CraigR
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Australia
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I was planned for 7 months to get a photo on my DSLR that I wanted. I envisioned what I wanted and knew the location. I then spent hours checking sun positions for different dates in the year, sunrise time, angles, and the list goes on and on and on. I also went out and took test photos of the location while I was waiting for the right time of the year for the final photo. I had a window of about a week where I could get the photo I really wanted. I planned how I was going to get there, how I'd ensure I was there at the exact moment I needed to be, everything. Was it worth it for one photo? I think that, based on the results, the answer for me is a big yes.
Obviously I don't plan all photos like this, but for every shoot I do I have a plan (and often a backup plan as well).
Since I'm new to using the drone I'm not planning difficult shots yet, but I spend time every day on Google Earth looking for areas of interest and then checking the ground heights from where I plan to launch and in the area I plan to fly; i.e. getting familiar with the relative heights of the terrain and stuff. I plan as far as possible where I'm going to take off, look for emergency landing locations, etc, etc, and come up with a preliminary route (or several options). Then when I get on site I "groundtruth" what I learned online and check the area for things that were not possible to do using just the internet: obstructions (and their heights), local conditions, etc, etc. I don't think it's over-planning at all. I don't think it's restrictive at all either (I adapt when I get to the site for any misconceptions I got from the limited internet data and stuff).
I do of course do things spontaneously or opportunistically as well, but if I can I will plan (at least a little bit) |
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