52 Assignments: Drone Photography

by Fergus Kennedy

Overview

52 Assignments: Drone Photography is a year’s worth of inspiring weekly assignments to kick-start your creativity.

This book is a mission brief, a portfolio of photographic workshops, a personalised journal and an inspirational guide to putting the creativity back into your craft. It has a year's worth of weekly commissions and concepts for conceiving and composing powerful, dynamic drone photographs and videos. Full of technical advice and professional tips, the book includes space for you to add your own notes, lists and tech specs, allowing you to create a unique journal to record the journey you have made with your imagination. 

Complete the assignments weekly over a year, or dip in every time you need to bring a new concept or creative approach to your drone photography. 

Assignments in the book include:

• Composing stunning landscape vistas
• Taking aerial selfies
• Videoing a voyage through a forest
• Using waypoints to take the same shot at different times, day and night

 This book guides readers to learn something new or try something innovative within drone photography's dynamic and developing world. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781454855
Publisher:	Ammonite Press
Publication date:	09/10/2024
Series:	52 Assignments
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x (d)

About the Author

Fergus Kennedy has worked for numerous clients including Canon Europe, Worldwide Fund for Nature, the Nobel Foundation and National Geographic Arabia. He has been Highly Commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and he has sat on the judging panel of the Outdoor Photographer of the Year. He has been flying drones professionally since 2014, shooting both still images and video for TV and commercial clients including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Amazon Prime, Toyota, Kellogg’s, HSBC and Barclays. Fergus has written two books on drone photography (this is his third). Fergus is based in East Sussex, England.

Table of Contents

1. On reflection
2. Backlight delight
3. Abstract nature
4. Top-down sports
5. Top-down urban
6. Top-down selfie
7. Building a reputation
8. Blurring nature
9. Need for speed
10. Zoom in
11. Make a 3D model
12. Put a halo on it
13. Drone lighting
14. Snow day
15. Frosty landscapes
16. Fleeting fog
17. Vertorama
18. Breaking waves
19. Lone figure
20. Shadow abstracts
21. Winding rivers
22. Lost in the forest
23. Miniature effect
24. High dynamic range
25. Down on the farm
26. Little planet
27. Hyperlapse
28. The big reveal
29. Sloooow motion
30. Sunsets and sunrises
31. Tree dodging
32. Active track
33. Into orbit
34. Interiors
35. Droneception
36. Asteroid video
37. Bright lights, big city
38. Get panoramic
39. The road less traveled
40. Bridging the gap
41. The waterfront
42. Lone tree
43. Wrecks and ruins
44. Ahoy there!
45. Time slice
46. Lens flare
47. Mapping mission
48. Life’s an adventure
49. Top-down textures
50. Cloud shadows
51. Low-key from on high
52. Make a splash

Editorial Reviews

"Kennedy covers topics as Top-Down Sports (unique angles for sporting events), Make a Splash (watersports), and The Big Reveal (shooting video where the main subject is revealed after being obscured by another object). And each of the assignments features a Tip to guide you to producing great results. This is a unique boom for the photographer interested in drone photography."—Photographic Society of America

"useful advice on tackling a range of subjects, including abstract nature images, sports and snow scenes; and each chapter is prefaced with a section offering technical or creative tips. It will give you all the inspiration and advice you need to dust off the drone in the cupboard and try something new."—Amateur Photographer

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