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Shooting aerial photos from a helicopter

Shooting aerial photos from a helicopter

From the course: The Practicing Photographer

Shooting aerial photos from a helicopter

- We've talked a lot about drones here at the practicing photographer and with good reason. I love my drone, it has given me the chance to explore aerial photography and video. Something that just a few years ago, I would not have been able to do because getting a camera up in the air is very expensive. Drone technology has improved dramatically over the last couple of years, and it's really opened up a lot of doors for the photographer. However, there still is, of course, another way to get your camera up in the air. Before drones, if you wanted to take a picture from the air, you had to get in an airplane or a helicopter or something, obviously, fly around and get aerials that way. That's still a perfectly, reasonable exercise, if you want to try some aerial photography. I'm here in Northern Kenya right now and a few days ago, couple of friends and I went in on a helicopter rental and got out to do some aerial photography and I just want to talk to you during this episode about the…

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