Up in the Sky!

For all of my years as a photographer, Ive always been on the earth shooting photos. But I never got a good view of the earth from above! Until… a couple months ago when I bought my first drone!

Drones are so awesome! They always give a great perspective that not many people see! Just seeing the earth from above is just something else and its a great way to be artsy! You can use your composition to tell a story like with any photo!

I bought the DJI Mavic Air and I love it! I wanted to get the Air because of its size and weight. Its really portable and something I can keep in my camera bag without taking too much space. The image quality is great too! The video that comes from the drone is fantastic! With a little color grading, the footage looks like a movie! But I do have a complaint :( The photos from the drone are quite hard to edit with. It has a 12mp sensor which to be honest isn’t a lot. So the opportunity to crop and resize the image in post isn’t as easy as a normal camera. So you are forced to get your composition in camera, which isn’t the worst thing, but it can be challenging.

One more thing that I kinda don’t like about the Air is the colors. Ive noticed that during the fall, the trees look really similar in color and clarity. But overall its a great drone! Just with a little editing in Lightroom, the photos can look amazing! I’m really loving the process and shot I’m getting and plus, its frikken fun!