Findings from a study conducted in New Zealand and the UK suggests that drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras could be used to locate and protect endangered Maui and Hector’s dolphins in New Zealand. The application could also be used for conservation measures for other marine mammal species around the …

DRONELIFE was present this morning when DJI announced the global launch of the Phantom 4 RTK mapping and survey drone.  The launch shows DJI’s continued commitment to the commercial market, where they already hold the major market share with the customer favorite Phantom 4, and the new Mavic Pro series. …

  Drone insurance is growing in importance for the drone industry-  and in response to that need, REIN’s DroneInsurance.com, is making it easier than ever for professionals to get the coverage they need.  DroneInsurance.com has announced a deep integration DroneDeploy.  The integration will allow DroneDeploy’s more than 30,000 users easy access to …

Oceans Unmanned Capt. Brian Taggart, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Institute (NOAA) (ret.) has spent a career flying all types of aircraft – manned and unmanned – to gather aerial data for conservation.  Now, he heads the Oceans Unmanned project, an organization developed to use drones to support conservation, education and …

image: DroneDeploy Day 2 of the DroneDeploy Conference in San Francisco kicked off yesterday with a keynote address from co-founders CEO Mike Winn, Jono Millin and Nick Pilkington.  DroneDeploy is announcing major new functionality for the platform. DroneDeploy, the world’s leading drone mapping platform, has had another phenomenal year of …

3 Comments Posted on January 22, 2018   Last year there were over 90,000 photos tagged with #fromwhereidrone and I am happy to share that this year on Instagram there are now over 400,000 photos. How cool is that?! In honor of this huge milestone I’ve compiled the top 60 …

3 Comments Posted on July 8, 2018 I recently got the new DJI Mavic Air drone and did an unboxing/some first flight tests to show you guys how the footage and image quality looks (scroll down to the end of this post to download the 4K footage and a RAW …

Enrico Pescantini, Italian aerial photographer, is one of our very talented dronists. He’s known on Dronestagram as pescart. His aerial captures are beautiful, the prove is that some of them appeared in Dronestagram’s new book, Dronescapes: The New Aerial Photography from Dronestagram. We wanted to know more about his passion for aerial photography. Beautiful waterfalls …

At today’s DroneDeploy conference in San Francisco, a group of industry experts offered three different perspectives on progress in the drone industry. Colin Snow of Skylogic Research, is an influential industry analyst.  His yearly industry benchmark report is based upon actual survey data, and provides a realistic view of year …

    In this post I walk you through some pre and post-production techniques and tips related to lighting, angles, color theory, lines and shapes to help you create better drone photography. Properly considering and understanding the creative process behind drone photography is a powerful way to increase the quality of …