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Challenges of shooting people

Challenges of shooting people

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Challenges of shooting people

- Louisa, you've been flying for a while, and I think it's important to realize that drones have gotten easier to fly, but they're still not without challenges. What are some of the things that are most difficult of flying a drone when you're going to be working with people? We'll talk about safety, but just the actual idea. I notice that it's always unpredictable what people do, so you can rehearse it, you could talk about it, but how do you approach it? - Well, that's one of the challenges, right? What anybody is going to do is truly unpredictable. So what we usually do is we do a test run or whatever, and we try to follow the person as best as we can. Now, if that doesn't work while we are shooting, we're going to back up a little bit to get a wider shot so that even if they move, we'll still get them in camera. - So when you're shooting with a oversized frame, you don't necessarily have to fill the frame. Now, if your delivery is 4K, well, that could be a bit challenging. What…

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