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How much work and thought goes into drone real estate photography? Much more than I had initially realized. A drone is only a point and shoot camera, but with a little bit of thought and tweaking, you can achieve some amazing photos.
Drone Photography Settings
Before we can get those great photos, we need to learn some basic photography settings. Here you will find basic definitions. If you don’t understand what the setting control, how can you make a better photo? Mostly definitions and basic settings. Stick to DJI settings in GoApp.
All of these definitions are meant to be understood by non-photographers. Although the description may be mostly accurate, I have intentionally left out the parts that simply confuse the average person. Click each headline for Wikipedia explanations in much more detail.
Aperture
Light travels into your camera through adjustable openings. This hole is called an aperture. The lens aperture is typically specified as an F-number which is a ratio of focal length to effective aperture diameter. A lower F-number results in a larger aperture opening that allows more light to reach the image sensor.
ISO
ISO is an abbreviation that stands for International Standards Organization. This is the light sensitivity rating of a digital image sensor. The ISO is used to describe the relationship between exposure and output image lightness in digital cameras. A lower number will lower the sensitivity of your camera, giving you a finer result. Higher ISO numbers will give you a higher shutter speed capturing high-speed movements.
Shutter Speed
Shutter speed refers to how long the shutter remains open while taking a photo. In todays digitial cameras, typically shutters are not used and is instead refered to as your exposure time. A long exposure time will let more light in, allowing for better pictures in low light situations. Motion photos are blurred in creative photography by changing the shutter speed.
Aspect Ratio
A photo, or even videos, are measured in ratios of width to height. An aspect ratio is written in x:y, where x is width and y is height. A classic 35 mm camera used 36 mm x 24 mm which would result in a 3:2 ratio. Today’s modern point and shoot cameras typically have a 4:3 ratio that was meant to match the computer monitors of that time frame.