Ultimate Drone Landscape Photography Tutorial




This is a really in-depth tutorial looking at how to shoot stunning landscape photographs using your drone. This tutorial is split into three sections:

Preparing for your shoot: 0:00
Location shooting: 3:07
Editing: 10:31

I used the DJI phantom 3 professional for this shoot but the principles are exactly the same regardless of what UAV (drone) you are using.

Getting the most from your drone photography really is about putting in the legwork in the preparation stage and selecting the right location and the right time of day. Once you’re at the location spend time before getting your drone into the sky, scoping out what you want to shoot and dialling in the settings to your camera so you maximise your flight time. Aim to get 1 or 2 really good shots per flight. You’ll then want to spend a decent amount of time editing your drone photographs to get the best possible results.

A huge thanks to Toby Russell who very kindly helped me film the location shooting section.

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47 responses to “Ultimate Drone Landscape Photography Tutorial”

  1. Great Video John thank you,
    Quick question if you don't mind.
    What editor are you using to combine your shots with the different exposures?
    Thanks will be following your tube channel it's very helpful.
    Cheers Mick

  2. Hey, amazing tutorial ! Thumbs up ! I have seen it a couple of time and i'am asking each times why do you use auto-tone in the hdr process ?
    I mean, why do you don't do it yourself as a photographer ?
    Maybe, i didn't get what auto-tone really do ^^

    Great job again, you are like a teacher to me 🙂

  3. I'm actually curious why you choose to shoot into the sun, my thought was to fly out over the ocean and shoot back towards the shoreline with the sun coming in from the left show great color and shadows with the low sun angle and golden light. Just curious.

  4. Hi Jonathan. Excellent tutorial my friend and looking forward to exploring other films on your channel. I am just getting into Drones myself and would like to use them for still and video landscape work. Do you have a licence for your drone for such use. I was wanting to sell my images at some point but notice the commercial licence is quite a hefty price. Keep up the good work. Julian

  5. It's in watching people like you who gives some excellent ideas and tuto's make people like me become more creative and efficient.

    Thanks a lot!
    Cheers from Paris!

    ps: your welcome on my channel to see some nice view of France shoot with my dji inspire pro 🙂

  6. I've always had an interest in photography and technology and the drone for me is just a cool way to take pictures. I've had my Phantom 3 Advanced for about a week and already sussed out the hard way about planning. 1. Open areas with no trees…steep learning curve for me! 2. Plan a flight path. Just 2 options already I've learned, just wish I'd seen your video tutorial first. Thanks for the videos, its giving inspiration. I have done a video as a trial run, fairly happy as its my first attempt. Click on my name to view.

  7. dude, Love your drone stuff. Quick question, is ure drone camera the same camera when you bought it or have you upgraded it? cause I just bought a phantom 4 and, it may just be me not fiddling around that much with the settings but the camera seems to be 'meh' at best

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