Featured photo by DJI
News on the use of Drones have been heard in mainstream media a lot these days. Whether they are used for military purposes or for delivery services, the fad seems to be catching on to a widespread audience, and most recently it’s been used to capture aerial photography. Larry Malvin, who has worked in real estate for over 13 years, found this idea to his advantage, and is the first in the Chicagoland area to capture real estate photography via drone technology.
Malvin uses a 2.8-pound drone with four propellers to carry his 14-megapixel camera to photograph homes, which he says depicts houses “with a perspective that doesn’t compare”, and he’s right. The photos he is able to capture reaches heights up to 30 feet in the air, shooting angles and space that go above and beyond, literally. Using his smartphone, he simply mounts it on a controller with a joystick and is able to control the drone and see what it’s seeing. And what’s even more surprising is that the costs he charges for his real estate photography hasn’t even changed much, since the drone was fairly affordable for him. Specifically, he notes that the DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus was bought for about $1,400, and is considerably easy to maneuver.
Although the Federal Aviation Administration may change the authorization that prohibits commercial use of small unmanned aircraft without a pilot’s license by September 2015, photographers will continue to use this technology to their advantage. Check out the following photos shot by Larry Malvin, which perfect examples to type of aerial photography these drones are capable of. Also be sure to check out more of his work here.
[Via Chicago Business]
