Ultimate Drone Landscape Photography Tutorial
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- This is a really in-depth tutorial looking at how to shoot stunning landscape photographs using your drone. This tutorial is split into three sections:
Preparing for your shoot: 0:00
Location shooting: 3:07
Editing: 10:31
** My new drone of choice amzn.to/2IffC0y **
I used the DJI phantom 3 professional for this shoot but the principles are exactly the same regardless of what UAV (drone) you are using.
Getting the most from your drone photography really is about putting in the legwork in the preparation stage and selecting the right location and the right time of day. Once you’re at the location spend time before getting your drone into the sky, scoping out what you want to shoot and dialling in the settings to your camera so you maximise your flight time. Aim to get 1 or 2 really good shots per flight. You’ll then want to spend a decent amount of time editing your drone photographs to get the best possible results.
A huge thanks to Toby Russell who very kindly helped me film the location shooting section.
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Jonathan J Scott is a freelance filmmaker with over a decade of experience within the industry. Follow me on twitter / jonscottfilm - Krátké a kreslené filmy
My drone of choice amzn.to/2IffC0y
Just excellent reference material and clearly a lot of time spent on the same. Thank you.
rwrsmart 88 You're welcome.
Just awesome, I've learned so valuable things. I think the Part 1, Preparation section is the best especially. Appreciate Jonathan.
Believe it or not there is a huge lack of videos on youtube from drones doing still shots. Very good! Thank you
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I made this one. Glad you found it helpful
This is the best drone photography tutorial i've seen yet! Congrats.
Kristoff DE TURCK thank you, really nice of you to say so
Great video Jonathan, many thanks for sharing.
You're sharing gold Jonathan, thanks!
haha, thank you. working on more, so make sure to subscribe. All the best 👍👍
Very well done! Thanks!!!
This is very good and very well done
That was the best vid on drone photography that I've seen. I much enjoyed how you provided instruction in planning, shooting and post editing. Thank you!
no problem at all. Really glad you enjoyed it, a lot of work went into making it.
Outstanding and very helpful. Your detail and expertise displayed in a format that still moves right along kept my focus through the entire video. Well Done!
Russ Hicks thank you, very glad you found it useful
Beautiful shots !
Excellent tutorial. Looking to improve my technical abilities with drone photography, as well as post-production editing. Will be coming back to your videos for reference. Thank you!
Your the only one on youtube that gives such a good explanation , thanks!
Thanks Robin, very kind of you to say so.
Love your channel! Very informative.Keep up the good work mate!
cheers, will do, keep tuned for more stuff.
Thanks for this video sharing your knowledge! A lot of useful info. 👍
Extremely easy to follow and super entertaining! Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing
William Hodges thanks for the kind comment. Glad you found it helpful
Great video man, very informative and made me want to go out and shoot some more!
Pretty amazing work there J, keep it up - very informative.
Minelab Gold thanks 😀
wow , so much to learn here and thank You very much for showing these details. Thanks a lot and Greetings from WW2HistoryHunter
Really enjoyed your content! Priceless!!!
Thanks
Absolutely brilliant thank you.
Fish Shack no no, thank you 😀
Thanks so much. Very practical pre and post production advice. I am a new certified pilot and need to absorb as much as i can about photo production for work.
Brilliant,, nice work mate
Brilliant !
Glad it was useful
Excellent tutorial thanks
John Gamston you're most welcome.
Good tutorial. Thanks
Great video! You are one of a few that can make a 15+ minute video interesting all the way
Thanks Martijn, a lot of work went into this one, glad you enjoyed it.
Wow. great!
wow. thanks 😀
Fantastic. Subscribed. I would say this video for me is a game changer.
I'm adjusting the shutter speed of the camera, I don't have a Mavic 2 pro but I'm pretty sure it has the option to alter the shutter speed. You need to make sure the camera is in manual.
@@JonathanJScottFilms i DID SOME T
TESTING AFTER i WATCHED YOUR VIDEO. AND here is the deal. I do have exposer comp but no in Manual Mode. It does not have it in manual mode. If you use or aperture or shutter priority then you can use exposure compensation. Funny you have a link directing subscribers to the Mavic 2 pro on Amazon as your recommended drone.. LOL. All good. Thank you for getting back to me. Looking forward.
Really informative, much appreciated. 👍
No problems, glad you found it useful
wow that was a terrific video thank you. I'm new to camera raw and the stitching and panoramic options look super powerful. I really enjoyed your teaching style, especially letting us know what you're going to do, what you're going to teach and how are youre going to teach us. I'll be practicing some of your tips here on the coast of British Columbia today thank you very much I appreciate it. cheers
Thanks Tim, very nice of you to say so. Really glad you were able to take away something useful from it.
Thanks for the tutorial!
That was i need it:)
no problem
Thanks!
would love to see a version of this for video shoots
Great Video guide just bought my first drone so watching closely many thanks.
cool, check out the rest of the channel and subscribe as there are lots of drone videos and instructional videos that should be useful. Happy and safe flying.
Great Information thanks!
you are most welcome
Nice video. Thanks!
No worries
rich of information. thumbs up!
Fadil Aziz thank you, glad it was useful.
Really great video Jonathan, very useful tips and I can't wait to put them in to action with my P4. subscribed, thanks :-)
no worries, happy and safe flying.
It took me three full years to master DSLR .
It will take at least one full year to master Drone video and photography.
Your video is really helpful.
Thomas
Great channel - very informative.
thanks😃
very good!
thanks !
Fantastic video! Perfect explanation for everything i need right now! I use a Hudl 2 too so im clearly destined to be a great aerial photographer too ;)
haha 😂 Thanks for the support.
awesome video!
Thanks very much
Awesome video , great work
Tony S thanks Tony
Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
Very informative and easy to understand, thanks for that.
that's what I was going for, so good to hear. cheers.
Jonathan J Scott Films I just bought a Phantom 4 so hoping to get some good photos and video similar to yours :)
cool! Have fun and fly safe.
I forgot to thank for the amazing video!
hey thanks for the feedback, really appreciate the support.
epic video!
cheers
Great video 👍🏻
👍👍👍
very nice tutorial, Jonathan
Thank you.
No problem
U deserve 1.000.000 subscribers!
😃😃😃
Nice tutorial. This is exactly what I've been doing since getting my hands on the mavic pro. I'm used to shooting with a Canon 5D3 so the two obvious drawbacks with the Mavic were 1, poor dynamic range and 2, only 12 mega pixels. So then you simply use the HDR Pano technique in Lightroom (drone in Portrait mode) and you have yourself a great raw file to work with. I ended up with a 35MP shot with loads of detail in the darks and lights. This format is my go to for pretty much every image I take with the drone. Even if it doesn't need a pano I would still play it safe by switching to portrait mode and stitching at least 3 images together. You can always crop later but by stitching 2 or 3 portrait shots rather than using one landscape you are doubling your pixel count. Again I would almost always bracket 5 shots every time too. On the Mavic it will auto bracket 5 shots but each one is only +\- 0.7 ef so if it's very bright and that's not going to be enough I bracket it manually.
Lee Rigby cheers Lee, glad it was useful and thanks for sharing your knowledge as well.
I've always had an interest in photography and technology and the drone for me is just a cool way to take pictures. I've had my Phantom 3 Advanced for about a week and already sussed out the hard way about planning. 1. Open areas with no trees...steep learning curve for me! 2. Plan a flight path. Just 2 options already I've learned, just wish I'd seen your video tutorial first. Thanks for the videos, its giving inspiration. I have done a video as a trial run, fairly happy as its my first attempt. Click on my name to view.
will do, I have quite a few more drone videos in the works so subscribe for more content. happy and safe flying.
Great video. That's where I live! I hope you had a pint in the Dolphin after that :) I'm currently trying to talk myself out of getting a Phantom 4, but if I fail, I'll do some filming there for sure. Just to the east of where you were, there's an old ruin called "The Teahouse". I think that would make an interesting subject at sunrise, with the sea and sun coming up over Salcombe in the background.
cool, thanks for the heads up, much appreciated. Have fun with the P4 if you get it.
I’m not familiar with the drone you’re using, but with my Mavic 2 pro I can just switch over to internal drive if I get up in the air and have forgotten to insert the SD card. It’s pretty slick and a good fallback plan.
Thanks a lot for all tips and epic videos!! I really appreciate eche one, it's very useful for myself... I'm practicing everyday over here in Brazil ;-)
Hey, no problem at all. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Happy flying my friend.
Hey, no problem at all. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Happy flying my friend.
Hi Jonathan. Excellent tutorial my friend and looking forward to exploring other films on your channel. I am just getting into Drones myself and would like to use them for still and video landscape work. Do you have a licence for your drone for such use. I was wanting to sell my images at some point but notice the commercial licence is quite a hefty price. Keep up the good work. Julian
smashing tutorial fellas! thank you.. I learned a lot for my shoot at Barry island This week
I sure the P3S do you have a tutorial on how to choose the correct camera settings please?
yep, I have one, just check my channel.
thanks for the swift response.. have you seen the new Go Pro Karma just released??? WOW!
Great video,just wished it had a better sensor,im staying with the p3 as p4 offers no difference in sensor technology.
Hoping the p5 does better for stills photograph.
yep, agreed, shooting panoramas helps with the resolution but a camera with better dynamic range a low light performance would be great on the P5
Great Video John thank you,
Quick question if you don't mind.
What editor are you using to combine your shots with the different exposures?
Thanks will be following your tube channel it's very helpful.
Cheers Mick
buellman75 Hi Mick, thanks glad you like the channel. The software used is Adobe Camera Raw. I use this to combine the shots then move the combined result into Photoshop for further editing. In Photoshop I use Google Nik plugins (video on my channel about how to use them) and some of Photoshop's own tools to edit the image. Hope that helps.
You mentioned software to figure the sun direction., times etc.. Where do i find that..??
Great tutorial re watching to get all your tips.. Thanks
Try the Photographer's Ephemeris
great job! what laptop are you using for post processing?
Experience the unknown thanks. not using a laptop but a desktop unit, video on my channel of the setup.
what tablet are you using? great video thanks
Its the Hudl 2, a great Android tablet but unfortunately not available anymore.
Hi Jonathan, thanks for a great tutorial. Just one question, I have CS6 and CR 9.1 problem is i cannot get to the merge HDR facility as my software only shows (at the top left hand) 'select all' and 'synchronise' no drop down. Am i missing something, thanks for your help.
hmmm, not sure I'm afraid, it might be that your on CS6, I thought with ACR 9 you should have the option regardless of which version of Photoshop, are you sure you are on ACR 9
Can I ask if you think a drone with smart software like this can fill the gap of a jib and or slider? well jib/dolly anyway. Im considering getting one but still a little sceptical that the video quality (which is only 60Mbits/sec) is not way up there. Do you have any thoughts on that?
yeah absolutely, you should watch the video I put together on how to get cinematic shots with a drone, it's on my channel. A drone will easily perform all of those things but obviously with a DJI phantom you are limited to the in built camera, if you get an Inspire with X5 camera you will get better quality and you can even get the x5r which will shoot raw video with a data rate of 1.8Gbps! but it will cost you about £5K. It all depends what the application is and what your budget is.
Hey, amazing tutorial ! Thumbs up ! I have seen it a couple of time and i'am asking each times why do you use auto-tone in the hdr process ?
I mean, why do you don't do it yourself as a photographer ?
Maybe, i didn't get what auto-tone really do ^^
Great job again, you are like a teacher to me :)
DatWillou auto-tone just balances the exposure, it's just a starting point that you then further develop the photograph in Adobe camera raw and photoshop.
Allright, thank you master !
Keep it up !
DatWillou no problem my friend.
Use google earth to find unique locations or INTERESTING patterns in the earth surface. Very helpful tool to save leg work, driving and wasted flight time looking for composition.
N'th DEGREE AERIAL PERSPECTIVES yep, great tip.
What tablet do you use?
The Phantom 3 4k does not shoot in RAW right?
I'm using a tablet called a Hudl 2. The Phantom 3 shoots stills in raw but not video, the only DJI drone that does is the Inspire with the X5R camera. The quality is amazing but the workflow a total PITA.
What programs would you recommend for an up and coming photographer that's on a budget.
I can't live without Photoshop, you can get it on subscription for not too much. I also recommend google nik plugins which work with Photoshop, I have a video about them on my channel.
I'm actually curious why you choose to shoot into the sun, my thought was to fly out over the ocean and shoot back towards the shoreline with the sun coming in from the left show great color and shadows with the low sun angle and golden light. Just curious.
Dean Humphrey just my artistic choice for that scene.
Tip: Instead of manually changing EV you can use AEB and choose 3 or 5 shots and it will do the work for you
Aleksander Vuk the AEB only shoots 0.7 stops apart, no good of I want 2 stop difference.
if you are shooting in raw and you can adjust your exposure in post then why do you need multiple shots in different exposures
Danny Darco because it's a high dynamic range scene where it's not possible to capture all the information of the shadows and highlights in a single capture, hence taking multiple exposures one that is underexposed capturing highlight detail, one balanced exposure for the midtones and one overexposed for the shadow detail.
At 8:30 he is changing the exposure, is this feature available on he P3S?
Brandon Lapeus I don't think you can do it via the controller on the P3S, but you can in the DJI go app
dude, Love your drone stuff. Quick question, is ure drone camera the same camera when you bought it or have you upgraded it? cause I just bought a phantom 4 and, it may just be me not fiddling around that much with the settings but the camera seems to be 'meh' at best
thanks man. Yes the camera is the stock one ( you can't change them on the Phantom 3 or 4). I dial in custom settings to get the most from the camera, if you have a look on my channel you can find a video I made on the best settings for the Phantom 4 and 3, check it out.
you my friend are a legend! I will have a sift through your channel tonight! Greetings from Scotland :)
+RedTreeEntertainment no problem, if you haven't seen it already I also have a drone video shot in Scotland too!
oh man! what are the odds of that hahaha. Ill need to see if I recognize any of the locations you went too! hope you visited Isle Of Skye
post production makes a huuuuge difference... get familiar with an editing suite like premiere pro or final cut.
How did you do that I am very interested of doing please reply asap! Johnathan J Scott Films
Daniel Starkey how did I do what?
What is the software you used to merge the photo's ?
Adobe Camera Raw, i have a video of exactly how to do it on my channel if you are interested.
Thank you,.... very good video too, informative and to the point !
What software did you use to combine the three photos together?
Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) there is a tutorial of how to do it on my channel
+Jonathan J Scott Films thanks
No worries
I cant find the Tutorial on Adobe Camera Raw?
+Kevin Stevenson here you go czcams.com/video/7XTBLQW6HEQ/video.html
An you print these shots?
Jay 1 yes
realy excellent...but where is the photoshop plugis...congrats for all
Drone Vision nik collection by Google, they are free, I have a video on my channel all about them
Man this tutorial its the better...but...where i need some tutorial to link the 3 landacape photos...thanks man...your channel. It has been very helpful
Drone Vision I have one already on my channel, called creating stunning HDR images on ACR. Check it out
Oooo realy thanks...i tipe from sout america...some day...i want go..from your countri for look this amazin landscapes
John, how are you. this afternoon do the exercise of the 3 pictures with different exposures ... with that achievement program open them 3 ... that part I do not understand .... you have to send them to any email thank you ??
What case is that?
Terry Lyons it's covered in the video on my channel called top accessories for drones.
What is the first program in editing process?
TechItAlex Workflow is Adobe bridge to Adobe Camera Raw to Adobe Photoshop.
Jonathan J Scott Films Thank you very much Jonathan have a great day!
TechItAlex no problem. You too.
If you have found this video useful, please think about supporting me on Patreon, it really helps. Thanks www.patreon.com/jonathanjscott
What is the website to get the sun information?
Jay Hull put photographers ephemeris into Google and download it from there for PC or mac. Availsble for iOS and Android for a small charge as well
Thanks
Jay Hull you're welcome
What is the name of the program?
Tolunay Dinç which program are you referring to?
Thanks for the tutorial.... could i have your email address as i wanted to ask some advice?
feel free to ask on here, that's what the comments section is for😃
no, it involves you looking at photos etc and also discussing making a film in sweden where i live
+Ian Smith feel free to email at jonscott705@gmail.com