Amateur Photographer

Hone your drone skills

Drones have been in the news a lot recently, but for all the wrong reasons. The chaos caused at Gatwick Airport by a suspected drone sighting in December ruined a lot of travellers’ festive holidays and won’t be forgotten quickly, and there is justified outrage about drug dealers using drones to distribute their illicit wares to prisoners.

Despite all this bad publicity, it is important to remember that the vast majority of drone users in the UK are conscientious and law-abiding. Drones are also a fantastic tool for still photography and film making, especially when it comes to landscape work. A new book called celebrates some

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