Recent content by Kevin Barber

When I shoot portrait sessions with my Canon, I typically like to use an off-camera flash to improve the lighting. I have an upcoming session where the client wants a group photo from a drone. I would really like to make the subjects stand out from the background with an off-camera flash. Does...

I've done it in Photoshop with OK results. I had a video that I reversed, but several people were walking by, which was a dead giveaway of what I was doing, so I used the clone stamp in photoshop fame-by-frame. It was a lot of work, and if you knew what you were looking for, you'd be able to...

You need to set your controller to "P" mode to allow the app to control the drone.

As I understand the Airspace waivers, you still need to contact ATC and inform them of the flight. It makes sense because how else would they be able to maintain a safe airspace without knowledge of the flight? I believe the point of the waiver is that you don't have to go to the FAA portal and...

Oh interesting. I saw a Drone U interview with someone from the FAA and he mentioned waivers, but made it sound like he didn't know why you would use one or that it would be unlikely to get through, but maybe there's been a change in policy, or a further understanding since that interview...

I've been searching around tonight for clarification on airspace authorizations and wanted to thank you for this thread - it actually really helped clarify what is needed for airspace authorizations. I was confused at how one could request an airspace authorization for multiple years, for...

I've been noticing it with my iPad Air 2 in the cold weather. Last flight the iPad shut off, so I switched mid-flight to my iPhone (in a case) and it also shut down while flying. With the iPad barely fitting in the holder without the case, so I might have to get creative. Sent from my iPad...

Cool - do you know if you are covered by their insurance or are you on your own for insurance?

I signed up, but haven't done any missions yet - not completely sure if I will or not. But regarding promoting your business, I saw in the FAQ that you are explicitly NOT to represent your own business; you are supposed to be representing DroneBase. My two main concerns are Insurance and...

So how do you handle trees near the building? I would use my house as an example, but I have several large trees nearby (one tree hangs over one corner of my roof). Just careful flying?

Sweet! I'm checking out Betterview. If I understand right, you are using DroneDeploy's app to get the surface overhead shot at ~25 ft above the roof, then manually flying the rest?

That's Awesome! So are you going with DroneDeploy? How do you end up delivering to the clients? Do they have their own accounts with DroneDeploy or do you share a link? Do you mind sharing how you are pricing that type of work?

I've been playing around a little bit with Drone Deploy - I've been looking for how exactly I could use that to share with potential clients. BUT... in the process of looking, just came across OpenDroneMap: OpenDroneMap and it looks like worth playing with. DroneDeploy is pretty easy to use, but...

You can also try OpenDroneMap OpenDroneMap - I just found out about it myself - and haven't tried it out, but thought I'd share.

Clearly the anti-gun crowd would get worked up if they used guns for it. Assuming the owner and operator of the drone was in on it, drone hunting looks like a lot of fun!