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PHOTO TIPS: AMA Z ING AER IALS

“MAKING SURE

YOUR CAMERA

IS SECURELY

ATTACHED WHILST

STILL GIVING YOU

FLEXIBILITY TO

MANOUVERE IS

VERY IMPORTANT.”

910 TAKE THE DOORS OFF!

SAFETY COMES FIRST
When you take a helicopter flight with
If you are planning on taking a
the doors removed, ensuring that all of
charted flight, make sure you
your equipment is securely attached
check that they do ‘doors off’
flights. Having the doors off may
to you is paramount. Any objects that
seem intimidating, but it is the
could come loose such as lens caps or
only way you can shoot from a
lens hoods, must be removed prior to
helicopter without obstructions.
your flight to ensure the safety of not
only yourself, but the people below you.
your compositions and give your
Making sure your camera is se-
curely attached whilst still giving you
images nasty reflections.
flexibility to manoeuvre is very important and a fac- Leaving the doors on will limit
tor you should give great consideration. I found the
Black Rapid Dual Camera strap to be a great solu-
Sensor technology has come such a long way and when using high
tion. As opposed to straps which hang around your end full frame cameras, we are able to produce workable images
neck or across your body, this system works similar shooting at ISO 8000 and higher with the use of noise reduction.
to a backpack and the cameras hanging on either My noise reduction technique involves selectively masking in
side of your body. One other great feature about this varying levels of noise reduction in Photoshop. For this image,
I applied a large amount of noise reduction to the water and
system is its Lockstar Carabiner Protector which
shadows, whilst applying only a small amount to the highlights
provides another safety mechanism, further reduc- and midtones. A small amount of sharpening was also added to the
ing the chances of the camera becoming dislodged statue, to bring back some of the detail. Sony a7R II, Sony FE 24-
from the carabiner. 70mm f/2.8 GM Lens @ 70mm, 1/160s @ f/2.8, ISO 8000.
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