Still Photography Using a Drone

Drone photography is a new method of making images for me that has opened up a new way of seeing and imagining the world that I explore.  Like any new photographic tool, this new perspective of viewing the land is full of promise but demands fresh thinking and a new visualization of the entire concept of the landscape image.  There are new choices between the recognizable and the unknown.  The ambiguity of scale readily available in this new mode is especially exciting as suddenly the line between the literal and the abstract now can be even more blurred.  The shape and details of the land can look remarkably similar from close to the ground to high above it and the land can be distilled into line, shape and form without a sense of scale in a way that was never before possible and I find that to be very appealing.  The image now depends on a sense of strong graphic design and the familiar clues of size and scale can be eliminated if so desired.  Some may find that lack of easy interpretation difficult to accept as it demands closer attention and a deeper involvement of the viewer with the image but I consider this a positive.

We will discuss the following subjects:  

 

Drone Etiquette

Types of drones for photography

What is needed to begin

Rules, regulations and licensing:  where you live can make a big difference

Difficulty of flying a drone and the learning curve

Pros and Cons of Drone photography

Daniel Anderson is a Door County Wisconsin photographer living in Ellison Bay.  He has photographed widely throughout the United States and Europe.  He is the founder of the Door County Creative Photography Workshops, teaching fine art digital print making.  He teaches additional workshops at the Clearing and at the Peninsula School of Art.  He also leads photographic tours to many exciting locations in many parts of the world.

He began his photographic career after studying with Ansel Adams by making finely crafted black and white prints with an 8 x 10 view camera.  He has evolved into digital printing using the latest high-end digital equipment and technologies and now is able to produce both color and black and white prints to even higher standards than were possible in the film era. His latest venture is drone photography.

You can check out his work at:  http://www.danielandersonphotography.com/ 

Daniel Anderson will be presenting "Still Photography Using a Drone" at CAPS-Chicago Area Photographic School on Sunday, November 24th.

To see the CAPS website go to:  

https://www.caccaphoto.org/caps/caps_home.php

To register for CAPS go to:  https://cacca.regfox.com/caps-2019