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Shooting guidelines

Create strong, usable drone shots

Give editors freedom: fly smoothly, keep one clear movement and deliver each recording as a separate clip.

One clip is one shot.

Never combine different viewpoints or movements into a single file.

01

One shot per clip

Deliver an uninterrupted shot without edits, music, titles, transitions or logos.

Leave calm room before and after the useful action.
Avoid corrections during the usable part of the shot.

02

Smooth movement

Keep speed, height, direction, horizon and exposure as consistent as possible.

Choose one main movement.
Avoid corrections during the usable part of the shot.

03

Useful shot types

Keep speed, height, direction, horizon and exposure as consistent as possible.

Establishing shot
Approach
Reveal
Sideways movement
Orbit
Top-down

04

Composition

Keep speed, height, direction, horizon and exposure as consistent as possible.

Give the subject space and a clear visual role.
Choose one main movement.

05

Light & technique

Use stable, natural-looking light and a clean lens.

Avoid propellers, shake, flare and exposure jumps.
Deliver clean source footage without heavy filters or graphics.

06

Series of the same subject

Photos and videos of the same subject are welcome when every asset adds a genuinely different composition, angle, distance, movement, perspective or situation.

Do not upload near-identical takes.
Choose the strongest, most commercially useful variants for a clear professional portfolio.

07

Checklist

Calm flight creates freedom in the edit.

Leave calm room before and after the useful action.
Avoid corrections during the usable part of the shot.
Choose one main movement.
Give the subject space and a clear visual role.
Avoid propellers, shake, flare and exposure jumps.
Deliver clean source footage without heavy filters or graphics.
Do not upload near-identical takes.
Choose the strongest, most commercially useful variants for a clear professional portfolio.

The key rule

Calm flight creates freedom in the edit.

Read the metadata guidelines