Digital SLR Photography - UK (2019-10)

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VERTHENEXTTfewmonths,we’llbe

coveringa widerangeofdrone

photographytechniquesyou’llneed

to knowtogetthebestresultsfromyour

drone.Theseincludebasic camerasettings,

compositionandviewpoint,HDR

photography, verticalpanoramastocreate

portraitformatimages,alongwithdifferent

approachestoa varietyofsubjects.We’llbe

takinga progressiveapproachoverthe

courseofthisseriestoensurethatyoulearn

the necessaryskillsin the mostlogicalorder

possible.Here is a smalltasteofsomeof the

topicsthat wewillbe covering...

CAPTUREVERTICALPANOS

Thevastmajorityofdronesareunableto

rotatethe cameragimbaltoallowyouto

shootinportraitformat.TheDJIMavicPro

wasonemodelable todo this,but theMavic

2 ProandMavic2 Zoomareunabletodoso,

whichis a shamebut thereis a simple way

aroundit.Verticalpanoramasarejustlike

traditionalpanos,butinsteadofshooting

horizontally,youshoot vertically.

TECHNIQUES

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HDRTOMAXIMISEDETAIL

Believeit ornot,somefiltermanufacturers

producebasicNDgradfiltersforsome

modelsofdrone.It’sa niceidea,butwithno

controloverthepositioningofthegradover

thelens,you’lloftenfindthatthewrong

partsoftheframehavea reductionin

exposure.Forvideo,thisis a smallpriceto

paybutforstillsdronephotographyyoucan

achieve muchbetter results usingHDR.

AERIALABSTRACTS

Oneofthemostinterestingaspectsofflying

a droneis thatyou’re abletoseetheworld

fromabove,whichoftenrevealsthatfrom

this perspectiveeverydayobjectsand

featuresofthelandscape canlook

completelydifferenttohowtheydo when

viewedfromgroundlevel.Oneofthemost

enjoyableaspectsofusingdronesis

searchingfor patterns and abstract shapes.

SHOOTATGOLDENHOUR

The waythatlighthits the earthwhen

viewedfromanaltitudecanlookcompletely

differenttowhenyou’restandingonthe

ground,soyoucanoftenshootgreat

imagesat timesofthedaywhereyou

wouldn’tnormally.The timesaroundsunrise

andsunset,however,stillprovide thebest

light andarethe recommendedtimestobe

outshootingwith yourdrone.

TOP-DOWNSHOTS

Aviewpointthat’suniquetodrone

photographyis the top-downview,and

ithasunderstandablybecomesomething

ofa classicchoicein theworldofaerial

photography.Thisis a simple technique

whereyoushootstraightdowntowards

subjectsonthegroundthat’sdirectlybelow

thedroneandthe result canbeincredibly

interesting and,of course, creative.

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