While filming a documentary about climate change on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State I captured a storm from the air using my DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter. My assistant and I heard the waves pounding and so we climbed to the top of a cliff.
It was windy and difficult to fly but the waves were immense, so I had to get out there and shoot them. . boredpanda.com
A quiet outing with his dogs and drone turned into a rescue mission for one life-saving photographer.
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A drone photographer may have captured the first-ever footage of a newborn great white shark off the coast of Southern California. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-01-30 14:05
Michigan Supreme Court has heard a remarkable case in which a man has complained that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated after the township he lives in hired a drone photographer to spy on his property. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-10-20 19:05
There is perhaps no other place in the world that is like the Icelandic Highlands: It is remote, hostile, and lonely.
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petapixel.com »2023-10-06 18:21
A drone photographer discovered an elaborate shack made out of driftwood perched on a rocky cliff above the Pacific Ocean in California that is believed to be inhabited by a hermit. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-09-19 16:02
A drone photographer captured footage of a tiger shark swimming next to a father and his two young children -- who had no idea that the dangerous creature was lurking close by. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-12-28 21:42
Photographer Dimitar Karanikolov has captured a series of aerial portraits from a wide variety of locations around the world. His photos stand out thanks to his use of a human element which add a sense of scale. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-01-13 19:47
Amateur drone pilot and photographer Matt Woods was sitting on his balcony in Bondi Beach, Australia and decided to send out his Mavic 2 Zoom to perhaps capture an ocean vista, but instead found a spearfisherman grappling with what appeared to be an aggressive mako shark. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Woods says […] petapixel.com »
2021-07-22 22:20
People often think they see recognizable things in clouds, a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia. When photographer Peter Adams-Shawn began shooting aerial photos with a camera drone on his local beach, he soon discovered that he would often see things magically appear and disappear in waves breaking on beaches. petapixel.com »
2017-11-28 19:23
An Arizona aerial photographer has been arrested for flying a drone over a forest fire in Goodwin, Arizona. His actions caused 14 firefighting aircraft and crews to be grounded. The Arizona Republic reports that the grounding of the planes meant ground units had to temporarily abandon their firefighting efforts as they no longer had air support, letting […] petapixel.com »
2017-07-03 20:00
Want to place an off-camera flash where stands and assistants can’t go? Try mounting it to a drone. That’s what Chinese photographer Fuyan Liu does to light difficult portraits in extreme situations. petapixel.com »
2017-06-13 21:24
A photographer on the Canary Island of Tenerife has died while taking photos of 16-foot waves crashing against the shore.
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By using a simple mechanical oscillator attached to a plastic cup, a number of unique standing wave patterns can be created. The resulting photographs are similar to geometric mandala patterns and thus are popular subjects for photography students. [Read More]
A photographer says he was left "gobsmacked" after capturing the face of a woman in a huge 150-foot wave during a storm.
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Larry Haynes, a beloved and iconic local surf photographer and filmmaker, captured what turned out to be his own final surf last week as after he concluded his session, he collapsed in the parking lot and passed away. He was 62. [Read More]
A photographer who captured a clear face in a wave says he was "blown away" by the picture.
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Waves are some of the most rewarding subjects for photography that I know. For starters, if you miss one, another will be along very soon! Of course, they are also unpredictable and can be dangerous.
"I didn’t know how much I needed the ocean in my life and how calm I feel being close to it", says Roland Kraemer. As someone raised in southern Germany, Roland was more of a mountain person who loved the chill of the high altitude air against his face.