Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino

Flying and taking shots

Flying the photography drone is as you did before. My suggestion is to lock the altitude and fly parallel to the ground. If you use a camera remote controller or an app, then it is really easy to take the photo or record a video. However, if you use the switch, as we discussed, then you need to open and connect your drone to the mission planner via telemetry, go to the flight data, right click on the map, and then click the Trigger Camera Now option, which will trigger the Camera Shutter button and start recording or take a photo. You can do this when your drone is in a locked position and, using the timer, take a shot from above, which can be a selfie too. Let's try it. Let me know what happens and whether you like ...