other critters?