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christophertoms

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L1D-20c

Aperture f/5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/240 Focal Length 10.26/1

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May, 2023

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Awards

Runner Up in Drone Magic Photo Contest

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Top 20 rank

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Love the composition. Hope the bees were not to bad for your model and you!

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Behind The Lens

Location

On a rapeseed field not far from my home. I can see it from my balcony, check it every day and can plan the shooting day, when it looks the best

Time

during the afternoon, at about 4:30 PM. We had a long shooting day, starting around noon and took many many other photos on that field with two different models. Some of them can be seen on my profile and most of them were not taken with the drone

Lighting

there was no artificial lighting used. We waited for this shot until afternoon, when the sun hits from the side, to have some shadows, that always makes photos more interesting. We also planned the shooting for a day that is sunny, but with clouds all around, to have smooth light, no harsh sunlight, as that creates hard shadows that never look cool on photos, at least in my opinion

Equipment

A DJI Mavic 2 Pro Drone. Drones are awesome, they give you creative possibilities never seen before. A few years ago, you would have needed a crane, a huge ladder or whatever to achieve a shot like this und nowadays you just unfold your drone and get it started! Even the image quality is way behind my Camera (Canon EOS RSC), I love taking drone photos, as you're completely free like a bird and can take photos from perspectives, not many photographers can enjoy

Inspiration

The situation itself. Usually when arriving at a location, I walk around and try to feel the environment with every sense. See, touch, breathe, inhale the location and then start to imagine what works, when and how. Of course I prepare for every shooting and have some ideas in mind, but usually the creative process just starts when arriving at the location

Editing

I always do some post-processing, mostly in Adobe Lightroom. I enjoy playing around with color grading and also replacing colors. When I look at a photo and it feels, like it was taken on another planet, unusual but familiar at once, than it works for me. There are millions of yellow rapeseed photos out there, but not much in orange. When scrolling through tons of photos, on whichever platform, people should be forced to stop by at my photos, as their first thought should be something like "wait, what's wrong here." and their second thought like "It's beautiful.". I play around with colors and that in every detail, not just put any "filter" on a photo, like many lazy people do, it sometimes takes hours for some special photos until I'm happy, but that also is part of the creative process of being a photographer. I know that many photographers out there dislike extensive post-production, as they see it just as a tool "to correct mistakes" and "real photographers don't need post-processing", but in my opinion, this make the difference between a beautiful photo, and a piece of art, and I consider myself as an artist, therefore post-processing is substantial for my photos

In my camera bag

Always depends on the purpose of the shooting, but usually my main camera, a Canon EOS R5C and the Canon EOS R as Backup, the Canon RF 24-70mm f2.8 L, which is an incredible allrounder in portrait photography, the Canon RF 50mm f1.8 and the Canon RF 35mm f1.8, as I love depth in my photos, therefore a large aperture always wins. I recently bought the Sirui NightWalker Set 24/35/55mm with an 1.2 Aperture, originally for fiimmaking, but also for photos, as they create an awesome shallow depth of field, what I absolutely love for portrait photography. And of course, more and more I take my Drone, a DJ| Mavic 2 Pro, that might will be upgraded to a Mavic 3 Pro in the next months with me, as the versatility of drones is just epic

Feedback

First of all, for good Drone Photos, get one of the bigger drones (and of course the license and practice to fly it ;), as they're much better on windy days and also usually have better cameras that the small drones offer. Keep experimenting around, even if you mess up 100 shots, you might fall in love with the 101st. Try around, stay excited about what you do, stay creative and what is very important, take your time. Sometimes customers, models or whoever might have only a certain amount of time, as they totally underestimate the creative process, so make clear, that a normal shooting might be short, but a great shooting will take it's time. Always keep the faith in you and your work, never give and stay creative

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