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DJI already had 2016 going for it drone-wise. Their Mavic Pro smashed the competition from GoPro and is possibly what everyone is getting for Christmas, but now, they are making another push with two new drones: a pro Inspire 2 and an update to the popular Phantom line: Phantom 4 Pro. Inspire 2 Inspire 2 This is a long 5 minutes intro, but definitely worth it. https://youtu.be/XBHuftMcmis It’s been two years since the inspire 1 was introduced back in November, 2014....

Tracking drones is a bit of a hot topic. With all of the legislation constantly changing and evolving around the world, authorities want to know who’s flying offending drones. Put simply, there’s really no accountability. Unless they can find the person holding the transmitter, or law-breaking footage is posted to YouTube or Facebook and reported, there’s no way to find out who’s breaking the rules. Now, though, that’s about to change....

If you don’t like having your own photographs taken, you assume everyone else doesn’t like having their own photos taken. But the problem is that there are some people (like myself) who actually like having their own photos taken. Feel comfortable on the other side Feel comfortable on the other side The solution: assume everyone else likes being photographed. Of course this isn’t the truth, but by assuming everyone else likes being photographed, your body language will show more confidence, friendliness, and your subject will feel more comfortable and willing being photographed....

Photographing the Milky Way is something many aspiring night sky photographers only dream of. As is capturing brilliant storms full of bright lightning flashes. Both the Milky Way and night time storms have such a visual allure, that keeps photographers coming back for more. In this timelapse short film, titled The Perfect Storm, Martien Janssen managed to capture both. At the same time. It’s a perfect storm not only in name, but in meaning, too....

Balance is an odd thing in photography. It’s one of those things that’s difficult for people to quantify – especially observers who aren’t familiar with critiquing photography. They look at the image, something feels a little bit off but they can’t quite put their finger on it. It’s what people often mean when they say “Oh, that landscape could do with a person in that bit over there”, because an image looks perhaps a little lopsided and uncomfortable....