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Aerial Abstracts

I've had a new project lately, bringing motion blurs and slow shutter work to the air with my drone photography.  All it took was a few darker Neutral Density filters and I'm already thrilled my first few flights of this experimentation! My drone works with a GoPro camera, so I don't really have the manual controls that other platforms might be equipped with. Understanding how to manipulate the...

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Morning Abstracts & Scarborough Drones

As summer quickly approaches, there are pros and cons to shooting sunrise. Big pro is it's warmer out. Even before daybreak you may only need a light jacket, which makes getting up in the dark much easier compared to when it's below freezing outside. By far the biggest con is the days are getting longer, and the sun is rising earlier. It's not even midsummer and already sunrise is at 5:30am. For...

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East Beach Aerials

My drone had been out of commission for the better part of the past two months.  What I considered a small fix turned into a bit of a fiasco with 3DR. Long story short, I just needed a small hardware adjustment to a loose piece in my controller, but I had to send my entire kit back as one unit, and that unit was delivered to their California location, but they could never find it to service it,...

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