Before you take the drone out to fly check out my 3 tips below if you plan to fly your drone near the coast. This could save your drone from taking a dip in the ocean or crashing into the rocks.
Drones
Quick Look at Raya Pro Blended HDR vs Lightroom HDR
In this post, I take a look at the results of two HDR images created using two different software: Raya Pro by Jimmy McIntyre and Adobe Lightroom HDR. The image I used is from my recent trip to Auckland where I visited the North Head location and captured these images using DJI Phantom 3. The images were 5 Bracketed exposures, 1-stop apart so...
Sculptures by the Sea 2015 with a Drone
Sculptures by the Sea 2015 This years Sculptures by the Sea 2015 (hosted at Bondi Beach) was plagued by overcast and rainy weather. In trying to balance work and my urge to visit this event for sunrise shoot I was monitoring the weather forecasts compulsively until I saw on the last Friday before the event finished there was a small window of...
Staying Safe With Your Drones
Seems that Drones are getting a lot of news attention these days and all for the bad reasons. People doing stupid things when using their drones to capture video and images, like people flying them when there are bushfires and flying over sports arenas. I also own a drone, DJI Phantom 3 actually and have had it since June 2015. So far to date,...
Where did the HDR Bracketing Options Go in the DJI Go App?
Although DJI make great products that change the way we capture video and photographs, the one thing I dislike about them is their DJI Go App. It is that its very cluttered and has many items hidden away. And DJI fail to produce in-depth videos on how to do advanced things in the app, they just have very introductory tutorials. Since the version...
DJI Phantom 3 – Wollongong, New South Wales
A quick edit using the DJI Phantom 3 App to create this video. While visiting Wollongong this morning for a meeting I stopped over the Lighthouse and Sea Cliff Bridge to take a few videos and photos. The wind was very strong at the Lighthouse and I could feel that the DJI Phantom 3 was struggling to push against the wind and remain steady. So...