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The photographer's guide to drones
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Embry Riddle Aero University - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection
TR810.S533 2022
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TR810.S533 2022
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9781681988993
9781681981147
9781681981147
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Regular Print - Second edition.
Safety and regulations
Drones and gear. Mavic foldable drones ; Mavic (formally Mavic Pro) ; Occusync ; Autel Robotics ; Sony Airpeak S1 ; Firmware updates
Gear
Flight school. Pre-flight check
FPV app
Control basics
A dozen exercise patterns to fly like a master
Advanced flight modes
Self-flying, robotic flying
TOAL: takeoff and landing
Shooting photographs with a drone. Foundational rules of photography
Special types of photography
Shooting videos with drones. First-person view in video
A word on compelling video
Video movement
Basic photo workflow in lightroom or ARC. Media downloading and tips
Asset management in lightroom
Basic lightroom workflow
Local corrections
Fixing the bad stuff
Finishing techniques
Sharpen
Advanced photo editing. Panoramas
High dynamic range (HDR) images
HDR panorama
Exposure blending
Special effects
Editing aerial video. Free (or almost free)
Trimming clips
Photos from video
Color grading
LUTS
Plugins for stylized looks
Fixing common aerial video problems
Encoding
Parting words.
From the Book - Regular Print
1. Safety and regulations : Safety : Preflight safety ; In-flight safety ; Propeller guards ; Attacks by seagulls ; Other safety concerns
Regulations : Registration ; Commercial use ; Part 107
Conclusion
2. Drones and gear : Different platforms : DJI ; 3D robotics (3DR) solo ; Firmware updates
Filters
First person view (FPV)
Batteries
3. Flight school : Pre-flight check
Control basics : Controllers
A dozen exercise patterns to fly like a master : Time to yaw ; Framing exercise ; Master of movement
Advanced flight modes : GPS assist ; ATTI ; Course lock ; Home lock
Self-flying, robotic flying : POI/Orbit ; Selfie ; Cable cam/waypoints ; Follow me
TOAL: takeoff and landing : Auto takeoff and land ; Manual takeoff and land ; Handheld launch/catch landing ; Which which?
4. Shooting photographs with a drone : Foundational rules of photography : Rule of thirds for composition ; Change your viewpoint, change the photo ; Try flying lower ; Fill the frame with the subject ; Foreground elements and interest ; Leading lines ; Control the background ; Shoot during good light ; Golden hour
Special types of photography : Panoramas ; Bracketing : HDR, capturing the full range ; Panoramic HDR ; Burst of shots to get the action ; Bird's-eye view
5. Shooting video with drones : First-person view in video ; Video basics : Frame size ; Frame rate ; Best settings for video ; ND filters
A word on compelling video ; Video movement : Static video ; Dynamic video ; Single-axis moves ; Aerial camera moves
6. Basic photo workflow in Lightroom or ACR : Media downloading and tips :Dumping your data ; Where are you putting it? ; Where is it?
Asset management in Lightroom : Catalog ; Collections ; Keywords ; Finding images in Lightroom ; Basic edits in Lightroom
Basic Lightroom workflow : Fix the lens ; Crop and straighten ; Color correction ; Tonal corrections ; Enhancements
Local corrections : Adjustment brush ; Dehaze
Fixing the bad stuff : Noise ; Chromatic aberration
Finishing techniques : Radial ; Vignette ; Creative use of dehaze
Sharpen : Sharpening workflow
Conclusion
7. Advanced photo editing : Panoramas : Panoramas in Lightroom ; Panoramas in Photoshop
High dynamic range (HDR images
Photoshop masking : High pass sharpening
HDR panorama : Recovering the entire image ; Removing distractions ; Finishing
Special effects : Tilt shift ; 360-degree tiny planet
8. Editing aerial video : Free (or almost free)
Trimming the clips : Mining the shots in NLE ; Trimming in Photoshop
Photos from video : Extracting a still in Premiere Pro ; Extracting a still in Lightroom
Color grading : Lumetri ; What about the histogram? ; Adding color to the shadows and highlights ; Storytelling with color grading
LUTS : Using LUTs ; Rolling your own LUTS
Plugins for stylized looks : Magic Bullet
Fixing common aerial video problems : Reducing shake ; Removing lens distortion ; Reducing prop shadows ; Reducing noise
Encoding : Encoding from Adobe Premiere Pro ; Encoding from Photoshop
Parting words.
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