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Category: Drone

Drone

Flying a drone in Hawaii

This is probably a very specialized post and mainly of interest to existing drone users, but if you are thinking of buying a drone to sell the images and videos online, then this could be useful to you! I’ve also written a specific post on my early experiences with the drone and in getting my license in the US to use a drone commercially over on the Dreamstime blog. The obvious reason to use a drone in a beautiful locations...

mockup of pilot Steve after passing his test

"How-to" articles / Drone

First commercial steps with my drone

Perhaps the funny “featured image” will give the game away, but after buying a drone in December (a Mavic 2 Pro), I’ve been working on a double track – learn how to fly it safely and take some interesting photos and videos and secondly, learn all about the law and regulations around flying a drone commercially in the USA. Using the images and videos from a drone on stock agencies is definitely counted as commercial use and while I’m sure...