Photographing aerial Student Housing with the drone
Photographing aerial Student Housing with the drone
How many times have I just wanted to get the camera up 10 feet to really showcase the exteriors of some of the student housing properties I have shot? Photographing aerial Student Housing with the drone is the simple answer because the drone allows me to get a different perspective on the property. Usually I noticed that I do get some keystoning distortion simply because I am often shooting down. This is easily corrected with the vertical perspective tool in Camera Raw in Photoshop. Here an example of the difference in perspective from ground photographs off the tripod and similar ones from the drone. These are both the same property by American Campus Communities.
Ground photo from tripod of the pool at Townhomes at Newtowne in Lexington
Aerial Drone photo from Mavic Pro drone of the pool at Townhomes at Newtowne in Lexington
Aerial Drone Architectural Photography
Aerial Drone Architectural Photography
I was asked by an architect named Humphreys & Partners Architects who have offices in the US, Vietnam, China and Uruguay, to photograph some twilight aerial drone architectural photographs of a property in Austin, called ThinkEast Austin. Student Housing photography is my main forte so this apartment complex was a familiar project. As a professional architectural photographer in Austin I have learned that the drone is my best friend. Just to be elevated 10 to 15 feet to photograph a structure can make all the difference. The rain had just ended and I launched the DJI Mavic Pro in pretty heavy wind. Getting a fast enough shutter speed with the lowest possible ISO is always the challenge when shooting in the dark. You cannot shoot from a drone with a shutter speed higher than 1/30 especially if it is windy. My ISO was pumped up to 1000 but it worked out well after I did my adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw. The lighting on the building was not very attractive so I had to create my own light in Photoshop. I had to push and pull the shadows, highlights and white quite a bit to get a nice looking final image. Here is the before and after.
Aerial architectural photo with Mavic Pro Austin AFTER editing
ThinkEast Drone architectural photo before editing
The Mavic Pro drone perfect perspective
The Mavic Pro drone perfect perspective
How many times have I been shooting architecture from a tripod and wishing I could get just 10 feet higher? The Mavic Pro drone adds the perfect perspective for those situations. The drone does not have the vertical perspective adjust-ability as the TS-E 17 lens does, but once you are up 10 or 20 feet, you don’t need it because the verticals are true at those heights.
Aerial architectural photo with Mavic Pro photographer Johnny Stevens
Aerial architectural photo with Mavic Pro Austin
Aerial architectural photo with Mavic Pro Johnny Stevens
Aerial Drone Photography
How many times have I been shooting a structure and wishing I could get just 20 feet up instead of shooting from the ground?
U Club on Frey student housing
Alas, this is just what the drones offer us. Not only do they offer a different perspective on a structure, but we can add video to leverage aerial motion and feature the surroundings. Add a bit of moody music and you have a very compelling representation of a property. My drone of choice is the DJI Mavic Pro simply because I can pack it in my photo bag and travel with it on planes. The camera delivers a superior still image as well.
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Austin Professional Photographer
Johnny Stevens, a native of Lenoir, N.C. has spent over 30 years behind video and still image cameras as both a director and producer. Johnny has shot hundreds of videos of all genres, and has honed his eye for photographic composition through tens of thousands of still images. Johnny started taking photographs as a hobby in his late teens and is now enjoying photography as a profession, focusing on portrait, interior design, architectural, and fine art photography in Austin, Texas. His photographic approach is uniquely artistic as seen in the galleries on this site. He is skilled in studio portraiture as well as natural light photography. He is also well seasoned in the art of High Dynamic Range photography (HDR).
Johnny Stevens architectural and portrait photographer Austin, Texas
Johnny is also a respected member of the following professional organizations:
National Association of Photoshop Professionals
Professional Photographers of America
Texas PPA
Austin Guild PPA
Interior Design Society
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