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.
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