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Learning Aerial Photography with Drones

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Aerial Photography Courses Drones Courses HDR Photography Courses Panoramic Photography Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn how to take aerial photographs and panoramas using DJI quadcopters.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • What you'll learn in this course
  • Who is this course for?
1. Before You Fly
  • Understanding your country's regulations
  • Respecting no-fly zones
  • Securing permission from property owners
  • Flying with a two-person team
  • Making sure your drone is registered
  • Taking your drone on a commercial airline
  • Understanding weather conditions that affect flight
  • Preflight checklist
2. Essential Flight Techniques for Photographers
  • Takeoff and landing strategies
  • Hovering in place
  • Positioning the camera
  • Composition strategies
  • Monitoring remotely
3. Shooting Raw Photos
  • File format and recording options
  • Choosing the right exposure
  • Shooting with filters
  • Creating a custom lens profile for your camera
4. Safe Landings
  • Establishing a landing zone
  • When to land
5. Developing Raw Images
  • Essential developing strategies for photos in Lightroom
  • Removing lens distortion
  • Sending the image to Photoshop
  • Enhancing the image with filters
  • Noise reduction and sharpening
6. Shooting Panoramic Images from a Drone
  • Configuring your drone for panoramic images and essential apps
  • Shooting strategies for panoramic images
7. Developing Panoramic Images
  • Essential developing strategies for panoramic images in Lightroom
  • Removing lens distortion
  • Enhancing the image with filters
  • Noise reduction and sharpening for panoramics
  • Merging tough panoramic images in Photoshop
  • Merging 360-degree panoramic images in Photoshop
  • Merging 360-degree panoramic images in PTGui
  • Adding 360-degree sky in Photoshop
8. Shooting HDR Images from a Drone
  • Configuring your drone for HDR images
  • Shooting strategies for HDR images
9. Developing HDR Images
  • Essential developing strategies for HDR images in Lightroom
  • Removing ghosting from HDR images
  • Noise reduction and sharpening for HDR images
  • Enhancing the image with filters
  • Merging tough HDR images with Photomatix Pro
  • Merging tough HDR images with Aurora
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Richard Harrington and Francis Torres

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