52 Assignments

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. AUTHOR: Fergus Kennedy is a marine biologist, photographer, and filmmaker, and an experienced multi-rotor pilot and camera operator. Through his company, Skylark Aerial Imaging, he provides aerial video, still photography, and 3D modelling services to clients including the BBC, ABC Television, Canon Europe, Love Productions, WWF, and the Royal Navy. He has worked extensively in surveys and environmental mapping projects, and operates a small fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). He is the author of Drone Photography and Video Masterclass (Ammonite, 2017). SELLING POINTS: . A year's worth of weekly photography assignments to kick-start your creativity . Aimed at beginners and enthusiasts . Innovative briefs from one of the world's leading drone photographers . Includes tips and advice on legal and safety considerations, composition, lighting, camera settings and post-processing