I have been working as a commercial drone operator for the past 18 months and have put together these 5 top tips for producing the best quality aerial videos, I will be releasing 5 further top tips in the coming weeks around taking the best aerial photos: ND Filters This advice is applicable for Aerial Videos but NOT Aerial Photos, I never use ND Filters for Aerial Images as they are not needed but these are a must for video footage on anything other than dull dreary days. To get the best footage your shutter speed should be roughly twice that of your frame rate. In simple terms if you are rec ..read more

Why are Drones good for Tree Surgeons? It is becoming increasingly popular for tree surgeons to use drones to capture images of the specialist work that they do as there is no other photography option that allows up close and personal images captures of these guys at work! Who was the work for? I had the pleasure in working with Creative landscapes and Tree Care who are based in Waterlooville in Hampshire. What happened? I conducted an all-day shoot for them arriving on site at 0700 one Sunday morning in February 2018 to capture the felling of a large Beech Tree using my DJI Phantom 4 Professi ..read more

Drone Wedding Photography – Fully Licenced I have photographed weddings for over 15 years and am really passionate about this side of my Photography business. My use of Drones for Photography started off as a Hobby and then has very quickly become established as part of my work and the key to this was passing the CAA PFCO Licence. I am a member of many Facebook groups where wedding suppliers are sharing videos and photographs of what they have captured on their clients big days and I am massively concerned to see the use of drone footage dramatically increasing amongst suppliers who are not li ..read more

In mid December I received the long awaited Phantom 4 Professional Edition Obsidian, Plus Edition. I moved over to the Plus edition a few months ago as previously I used the model which needed to have my iPad pro connected to the drone as well. Personally I find the Plus module with the Screen much easier to see is direct sunlight due to its 1000cd/m2 brightness is awesome and just not needing to carry another device on jobs is really useful. Since the Phantom first came out I have wanted to have a Black version. Best Buy in America did a Black edition a few months ago but it was just the stan ..read more

Changes are Coming In Spring 2018 following an extensive government consuiltaion the UK with introduce new drone laws which will mean that users will need to take an online safety test and register their drone. A few years ago I thought this was not needed as surely people who own drones know the risks and will operate sensibly. Sadly I was wrong and I really welcome these new laws. Maybe driven by the click bait culture of facebook there are videos everywhere of people breaking the very simple rules tat exist to operate drones safely in UK Airspace. The reality of drone ownership is that to m ..read more