If you can't fly over people per FAA 107.39 how in the world can you do photography of people and for people at events? Looking online it's obvious a waiver wouldn't be granted by the FAa since only 3 have been granted. Thanks for any input. The law 107.39 isn't really detailed and sucks lol.
Flying close or over people
- Thread starter Paradigmassets
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Inspire 1 or 2 with a X5 or X7 camera with a telephoto lens can shoot full lengths of a couple of people standing side-by-side at 20 feet with a 45-50mm lens on it. Overhead is still a no-go though.
Even for crowd pix, I don’t think that overhead nadir shots are as useful as off to the side shots at an angle.
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~107.39 isn't detailed intentionally. This leaves a LOT of discretion up to the powers to be should an incident happen. Keep that in mind as that's SOP for anything aviation. Gives you just enough rope to hang yourself if you're not very careful.
I can tell you that pictures straight down looking at people are boring and "flat". As stated above you want to get off to the side and capture more than just a bird's eye view.
~107.39 isn't detailed intentionally. This leaves a LOT of discretion up to the powers to be should an incident happen. Keep that in mind as that's SOP for anything aviation. Gives you just enough rope to hang yourself if you're not very careful.
I can tell you that pictures straight down looking at people are boring and "flat". As stated above you want to get off to the side and capture more than just a bird's eye view.
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