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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Featuring award-winning and beautiful aerial photography, this exciting book explains everything photographers need to know about drones and quadcopters in order to take their photography to new levelsliterally. -- Edited summary from book. |
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Aerial photography.
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Aerial videography.
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Drone aircraft.
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Photographie aérienne. |
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Vidéographie aérienne. |
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Drones. |
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aerial photography. |
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drone airplanes. |
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Aerial photography |
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Aerial videography |
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Drone aircraft |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Colin, 1966- Photographer's guide to drones. First edition. San Rafael, California : Rocky Nook, 2016 9781681981147 |
| ISBN |
1681981173 |
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9781681981178 |
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9781457189661 |
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1457189666 |
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9781681981147 |
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1681981149 |
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