Featured photo by Stephan Louis from PexelsThe Mavic drone uses your smartphone as the display on the controller. It’s one thing to learn drone flight controls and be confident in your skills; it’s quite another to be an over-confident newbie — and I was just reminded of the difference. After my dizzyingly-successful first flight, I…

“Some people just never get out and fly the dang drone. They study and study but don’t get the muscle memory down or actually apply (what they’ve studied).” Featured photo by Katie McNulty from Pexels Now that I’d completed the preparation and flight portion of the Aerial Video A to Z course with instructor Alexander…

Eight years after getting goo-goo eyed over the first drone video I ever saw, I’m finally on a mission to learn to fly and shoot video. But what took me so long? — follow along and find out. I’m learning about the mechanics, the dynamics, the cinematography (and the law!) of flying and capturing great…