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The last 12 months were again difficult for the camera industry as it contended with the various fallout effects of the Covid-19 pandemic – particularly parts and staff shortages that resulted in serious supply chain issues for most manufacturers. In many ways then, the winners in this year’s TIPA World Awards – especially those who collected multiple accolades – are an indication of who coped best with the circumstances and were still able to come up with worthy products.

As we’ve noted on a number of occasions recently, the supply chain issues saw a shift more towards higher-end cameras which are not only important flag bearers for a brand, but also deliver greater profits. The list of heavy-hitter mirrorless cameras that arrived during the period of eligibility for this year’s TIPA World Awards is a long one – Canon EOS R7 and EOS R6 Mark II, Fujifilm X-H2 and X-H2S, plus the X-T5, Sony A7R V and Panasonic Lumix S5II. It wasn’t until Canon unveiled the EOS R50 and EOS R8 in early February that we saw a return to more affordability. 

Weddings are about precious, intimate moments, making memories, and creating laughter. A photo booth will involve guests and couples in a fun activity together. Having one doesn’t take much effort, but the photos and memories are for life. Here’s how to include a photo booth in the wedding.

Find a Quality Photo Booth

First, couples should start by obtaining a quality photo booth, one that is reliable with good quality photos. A booth should be easy to locate at the wedding and look inviting for guests; it can be made fun with a quirky theme, an amusing backdrop, and some stylish props.
Some booths provide a state of the art portrait studio lighting. The photos can be immediate polaroid or digital images available for download in high quality and watermark-free. Moreover, the photos can be put into a collage, a short video, or a social media post.

Consider Your Guests’ Preferences

One effective way to keep guests engaged is by actively involving them. Couples can create a poll or survey online to gather input from their guests, which will help to generate a range of exciting ideas to ease the decision-making process. The theme that receives the highest number of votes will be selected as the overall theme.

The possibilities for themes are limitless, such as a vintage glam theme with champagne glasses that provides numerous props for fun photo opportunities. Alternatively, a rustic country theme with cowboy hats, boots, a barrel, and hay in the background could be an excellent choice. Another option is to have guests and the newlyweds dress up as their favorite characters from an anime or manga series.

Make Sure to Accessorize Your Look

Once the couple has their theme picked out, creating a custom-like environment is a fun idea. Let’s say the poll landed on a seventies theme; guests can bring or pick between available hats—or perhaps frayed jeans for the gentlemen and a maxi dress for the ladies. Another fun idea is to include simple accessories like headbands and scarves, which are simple but stylish.

Do not forget about the symbolic significance of your rings. Your engagement ring represents the love and commitment that led to this special day, while the wedding band symbolizes your vows and the eternal bond you share. Remember to show your engagement ring and wedding band in a creative way.

The fan is a timeless accessory that evokes a sense of glamour and sophistication. Pairing it with a top hat and a masquerade mask is recommended for the ultimate presentation. Alternatively, drawing inspiration from celebrity styles and the Met Gala can create a stunning look.

Make Your Eyeglasses a Statement Piece

The choice of eyeglasses can significantly impact one’s appearance, for better or worse. However, eyeglasses can also be an attractive accessory. If a bride wears eyeglasses, she should embrace them and make them a main feature of her wedding look.

Choosing stylish eyeglasses that compliment her style and personality can create a unique and personal theme. By trying on different eyeglasses and coordinating makeup and attire, they can be accentuated and enhance the overall bridal look.

Instead of focusing on the lenses, embracing the frame of the glasses is recommended. Couples can even pick a single model for the photo booth session, which all guests could wear that differs from the reception look.

Arrange a Custom Photo Booth Backdrop

While many photo booths feature a simple background, like a solid light-colored hue or a scenic landscape, sticking with the norm is unnecessary. Couples can add creativity to their photo booth experience by designing a custom backdrop.

For example, a beach-themed backdrop featuring snorkeling masks can complement the props and create the illusion of guests and couples diving underwater. Alternatively, a backdrop that reflects a special occasion or a significant color palette can add a personal touch to the wedding festivities.

Make it Simple & Unique

Simple is elegant, and a few things can go a long way. After all, a photo booth is about capturing a moment in time that holds meaning—a memory for everyone who was there to look upon as time passed.

A simple distinct item can be a part of each photo, or if couples are pet owners, their furry friends can be the focal point of the photo session with a great photo bomb. A new trend is using a hashtag prop, for example, #alice’s-wedding, and carrying it during the photo, and then guests can go on Instagram to find the filter of Alice’s wedding and use it for their photos.

Lastly, a photo booth is about fun and memories to look back upon. Make sure it provides a high-quality photo with the right lighting and a fun guest-picked theme with some fashionable props, and start snapping those photos.

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I wouldn’t quite describe the V&A’s photography holdings as a hidden gem in our national collections, but they’re still surprisingly little known to many of us. Part of the problem is the museum’s eclecticism. But also it has never provided space equivalent to that given to sculpture, design, decorative arts, the Raphael Cartoons, and its other world-leading collections. Until now.

The Photography Centre expands the V&A’s photographic galleries from three to seven rooms – adding grand spaces that finally do justice to the riches it’s built up over 170 years. The necessity for the spaces is brought into sharp focus by the fact that even in these expanded displays, it includes just 600 of the – wait for it – 800,000 items in the museum’s photography collection.

The title of the selection in the first two rooms we encounter (which opened in the first phase of the project in 2018), is Energy: Sparks from the Collection – suitably dynamic yet vague enough to allow the curators to encompass a partial history of photography. Some of its big hitters are here, from Henry Fox Talbot and Roger Fenton, through Julia Margaret Cameron, to Eugéne Atget, on to Bernd and Hilla Becher.

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Installation view of the completed Photography Centre at the V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

There are some all-time-great photographs, like Cameron’s portrait of the scientist John Herschel, perhaps the finest example of her aim to record “the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man”, that she said was “almost the embodiment of a prayer”. I’ve seen this image probably hundreds of times but it never ceases to be tremendously moving, thanks to the intensity and fragility of Hershel’s gaze.

Then there’s Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Palermo, Sicily (1972), in which two children giddily push a wheel down the pavement as a hearse lurks in the road behind them. Again, this never doesn’t take one’s breath away. Sunil Janah, the great documenter of Indian independence, is represented by the extraordinary fusion of two negatives reflecting incendiary demonstrations in Calcutta in 1942.

But perhaps the most striking element of Energy is not the greatest hits, but the surprises. As Tate has built (very belatedly) its own impressive photography holdings, one tends to think we go there to find “art photography” in our national collections. But the V&A here confounds that view. I was delighted to see Jo Spence, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Gabriel Orozco and Lorna Simpson – artists among the photographic auteurs and photojournalists.

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Big Bang by Brian Griffin, 1986 (© Victoria and Albert Museum)

And that emphasis on the bold and the creative, indeed on the explosion of the very meaning of photography, spills over into the new spaces. First, we’re hit by Jake Elwes’s video works using deepfake and artificial intelligence to create drag performances to tunes by Beyoncé and Bowie among others. Elwest alludes to the social and political biases inherent in AI technology in relation to non-normative identities. AI and photography is a hot topic; Elwes’s project will not be the last work to reflect on it here, I suspect.

Beyond that is a space dedicated to photography and books – unfinished when I saw it, but potentially an important spotlight on this crucial aspect of photographic art. Then, a truly global selection of new V&A acquisitions by contemporary artists, who push photography’s boundaries, while often unpacking its histories.

Paul Mpagi Sepuya connects photography and performance while Noemie Goudal expands its presence beyond the wall into sculptural space. Sammy Baloji explores the colonial and extractive practices inherent in historic anthropological photographs by Hans Himmelheber. And Gauri Gill’s remarkable sequence of images of dwellings made by farmers in Delhi protesting laws threatening their livelihoods, and Vasantha Yogananthan’s contemporary revisiting of the epic Sanskrit text the Rāmāyaṇa reflect their medium’s poetic potential, even when deriving from wildly distinct strategies.

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Installation view (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

The argument is clear: photography has huge significance aesthetically and socially. It has never been more universal and diverse. And it needs these handsome new galleries to reflect that.

V&A, from May 25; vam.ac.uk

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Serif, has unveiled Affinity 2.1, a major update to its award-winning creative suite. This update introduces a range of new features and enhancements, promising an unparalleled workflow and user experience for photographers and designers.

Affinity 2.1 arrives as a major update six months after the launch of version 2, which included updated versions of Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher for Mac, Windows PC, and iPad.

With the arrival of version 2.1, Serif has added exciting new features and implemented hundreds of incremental improvements to enhance the usability of Affinity’s tools.

One of the standout features of Affinity 2.1 is its simultaneous application across all three products and platforms. Whether you’re using Mac, Windows PC, or iPad, the updated features are available seamlessly, ensuring you have access to the latest software version across all devices.

The enhancements found in Affinity 2.1 touch on various aspects of the creative process. These feature updates include improved guides, layers, assets, warping, strokes, text, brushes, and more. Additionally, Affinity Designer introduces a new Vector Flood Fill tool, while Affinity Publisher showcases the addition of Running Headers.

Ashley Hewson, CEO of Serif, emphasises the customer-centric approach that drives Affinity’s development. The updates in Affinity 2.1 were based on extensive feedback from the user community. Hewson acknowledges the invaluable contributions of Affinity users during the beta testing phase and expresses gratitude for their ongoing support.

Affinity offers three standalone products:

Affinity Photo for powerful photo editing,
Affinity Designer for intuitive vector graphic design
Affinity Publisher for efficient page layout.

The products can be purchased separately or as part of this cost-effective package.

Existing customers of Affinity V2 will receive the 2.1 updates for free. For new customers, the Mac or Windows PC versions of Affinity V2 can be purchased for a one-time payment of £67.99 each, while the iPad versions are available for £17.99 each. The Affinity Universal License, offering all three products on all platforms, is available for £159.99.

To learn more about the latest Affinity 2.1 update and explore the powerful features of Affinity’s creative suite, visit the official website at https://affinity.serif.com/.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Noble Maritime Collection in collaboration with the Alice Austen House presents “Picturing the Water: The Photography of Alice Austen,” an exhibition of never-before-exhibited photographs by Alice Austen.

The exhibition will be on view at the Noble Maritime Collection beginning May 18, 2023.

“Alice Austen and John A. Noble share a birthday—March 17—albeit 47 years apart,” noted Ciro Galeno, Jr., Executive Director of the Noble Maritime Collection. “They are Staten Island’s most preeminent historic artists, with a pair of ferries named for them. New York’s working waterfront figured largely in their art and lives, and we are honored to host this exhibition of the subject through Austen’s unique lens, which I am sure Noble would have appreciated.”

Living and working on Staten Island during the Gilded Age, Alice Austen (1866–1952) was one of the first women photographers to work outside the confines of a studio, employing a visionary documentary style that was ahead of its time.

“Picturing the Water” explores Austen’s deep connection to both local and international waterways and the vessels that traverse them. The newly printed photographs, reproduced from Austen’s glass plate and hand-printed photographs, will be framed in John A. Noble’s signature handmade frames, reflecting on parallels between the artists’ visions.

This exhibition was guest-curated by Alice Austen House Executive Director Victoria Munro with collections assistance by Kristine Allegretti.

“When the Noble museum asked me to curate an exhibition of Austen’s photographs for their galleries, I was thrilled to make connections between Austen’s and Noble’s legacies.” Victoria Munro, Executive Director Alice Austen House said. “This project gave me and the Alice Austen Collections Director Kristine Allegretti the opportunity to research the vast archive of maritime images that Austen captured.

“This revealed a collection of over 1,000 images that have rarely been viewed and opened a doorway to explore Austen’s intrinsic connection to the waterways of her front door and her travels. I hope viewers will take away an understanding of Austen’s professional dedication to her medium and her bold unconventional determination to capture the magnificent beauty of the open water and vessels that inhabit it.”

This exhibition was made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and by a grant from the Lily Auchincloss Foundation.

The Noble Maritime Collection, located in Building D, a former mariners’ dormitory at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Livingston, and is open from noon to 5 p.m., Thursdays through Sundays. Admission is a monetary donation.

Alice Austen House Museum members will be offered free admission to the Noble Maritime Collection during regular gallery hours throughout the run of the Picturing the Water exhibition.

For more information, call 718-447-6490 or visit noblemaritime.org.

The Alice Austen House Museum is located at 2 Hylan Blvd., Rosebank, and is open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Admission is $6 per person.

For more information, call 718-816-4506 or visit aliceausten.org.

Like most of the population, I take a smartphone with me everywhere I go. This makes its built-in camera an obvious, and most available, option for taking photos quickly and easily.

The smart autofocus and easy point-and-shoot style enables me to capture images even while walking. I can then edit or share the pictures on social media without having to lug my Fujifilm X-S10, along with the lenses, SD cards and batteries I would carry for more dedicated jobs. It’s really easy to use phone editing apps, like Photoshop, Gallery and Snapseed, to name a few – and many of these are free.

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I think the future for smartphone photography is exciting – particularly how many people are more than satisfied with the results. It has become a widely accessible way to have the thrill of taking photos but getting to the final results far quicker.

Another benefit (especially when on the move) is that taking photos with a phone is more discreet than using a digital camera. In recent years, people all over the world have become used to seeing people using their phones to take photos and don’t pay attention any more. So you can pretty much go about your day without anyone wondering what you are up to.

Here are my top five tips for perfect phone photography…

1) Be mobile

Get out into your local towns or cities and start shooting. Grab yourself a coffee and start to explore the area, looking for potential image opportunities in new spots
that you might not usually venture into. Try not to rush around; a big part of camera phone photography is that it’s easy and enjoyable, and you don’t have to put too
much emphasis on the final images.

2) Shoot in Portrait mode

Most of the time, but not always, I’ll use the Portrait mode setting. Designed for taking portraits, this option adds a little more blur to the background and foreground, therefore drawing the viewer’s attention to the areas that matter.

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3) Adjust the exposure

When you offer up your phone to the scene, it will hazard a pretty good guess at the required overall exposure. If you’d like a little more control, however, just tap on the brightest area. You can also hold your finger on the screen and pull up or down.

4) Zoom in and out

Camera phones have fixed optical lenses, but you can zoom in or out digitally by pinching the screen. Zooming further will usually result in reduced image quality,
so use this functionality sparingly when trying to adjust the composition to your advantage.

5) Edit your images

Snapseed is installed on my phone, so I don’t need to wait until I’m at home to edit. In the basic ‘Tune Image’ tab, I can experiment with brightness, contrast, saturation, ambience and so on. This is usually enough to take an image to the next level.

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Best camera drones 2023: Capture stunning aerial photography and video

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It’s unbelievable that drones were not around just a few years ago and that the first drones to be introduced in the market were no more than novelty toys for people who loved gadgets. Cut to 2023, these days drones are doing a whole lot of things like recceing new places, dropping food, helping maintain law and order, and also capturing images and video from up above.

This review is about the best drone cameras for aerial photography and videography and sticking to the topic, we shall be reviewing 5 drones that do this superlatively.

This review will help those creative people who are looking to introduce drones into their aerial photography arsenal and are confused with all the choices, decide which drone to pick for upping their game.

Theirs is going to be a tough choice as almost all drones on the market look the same and offer similar features.

Read on to get the answer to the question, “which drone for aerial photography and videography should I buy”, in just 3 short minutes and take your photography and video to the next level.

1. XPro Drone – Best Stunning Aerial Photography & Video

This is a relatively inexpensive drone (under $100) that records good video and takes awesome pictures from up above in the sky.

What’s even better is that it is easy to operate and super durable as it is made using high quality material.

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Features

XPro Drone is an affordable quadcopter manufactured by an Estonian Technology company with an excellent track record in drone technology.

The X Pro Drone comes with multiple useful features like gravity sensor, and multiple recording modes- all for a decent price.

Camera -It has a 4K, HD, 12 megapixels pinhole camera.

Resolution– Its resolution capability is 720P HD with a high frame rate for exceptional picture quality.

Stability– It comes with a gravity sensor that is great at providing stability and navigation.

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Connectivity – It works with Wi-Fi connectivity.

Remote controller-It comes with a mobile holder that extends out and has one-key return, direction control, head-less mode, triggers etc.

Battery– It has a 3.7V 500 lithium battery with 10 minutes batter quality.

Flight range– It can go one kilometer without losing its Wi-Fi connectivity with your mobile.

Altitude– It can fly up to 100 meters into the skies before it starts losing stability.

Speed– Its flight speed is 12 meters per second which is considered fast. You can also use the dual-speed setting on this drone to switch between high and low speeds.

X Pro Drone is also GPS calibrated with one-button return capabilities, has a flight time of 26 minutes and can return back to you even on low battery.

It even has a great stabilization function and has dedicated processing against wind. Its remote controller is also ultra-precise.

It has rechargeable batteries, comes with a foldable design and is easy to fly.

X Pro Drone is, thus, overall a great product.

What’s in the box

This drone is shipped to you in a super -quality, decent box and contains-

1. The drone

2. Remote controller

3. Rechargeable battery

4. Extra propellers

5. Prop guards

6. Manual

Pros and Cons

Pros:

1. Durable, made with robust material

2. Offers value for money

3. Excellent HD camera for recording high quality videos and pictures

4. Excellent price

5. Beginner- friendly

Cons:

1. Flight time could have been higher

Verdict

This is a very good drone, especially if you are a beginner, as it allows you to understand the nuances of flying a drone.

2. Tactic AIR Drone – Best Affordable Camera Drone in Australia

Tactic AIR Drone uses smart features and is an advanced product suitable for bothe beginners and professionals. Backed by an awesome dual camera that can capture images and video in 4k HD quality, this drone is unbeatable and a must-have for any professional still and video photographer worth his salt.

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Features

Dual camera with wide-angle lens-this camera allows you to shoot 4K video. You can also use the split screen or picture- in- picture mode so you can capture numerous photos and from different angles, at one time.

Drone gesture control– it recognizes your movements so you can literally snap your fingers to capture a still picture or a video.

Resolution– the 4K UHD or ultra high definition resolution allows you to capture awesome pictures even when the drone is flying high in the sky. The 9 million pixels mean all your videos and photos will have good details and have a rich image quality.

Advanced ‘follow me’ mode– this mode allows the Tactic AIR Drone to keep you in view so it can click that awesome still or record video as soon as you make a gesture when a perfect photo opportunity arises. You can also seamlessly control where the camera goes and what it captures. Anti-collision system– the drone can adjust its flight path to avoid collisions with persons and objects or just other drones.

Long-lasting battery- 3.7V 300mAh Lithium ion rechargeable battery

Flight time – 20 minutes

Pros and Cons

Pros:

1. Has a dual camera feature to make multi-angle shooting possible.

2. Captures stills and videos in high quality with its 4K camera

3. Light and portable

4. Does not get stuck in flight

5. Long flight time

6. Understands gestures

7. Equipped with smart features

8. Cost is affordable at just about £244.

Cons:

Only available online.

Verdict

This drone is perfect for beginners and professionals alike and is already extremely popular in Australia, UK, Canada, Singapore, USA, Deutschland, New Zealand, Russia, etc. Click the best images and videos using this drone anywhere.

3. DroneXS – Best for Shooting Live Video in Australia

This drone is known as the best drone for shooting Live video. It is, in fact, a live streamer’s delight.

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It comes with selling points like precise control from a remote, small- sized and durability, availability of Live streaming from the drone’s camera, safe for children as it comes with rounded-tip propellers, easy-to-charge battery and also the fact that it comes with protection braces.

The excellent product is available at a standout price of just $99.

What’s in the box

Drone XS

Transmitter

Rechargeable battery

Charging cable

User manual

The DroneXS’s kit also includes 4 propeller blades. The screwdriver in the package can be used to fix the blades to fly the drone.

Features

1. DroneXS is a quadcopter drone.

2. It has 3 different flight speeds and a viewing range of 120-degrees

3. Camera- 720p Full HD 12 megapixel camera

4. Battery -3.7V 500MAH Lipo battery

5. Flying time: up to 60 minutes

6. 5G WiFi high-speed connection

7. Capable of speeds of up to 19 meters per second

8. Foot range- Up to 3,000

9. Automatic self-stabilization technology

10. ‘Slo-mo’ mode is available as an advanced feature

11. Comes with Drone XS Tracking system- you can press the auto return button to bring it back into sight if you lose sight of it.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

1. Small and lightweight

2. Easy-to-control drone

3. It’s also a professional -grade drone

4. Comes with several kid-safety features like rounded propellers

5. Safe enough to be flown indoors through windows and doors.

6. Records 720p HD videos

7. Splash-proof, durable and compact

8. Made with semi- hard material

9. Comes with ‘Edit Video’ option

10. Trajectory flight feature available

11. Longer battery life

12. Elegant looking

13. Simple to use

14. Produces high-quality photos and video

15. Is foldable

16. Comes with a wide-angle lens

17. Includes a gravity sensor so it doesn’t bump into objects while in air and navigates well

18. Has a slo-mo mode.

Cons:

1. Limited stock is available, and that too is running out fast

2. Only available online.

Verdict

This high-quality drone has become one of the most popular choices among photography and filmmaking professionals and aficionados because of its awesome camera features, ease of use, navigability and wide-angle lens.

4. DroneX Pro – Best For Portability & Great Image Quality

DroneX Pro is the fastest drone in its size, flying at a speed of 12 meters/second. This is a foldable drone in which the propellers fold inwards to make it easy to travel with. This drone is thus loved by travel photographers.

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You get on-point HD photos and video with this compact drone too and get to record HD video per second and take photos up to 720P camera resolution too.

Features

Flying time- up to 10 minutes of flying and filming time without having to change batteries

Camera- HD 720P 12 megapixels camera. This high-quality pinhole camera can record epic videos and stills

Gravity sensor for better navigation

Replay mode for replaying recorded video in high-definition mode

Panorama mode- activate 360 degree photos with just a click of the button

Flying speed- speed of up to 12 meters per second

Transmission distance – 2km

Flight range – 1 km

Battery- 3.7V 500 lithium battery

Flight speed- 12m/sec

Pros and Cons

Pros:

1. Robust, compact, durable

2. Cheaper than most beginner drones

3. Records video and stills in HD pictures

4. Panoramic view is available for better pictures and videos. This mode is extremely useful in filmmaking.

Cons:

1. Has a shorter flight time

2. Available only online.

Verdict

This is a great beginner drone that is suitably priced. It can be transported easily and securely too, plus it gives a 360 degree view of the landscape.

5. SmartyDrone – Top Drone for Beginner Photographers

This drone is made keeping the needs of a beginner and a professional in mind. One of its best features is that you can check the footage while recording on your smartphone. This super drone also has multiple flight modes that help the user click better pictures and videos.

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The SmartyDrone can also fly in all directions and can be fully controlled with a smartphone.

Features

1. Equipped with advanced flight stabilization

2. One button take-off and easy landing control

3. Has front and side anti-collision sensors

4. Remotely controlled camera

5. Extremely compact, foldable, portable and easy to use

6. Compatible with smartphones- connect your drone to your smartphone and it is ready to fly.

7. It comes with 50x Zoom lens- for close and far shots

8. Battery life- battery lasts for hours

9. Optical flow camera- it can allow the drone to be adjusted while in flight

10. Gravity sensor-for better navigation

11. Sturdy device

12. 360° rotational movement- the drone can rotate in a 360° circle while in flight so it doesn’t miss any detail of the sight.

13. Camera – 720p Standard High-definition (HD) camera that can take photographs of objects around 1,200 feet away

14. Other features are that this drone can be flown over 3000 feet for a bird’s eye perspective

15. It is also extremely stable and competitively priced at $99.

Pros and cons

Pros:

1. Sharp photos and videos due to the 4K dual HD camera that captures images with a quality that is twice as good as the High-definition (HD) quality.

2. Broad range of coverage

3. 360 degree rotational movement available for better pictures and videos

4. It is an excellent drone for beginners as it introduces not just flying to a novice, but also the basic features of videography and photography at a competitive price

5. It has a GPS positioning system which means the drone can navigate well

6. The control of the drone is via a good-quality android or iOS phone app

7. The above two features give higher-end features like ‘follow me’ where the drone will follow the location of your phone and also make it easy to fly. You can let go of the controls- and the drone will hover overhead too.

Cons:

1. Stock running out due to high demand

2. Only available for buying online.

Verdict

This drone can be controlled by your smartphone and has most, if not all features, required for professional photography like follow me function and 360 degree rotational ability.

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How to choose the best drone for yourself

How do you choose the right drone to buy? You can start at the budget. All the drones featured in this review are drones for aerial photography and videography. These tend to be pricier than the other stunt drones.

Some of the drones featured here are for beginners and others for professionals and there is yet another category that caters to both. Choose wisely by reading carefully and deciding wisely.

Now the second question- what specific features should you be looking out for? You must decide beforehand, for example, if you want a drone that can automatically track you vs. one that needs to be directly controlled. Once you’ve decided this, look for a drone with the ‘follow me’ function like Tactic AIRDrone.

If you are a beginner, you may also want to check out drones with automated flight modes which don’t require any real flying skills.

Also do check if the drone you are buying works with your phone.

You should also check out the local drone laws in your country. You may have to get your drone registered if it’s too heavy, for example. Find out more before buying a drone, so that you don’t have to spend more on registration fees.

Professional photographers, meanwhile, should look out for photo support features.

Best Drone Camera in Australia – Conclusion

Remember, the cheaper drones do a good job, but you should focus on what you want and make sure you get it in the price range of your choice. Apart from focusing on the camera, make sure that you take the drone’s battery into account as even the most expensive aerial photography drone cameras run out of power in about 30 minutes. Carrying an extra backup battery is the only option and you have to make sure that you factor this cost into the overall drone cost.

Finally, look for a drone camera that’s really good if you are serious about your craft and want high- quality visual output.

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Growing up in the small southern Ontario city of Windsor in the 1960s and ‘70s, Kenneth Montague had a front-row seat to a much bigger cultural world roiling and unfolding just across the Detroit River.

The river serves as the border between Canada and the United States, and the seven interconnected towers of Detroit’s Renaissance Center — today a monument to failed efforts at urban renewal in the 1970s — remain the most prominent feature of the diminutive Windsor skyline.

They’ve helped to make Detroit a constant presence in the Windsor psyche, within easy reach but a world away. Montague’s parents, both of whom had immigrated to Canada from Jamaica before he was born, indulged their son in the cultural riches of the city across the water. Whether it was the wonder of the Detroit Institute of Arts, or the musical splendor of Motown, it left a lasting imprint on the young Montague’s mind.

On one trip to DIA, he recalls, “I remember seeing a photograph by James Van Der Zee (from 1932) of a Black couple in Harlem in their raccoon coats and their Cadillac with whitewall tires,” he said. “And that was just not what I was seeing growing up, in my era of “Sanford and Son,” or “Good Times” — just that general buffoonery that dominated the portrayal of Black culture that in no way reflected my middle-class, Black family in Canada. It was a moment of clarity: I thought, ‘There’s something I can aspire to.’”

Some 30 years later, Montague, now 60, carried those experiences into the world of art collecting as a young dentist in Toronto. The first picture he acquired, in 1999, was that Van Der Zee image of the couple in their finery; it spurred a passion project, blossoming into a collection and a slate of collaborative curatorial projectsthat he’s stewarded from his downtown Toronto apartment into a significant photo volume published by the Aperture Foundation and a museum exhibition soon to arrive at the Peabody Essex Museum. “As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic,” a show of more than 100 works from Montague’s photography collection, opens at PEM on June 17.

But growing up in Detroit’s sphere was by no means uniformly inspiring. One of his earliest memories, as a 5-year-old, was a bleakly hot day in July 1967 when even in Windsor his parents were sent home early from work for fear of their own safety, as the city they’d come to love erupted in riots and violence. They stood in their living room facing the river, watching smoke billow above the Detroit skyline. “It was apocalyptic,” he said.

The exhibition’s title, encompassing both inspiration and trauma, is also deeply personal: Montague’s father, Spurgeon, would tell his son that as Black immigrants rooting themselves in a sometimes-inhospitable milieu, striving to achieve was important. “He would always tell me, ‘As you do well, Ken, you bring up others in your community.’” The publishers at Aperture took the story as inspiration, distilling it to “As We Rise,” an apt rubric for the collection as a whole. While by no means uniform — it has grown from its roots in photography to include painting and other media — the collection is notable for its frank, dignified portrayals of everyday people throughout the Black diaspora, whether in Europe, the Americas, or Africa itself.

“There are so many works in the exhibition where there’s a real connection between the photographer and the sitter,” said Elliott Ramsey, the curator at the Polygon Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, which organized the show. “It could be quite intense to be surrounded by these very direct gazes — confrontational or even aggressive. But in ‘As We Rise,’ it never feels that way. Remember, these are images of Black life by Black photographers. There’s a warmth, a reciprocity, an inherent sense of trust.”

For Montague, that unity wasn’t consciously intended, but something deep inside him that bubbled up into his collecting. “For me, that settlement journey was always about uplift,” he said. “Certainly, there are images of protest, images of unrest. But Aperture was very smart in figuring out, I think, what the collection, organically, was about: Community, identity, and power.”

The collection’s humble beginnings and eventual arrival in the halls of more official culture track a recent evolutionary arc of cultural diversity itself. Montague was never one to buy things and tuck them away in storage; in his Toronto apartment, he would stage small exhibitions and salons with guest speakers and create a convivial atmosphere where the invitation was open to all (he calls the work he’s acquired the “Wedge Collection” because of the apartment’s awkward, not-quite-square walls; his curatorial arm is called “Wedge Curatorial Projects.”)

At the time, he was acquiring pieces by Black artists like Barkley Hendricks, Jamel Shabazz, and Van Der Zee, who, by now, have become renowned names in the pantheon of Black art. There’s some satisfaction, Montague says, with following a passion and then having the world catch up to him. “When I started, contemporary African art was this exotic thing for a lot of collectors; it was certainly fringey for a lot of publications and museums,” he said. “These were things I wasn’t seeing on the walls of galleries or museums, and I wanted to make a space for them.”

“As We Rise” has already been staged at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and the Polygon Gallery. PEM is its first American venue, and further dates are currently under negotiation, but not yet confirmed. For the PEM presentation, the exhibition will change shape; curator Stephanie Tung conceived a frame that embraces the impassioned, organic evolution of the collection itself.

“We were thinking about, ‘What can we add to the conversation?’” she said. “It’s a show of 100-plus works, but 75 artists, so it’s fascinating but disparate. We wanted to build groupings that would be resonant with each other.”

Working with Ramsey, Tung conceived a presentation inspired by the elliptical verse/chorus patterns of the musical staples of jazz and Motown close to Montague’s project, and heart. The structure, she hopes, will create “a chorus of voices that achieve a kind of harmony,” she said, assigning organizing rubrics like belonging, family, and self-fashioning, to the collection. “We’re working within themes, and variations on themes.”

For Montague, it’s been satisfying to see a happenstance life’s pursuit refashioned as a coherent narrative that he hoped might come together one day. “I’m not a professional curator,” he said, “but I always had this idea of storytelling. So many of these things were happy accidents. I just bought the work on a dentist’s income because that’s what I could afford. I’m a very middle-class collector, so this is a very gratifying experience for me.”

AS WE RISE: Photography from the Black Atlantic

At Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St., Salem. June 17 through Dec. 31. 978-745-9500, www.pem.org