This Lightroom tutorial shows you how to use Guided Upright to fix vertical and horizontal lines that are bent. The images were shot with a DJI Inspire 1 Pro drone. You can get rid of barreling and keystoning in your aerial panoramas. This Lightroom tutorial also works in Photoshop Camera the same way, using the latest guided upright feature. This image was shot using … [Read more...] about How to straighten bent buildings in aerial panoramas
Archives for July 2017
Shooting Drag Racing with a drone
Recently I had the rare opportunity to shoot the Nitro funny cars in action. The nitro dragsters are the big boys of drag racing and these cars can exceed 10,000 HP and top well over 200 mph in under 4 seconds. Once a year Barona Drag strip in Sn Diego County holds the Nitro Battle. One of only 3 drag strips left in California and the only one is SoCal that can host these big … [Read more...] about Shooting Drag Racing with a drone
Free Webinar this Tuesday, processing aerial images
I'm giving a webinar tomorrow for Professional Photographers of America"Giving Your Images Wings: Processing Aerial Photographs & Video" Its free to attend for everyone. http://www.ppa.com/event.cfm?EventID=116143 PPA Webinar: Giving Your Images Wings: Processing Aerial Photograms & Video PPA July 18, 2017 Tuesday, July 18, 2017 - 2pm ET With Colin … [Read more...] about Free Webinar this Tuesday, processing aerial images
Colin Smith’s 10 Drone Photography Tips to Take Your Imagery to New Height
I was recently interviewed by Jack Neubart for Shutterbug magazine. They did a beautiful 3 page article in the printed Magazine (June 2017 issue). This is the online version of the article from Shutterbug, I hope you enjoy it.. Colin by Jack Neubart | Shutterbug Colin Smith may be known to many readers for his instructional videos and … [Read more...] about Colin Smith’s 10 Drone Photography Tips to Take Your Imagery to New Height
DJI Spark vs Mavic Pro drone, which is better for you
In this video Colin Smith walks through the difference between DJI Spark and the DJI Mavic Pro drones. Which is better, in fact, which is better for you to buy? See the strengths and weaknesses of each as well as secs, photo and video comparisons. Both, the DJI Mavic Pro and the DJI Spark are highly portable drones. There are a number of similarities in features and … [Read more...] about DJI Spark vs Mavic Pro drone, which is better for you
How To Get a Refund from FAA for Your Drone Registration!
Editors note: The FAA have now reversed this decision and drone registration is now required once again in the United States. Refer to FAA website for instructions. How To Delete and Get a Refund for Your FAA sUAS Registration By Laurie Rubin It was just over a year and a half ago that owners of a small UAS were required to register their aircraft. Even though … [Read more...] about How To Get a Refund from FAA for Your Drone Registration!
Make a miniature model effect, with drone photos and Photoshop tilt shift effect
When photos look like tiny models, this is the tilt shift effect, to take it further, use a drone to capture the images and then drop in other objects to make tiny worlds, this is really fun and this tutorial shows you exactly how to do it! Step1 Using your drone, find a scene that will work well for this effect. Look for areas that you can add in items of … [Read more...] about Make a miniature model effect, with drone photos and Photoshop tilt shift effect
How to make an aerial panorama in Adobe Lightroom
Added in Lightroom 6 / CC is the ability to stitch panoramic photographs together from within Lightroom. This is a great way to create sweeping vistas and wide panoramic images. You can also use this to increase the megapixel count in your images. Many people call this gigapixel imaging, because the resolution of the final image can get into the gigapixels. Watch the video and … [Read more...] about How to make an aerial panorama in Adobe Lightroom