Aerial Landscape Photography
The do’s, don’ts and everything in between.
MTD aerial photography has had the most success so far shooting landscape aerial photography. I have worked with high profile clients such as Dreamscapes Lincoln, and Marti Neely Landscape designs. In this article I am going to be showcasing some work I was able to do for Marti Neely.
I contacted her to see if I could show off some of the properties that she had been working on. When she said she would be interested I was really excited! Her work is absolutely amazing and shows off hardscapes and softscapes beautifully.
The do’s of drone landscape photography
Just like I start in every other blog; ask the client what they are looking to get out of aerial photography. You can think that the final product turned out great when it was not what they were expecting at all. I currently fly the DJI Mavic 3; the best consumer drone on the market.
Make sure you are capturing the landscape from multiple angles. Landscapers work extremely hard to make sure that the land that they are working on is as beautiful as it can be. Be sure when you are up taking aerial pictures and videos that you keep in mind the colors that you are shooting and how they incorporate into the shoot. Colors are one of the main things that landscapers are trying to group together to enhance a properties curbside appeal.
The final thing to keep in mind as a drone photographer is to always use a drone that can shoot at the proper times of day. I prefer right as the sun is going down to get the softest shadows and gives you the most leeway when editing in post.
Check out one of the videos I did for Marti Neely Landscape design. Check out my youtube channel!
The don’ts of drone landscape photography
Do not assume that you know the industry better than the client. Listen to all the advice they can give you when shooting these beautiful landscape projects. They have been doing it a long time and know what they are looking for when it comes to anything to do with landscapes.
Do not show up at any point in the day and think you can get away with high quality images. Doing so will ending up biting you later when you have to do WAY more editing to try to nullify harsh shadows in post processing.
My last and final tip is to NEVER leave a project when it is unfinished. Shoot more footage/pictures than you need. Lighting is constantly changing and when you leave and try to come back a different day it makes it EXTREMELY challenging to try to match the colors up in post processing.
Thank you for reading this blog post about what are the do’s and donts of aerial landscape photography. If you want to read more into more articles that I have done about aerial landscape photography; check out my other blog post. If you want to check out my google page I post aerial landscape photography on there as well. Thanks!
