Learning Aerial Photography with Drones

2017
3:57 hours

00 – Introduction
Welcome
What you’ll learn in this course
Who is this course for?
01 – 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
02 – Essential Flight Techniques for Photographers
Takeoff and landing strategies
Hovering in place
Positioning the camera
Composition strategies
Monitoring remotely
03 – Shooting Raw Photos
File format and recording options
Choosing the right exposure
Shooting with filters
Creating a custom lens profile for your camera
04 – Safe Landings
Establishing a landing zone
When to land
05 – 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
06 – Shooting Panoramic Images from a Drone
Configuring your drone for panoramic images and essential apps
Shooting strategies for panoramic images
07 – Developing Panoramic Images
Essential strategies for developing panoramic images in Lightroom
Removing lens distortion
Enhancing images with filters
Noise reduction and sharpening for panoramic images
Merging tough panoramic images in Photoshop
Merging 360? panoramic images in Photoshop
Merging 360? panoramic images in PTGui
Adding 360? sky in Photoshop
08 – Shooting HDR Images from a Drone
Configuring your drone for HDR images
Shooting strategies for HDR images
09 – Developing HDR Images
Essential strategies for developing HDR images in Lightroom
Removing ghosting from HDR images
Noise reduction and sharpening for HDR images
Enhancing images with filters
Merging tough HDR images with Photomatix Pro
Merging tough HDR images with Aurora HDR
10 – Conclusion
Next steps
11 – Additional Material
Insights on aerial photography
Introduction to aerial over New Zealand
Flight Club – Drones and the Dawn of Personal Aerial Imaging
Exercise Files