Digital SLR Photography - UK (2020-01)

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UST LIKEEVERYTHINGin life, drone

photography andvideocanbe as

simple orascomplicatedasyouwantit

tobe.Forinstance,youcanflya dronein

Londonbuttheamountofplanningandthe

requirementtoobtainpermissiontoflyin

therestrictedairspacemakeit oneofthe

morecomplicatedlocationsyoucould

choosetofly in.If allsafetyplanningand

permissionsareobtained, the results could

indeed be amazing, but the sheer amountof

LIKESTILLSPHOTOGRAPHY,YOUHAVETOPLANWITHCARETHELOCATIONS

YOUAIMTOVISITWITHAADRONETOTAKEADVANTAGEOFTHEBESTSCENERY

DRONE LOCATIONS

SNOWDONIA

Hometo someofthemosticonicmountains

inEnglandandWales,Snowdoniais a

cornucopiaof incrediblyimpressiveplacesto

fly andphotograph.Highlightlocations

includeSnowdon,TTryfanandDinorwicSlate

Quarrybutyou’llbespoiltforchoicehere.

Onethingto beawareof is RAFtrainingplanes

flyingthroughsomeofthevalleys– the

incredibleOgwenValleyis onesuchplace.So,

while youshouldbe checkingtheNAATSapp

forairspaceandNOTTAMSforalllocations,you

shouldbeespeciallyvigilant whenflying a

dronein this region.

THECOA S T

Whenyouliveonanisland,thepotentialof

the coastquicklybecomesapparent.Great

Britainoffers 11, 073 milesofcoastline,which

makesit nexttoimpossible topickoutjust

onecoastaltownorregion,asthereareso

manypopular andlittle-knownlocations

thatlookincrediblefromboththeground

andthe sky. Thebeautyofdronesis thatyou

caneasilyfly themoutovertheseaand

shootbacktowardslandtocapturethe

magnificencemagnificence of rugged cliofruggedcliffffs,s crashingcrashing

wavesandmanmade structureslikepiers

andlighthouses.Justremember,youmust

fly 5 0 m or more away from them.

HEADOUTTOA MORERURALLOCATIONWITHNOAIRSPACERESTRICTIONS

INPLACE WHEREYOUINTENDTOFLYANDYOUCANENJOY,ARGUABLY,MORE

IMPRESSIVESCENERY WITHONLY MINIMALSAFETY PLANNING INVOLV ED

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workinvolvedwouldbedifficult unlessyou

havea PfCOandknowexactlywhat

planningis requiredtostaysafeandlegal.

On theflipside,headouttoa morerural

locationwithnoairspacerestrictionsin

placeandyoucanenjoy, arguably, more

impressivescenerywithonlyminimalsafety

planninginvolved; weather,anairspace

checkandobstaclesusingtheNAATSappis

allthat’sneeded.So herearefive location

ideastogetyou started...

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