DJI Drone Photo Academy
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Randy Braun & Stacy Garlington are pioneers in drone photography. Both worked with DJI during the formative years of the company, leading the Aerial Still-Photography Development Team. With extensive backgrounds in both the drone & photography industries, they have harnessed and packaged the skills of successful drone photography to share with you.
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Randy Braun & Stacy Garlington are pioneers in drone photography. Both worked with DJI during the formative years of the company, leading the Aerial Still-Photography Development Team. With extensive backgrounds in both the drone & photography industries, they have harnessed and packaged the skills of successful drone photography to share with you.
Randy Braun & Stacy Garlington are pioneers in drone photography. Both worked with DJI during the formative years of the company, leading the Aerial Still-Photography Development Team. With extensive backgrounds in both the drone & photography industries, they have harnessed and packaged the skills of successful drone photography to share with you.
Do you find drone photography confusing? Are you lost by the rules & workflow? Does your boss want you to use a drone? Are your photos missing visual impact?
We will fix all of this for you. We make drones simple.
Classroom discussion includes proven photography techniques, with an edge toward earning money with your drone. Randy and Stacy offer invaluable tips about flight techniques and how DJI drone systems work. This is not a how-to-fly class. Flying is easy with today's drones. Instead, we concentrate on more important topics:
Learn the rules of the sky.
Create top-quality aerial photos.
Develop new streams of income.
Build rock-solid confidence in your drone skills.
This is our Premium Masterclass. We have presented this exact class as full-day seminars in 194 cities worldwide. Finally, we have published this course online. $59 for six full hours of video-based learning at your own pace. Included is our 64-page course handbook and many valuable downloadable resources. More than 90% of attendees say they got more value than they expected (based on follow-up surveys).
Randy & Stacy have presented drone photography classes at the world’s preeminent industry conferences, including:
Adobe MAX Conference
Photoshop World Conference
Imaging USA Conference
Photokina – Cologne, Germany
PhotoPlus Expo – NYC
Web Summit – Dublin, Ireland
TedxYouth – Austin, TX
EAA Airventure – Oshkosh, WI
Professional Photographers of America
Hasselblad Camera HQ – Sweden
Adobe Education Summit
Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops – NM
National Association of Broadcasting (NAB)
DJI Corporate Headquarters – Shenzhen, China
Texas School of Professional Photography
SXSW – Austin, TX
National Association of Realtors Annual Conference
University of Kathmandu, Nepal
What's inside
Learning objectives
- You will learn the basics of dji phantom and mavic drones and how to create impactful aerial photographs.
- Learn the rules of the sky - where you can, and cannot fly.
- Create and post-process (using adobe lightroom) top-quality aerial photos.
- Understand the business side of drones. develop multiple streams of income.
- Build rock-solid confidence in your drone operating skills with proper and little-known settings in the djigo4 flying app..
- This is a six hour course; the exact same course that we have taught live in 194 cities across america and around the world.
- You will learn the basics of dji phantom and mavic drones and how to create impactful aerial photographs.
- Learn the rules of the sky - where you can, and cannot fly.
- Create and post-process (using adobe lightroom) top-quality aerial photos.
- Understand the business side of drones. develop multiple streams of income.
- Build rock-solid confidence in your drone operating skills with proper and little-known settings in the djigo4 flying app..
- This is a six hour course; the exact same course that we have taught live in 194 cities across america and around the world.
Syllabus
Welcome to the DJI Drone Photography Academy
We have Drone Photography in Common
Your Instructor Stacy Garlington
Your Instructor Randy Braun
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Syllabus
Download our sample photos to follow along with our post-processing routine.
This will take a few minutes. Photos are likely to download into your "Downloads" folder on your computer.
This downloadable folder contains all sorts of additional resources, kept especially for our students.
Congratulations! You have completed our DJI Aerial Photo Academy course!
Please download your certificate of accomplishment.
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Activities
Attend local drone meetups or workshops
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Connect with other drone enthusiasts and professionals in your area by attending meetups or workshops. This allows you to exchange ideas, learn from others, and explore potential collaborations.
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Find local drone meetups or workshops.
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Attend the events and introduce yourself to others.
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Share your experiences and ask questions.
Practice flying your drone in different conditions
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Gain proficiency in operating your drone by practicing in various environments and scenarios, ensuring you have the necessary skills and confidence to capture impactful aerial photographs.
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Fly your drone in open areas to practice basic maneuvers.
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Practice flying in different wind conditions.
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Practice flying in confined spaces, such as indoors or near obstacles.
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Attend local drone meetups or workshops
Show steps
Connect with other drone enthusiasts and professionals in your area by attending meetups or workshops. This allows you to exchange ideas, learn from others, and explore potential collaborations.
Show steps
- Find local drone meetups or workshops.
- Attend the events and introduce yourself to others.
- Share your experiences and ask questions.
Practice flying your drone in different conditions
Show steps
Gain proficiency in operating your drone by practicing in various environments and scenarios, ensuring you have the necessary skills and confidence to capture impactful aerial photographs.
Show steps
- Fly your drone in open areas to practice basic maneuvers.
- Practice flying in different wind conditions.
- Practice flying in confined spaces, such as indoors or near obstacles.
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