Ever since the first prototype was going around the DJI booth at NAB this year, teases of a handheld version of the Inspire 1 gimbal/camera have been making many owners anxious to finally have the option of taking their X3 camera off their drone and continuing to shoot on the ground with the same quality […]
Photography / Videography
A Picky Photographer’s Perspective on the Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K
Yes, I am “one of those guys”, I will freely admit it. I have spent many years honing my craft, learning everything I can about photography and the gear I shoot with. I always want the best possible images and anything that gets in my way of making my images as good as they can […]
Getting to know the DJI Osmo 3-Axis Stabilized Camera
Photographers are being pushed into providing video one way or another while aerial shooters often need to provide ground footage. The cost and hassle of a large gimbal, such as a DJI Ronin, along with the cost of the camera, creates a huge barrier to entry. DJI has created a new tool to help solve […]
Aerial Photography and Videography Using Drones by Eric Cheng
Eric Cheng, award-winning underwater photographer, aerial imager and UAV/drone industry visionary, has completed a great handbook for the aspiring aerial photographer with his new release Aerial Photography and Videography Using Drones.
It’s long overdue, but the mainstream media (Buzzfeed) just addressed the gender gap in drones
Drones many be too nascent of an industry to say for sure, but it’s getting dangerously close to becoming a permanent trend — drones are a “boy toy.”
Drone Journalism: it’s about more than just pretty photos
Aerojournalism, dronalism, call it what you will — but drone journalism is coming. It already has in some capacity. Right now it’s in its nascent stages — it’s quite common to see stories on Mashable or Huffington Post showing, “Canadian Rockies Are Magical In Stunning Drone Video” or “Drone Offers Beautiful Views of Massive Flower […]
Meet the woman who uses a drone to map the old Wild West
Monarch Inc. just launched a project to aerially survey and 3D map the 19th-century mining town of Bodie, California, and original California Gold Rush town that was the vibrant gem of the Wild West and now is kept in a state of ‘arrested decay.’ Monarch used high precision UAVs to help preserve data about the […]
Stanford research group develops tool for drone camera autonomy
Researchers and developers at Stanford University along with Adobe, 3DR and others, have created a tool to help both experienced and novice videographers get better aerial shots from their sUAS and camera drones.
Introduction to Aerial 3D Model Mapping
I have been working all summer on new projects with drones. Here is the one that I have worked on the longest. The technology has finally come along far enough to showcase this amazing new capture and display process. We will start off in this post just showing a couple of 3D Model Maps that […]
Using LUTS to grade Inspire 1 / Phantom 3 / Osmo Footage with Final Cut Pro X
“I really wish my footage looked worse” – No one ever said… Of course we want our footage to look as good as possible but sometimes achieving what we want seems more difficult than it should be. Camera features like “LOG” style promise to give us more latitude when editing, but it can sometimes make […]
