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There is the airborn hunting act which is administered by US Fish and wildlife that includes language for “harassing” wildlife from the air. States expand on this in various ways as they have to report up to the DOI on such activities. Texas, for instance prohibits photography of wildlife from...

UAV coach has an interesting post out this week that is topic-adjacent that you might be interested in: Avigation Easement Laws Could Create Toll Roads in the Sky for Drones I think this would mostly concern the commercial/delivery sUAS industry, but a worthwhile read nonetheless.

Your over thinking it. My point is that these sorts of polices are incredibly common for photography at gardens all over the U.S. The drone doesn’t matter. The actual policy makes it clear they want some say in the matter, they want you insured, and they want to be paid because (in their view)...

Thought experiment: it’s 2023 and you have one of the new mavics with a 2 hour battery. You decide to fly over a drive in movie theater, launching from outside the gates, point the camera at the screen and start recording the new He Man movie. The battery fails at 1:45 because it’s cold, it...

Go bigger. Use photopills. Great app for all around planning photo shoots. Sun, moon, golden hour, depth of field, exposure, there’s nothing bad about that app. DSLR essential.

Anyone that creates and displays ‘art’ can certainly make a copyright claim over likenesses of it and make a good faith effort to enact policies that govern licensing rights. The fact that you/we/someone are trying to capture it with a drone mounted camera, a DSLR, or a medium format rig makes...

Not full res, but you could extract stills with ffmpeg and up res them in photoshop.

I think there are few overlapping concerns here and the 'drone photography' is just a shorthand. 1. Public works of art (sculptures, etc) are absolutely covered under copyright law; I would assume garden design could arguably be as well. Architecture isn't, but the org very likely has a valid...

I passed today with a 92% and think it was a more well rounded test than I expected. Yes there were a lot more of the newer materials on there and anyone now studying with free materials needs to take some extra time with the FAAs docs on RID, the 4 classes for ops over people and vehicles...

It’s really easy to get side tracked driving out to boca chica cause you want to stop at the empty field of the last civil war battle. It’s a long commute in too, not West Texas long but a lonesome road to be sure. ;)

Thanks, yes, but in an org like a state university or a locality like a PD where there are potentially thousands of employees “who” is (generally) the appropriate entity to do the registering if it isn’t the pilot doing it on behalf of the org? Offices of risk management, facilities...

I work for a state university and am studying up for a 107 cert. My unit is looking to purchase a mavic air 2 for a research project. As with most large state/local gov I don’t do any of the actual buying, I just do the request, and there are rules for who can sign contracts, what apps we can...