7 Keys to Great Photos

Aerial snapshots are easy to create and fun to do. You may be an experienced shooter adding drone photography to your repertoire. Or, you may be a neophyte attempting to learn photography and drone operation at the same time. In either case, the ability to send an aircraft skyward as an aerial camera platform can be exhilarating. It’s almost a given that your first hundred or so still photos will be views of your house from an altitude of 100 feet or so, followed by shots of your town’s major (or minor) tourist attractions. Go ahead, enjoy random snapshooting. There’s plenty of time to get serious about your drone-based photography.

Random snapshooting can sometimes yield lucky shots—happy accidents that look good ...

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