Learning Aerial Photography with Drones

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

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