So I opened a maps website with 360 panoramic images and saw views like this:
Sunrise, shadows and fog. Just some aerostat took a photo and it’s beautiful. But I very rarely see aerial photos! There are so many landscape photographers, but they all shoot from their perspective. So why isn’t aerial photography as popular?
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Gotta make some wings and fly around taking pictures.
I only shoot stills on my drone so maybe there’s more than you think but they are not shared in the places you look
In the US, is kinda surprising how many places restrict drones. Any government property, national parks, within x miles of an airport, etc.
I totally agree with banning drones in national parks. I don’t want to hear drones buzzing about while I’m hiking, and I definitely don’t want people harassing wildlife with them.
Well when people kept crashing drones into thermal features in Yellowstone, they locked that shit down in a hurry.
I was shocked that micro drones in the US are only allowed to fly up to 400 feet. In Canada I can fly mine up to 500 meters.
It’s because controlled class E airspace goes down to 500’ AGL at the lowest here.
And part 107 certification needed for professional work.
Remote is tracking.
Sad how bad it has got for no reason 😥
RID is built into almost every drone made in the last 3 years. A 107 is not difficult and frankly everyone should go through some kind of training.
As for the restrictions comment. There are a lot of fences on the ground restricting where you can walk. And I can show you how to fly just about anywhere. All you need to do is know who to ask.
drone laws
cost of choppers are yet another factor
The overwhelming majority of aerial photography is taken with fixed wing aircraft.
My one and only time doing arial phography was from a microlight in the Himalayas. Even that was US$120 per hour Nepal prices about 15 years ago
Yeah, why isn’t every photographer buying a whole extra camera system that only works for a specific niche of photos and often creates friction with the people around them?
It’s a head-scratcher!
How many photographers do you know who are also pilots? Or how many pilots do you know that are photographers?
I use both but I’m not good at editing the photos yet.
You are a pilot?
Yep that I am
Drones are just generally a pain in the arse. They can capture nice unique images but they always felt detached from me in a way. Plus using them is a faff, people just gawp at you. If it’s busy you feel like a right pillock making a bunch of noise and it’s more stuff to carry.
Where I am you require extra licences to take commercial photos, some locations need special permissions and many are off limits.
Add that drones don’t have cameras comparable to professional gear until you get into the much more expensive tiers and it takes it from something a hobbiestt can dabble in, to something with a high level of investment.
I’ve taken aerial photos all over the world. The regulations limit where, when, and how I can do it though.
Sounds like you need to check out golf course photography…
Why isn’t deep space photography as popular? Only like one guy bothered to take a picture of a black hole.
500,000 or 5,000,000 telescope isn’t quite your $250 little camera drone?
Maybe because we can’t get up there
I bought a drone.
Here they’re banned in:
All Municipal Parks
All Provincial Parks
All National ParksNot allowed to fly them over people, roads, or buildings. not to mention anywhere near an airport or heliport.
Pretty much the only place you can legally fly them is from private land. I honestly can’t figure out where i can fly this thing without risking huge fines.
It’s illegal to do 90+ on highways, but people still do it.
Accessibility.
- Price - An entry level drone is still expensive.
- Laws and Regulations - For example: In the US, you can’t fly above 400 ft of the tallest structure, within a 400 foot radius of that structure. The drone must be within visual line of sight. FPV is a major no-no without another person watching the drone, etc. These laws are ALWAYS changing. Add in the local ordinances and the problem multiplies. You could be complaint federally, but not locally or vice versa. By the time you’re comfortable with them, something major changed. Some drones can’t be flown anymore without remote id. Commercial work requires a license, with its own set of rules. Getting waivers, especially early on to simply fly 1 foot in the air in a controlled airspace like class D, is a months long process with immense planning required to do anything. Most of the US is in controlled airspace, even in the sparsely populated midwest states. This means, you need to get authorization to fly. You can’t fly in most national parks without a waiver, national and local government permissions, etc. The ones you can fly in, require a whole different process.etc etc etc. Basically, it’s too much of a hassle.
On the creative side:
- All aerial shots with drones are almost always generic garbage. If you’ve seen one, you seen them all, save a few exceptions. They are “epic” wide shots that showcase the general area, almost exclusively a plains area of a small town with lots of hills, because you can’t fly in a large city.
