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In this course, you will :
- Use drones to shoot aerial stills and dramatic panoramas to add a new perspective to your photography.
- Create beautiful office artwork, photograph a remodelling or construction project, or capture dramatic natural vistas from a bird's eye view.
- Rich Harrington and Francis Torres take to the skies with DJI Phantom and Mavic drones in this course. They walk you through the rules and regulations of drone flying before explaining preflight best practises, takeoff and landing strategies, and location scouting techniques.
- Rich and Francis focus on single-image stills, multi-image panoramas, videos, and HDR images.
- They also demonstrate post-processing techniques for aerial images in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Syllabus :
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
