Make Any Drone Footage Amazing with this one Trick

To make any drone footage or photos more cinematic and look amazing you need to follow this one simple trick. Film at golden hour. Let me explain and show you why this matters so much and makes such huge difference in how your drone videos and photos look.

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[thomza]

I think it's great that your intro before the main video is so short. That's very appealing to continue watching! BTW, this was a fantastic short tip that is 100% on point!

[mitsuvlog]

Nice aerial view with drone! This video gives me a good experience as if I were flying over there! Appreciate sharing your good work!

[brianharrisonlightscape]

Another great video Jake, thanks a lot.

[uavdronevideos]

Thanks for the great aerial videography lighting tip! 🤩

[BlairAir]

You just proved it Jake. Everyone says "you can't make stunning videos without exotic locations like DJI uses to sell drones" - there's truth in that, but it's not ALL location, as you illustrate perfectly 😉 -and yes, I do at least 75% of my footage during Golden & Blue Hours, here... in North Carolina 😆

PS Evo 2 Pro has the most beautiful lens flare of any of my drones, multi-colored with jeweled pentagrams plus a halo at straight on sun.

[GeoffBrabecDronesTech]

Great video Jake, thanks for the awesome tip!👍

[CaminoAir]

Thank you. Always good to be reminded of how to get maximum advantage from the time available flying. I'm travelling to north-west Spain in September for part of the Camino. I'll keep your advice in mind. 6am starts on the hike are common. 7am to 8am would be golden hour there at that time of year. Evenings will mean I will have to hike a minimum of 1km away from the towns I'll be staying in, due to Spanish drone laws. I watched your video on taking drones on airplanes yesterday. Greatly appreciated the benefit of having your experience to go by.

[AnubisArtsTJGrady]

Great video Jake. Glad to see ya in my state of NC

[MarkH]

Just goes to show that you can indeed shoot epic drone videos (even if your not in Alaska)! Always loved the "Golden Hour" for photos and videography! Thanks Jake, keep up the great videos you do!

[randomnetwork]

Agree a lot with getting proper lighting as the main thing to get drone footage looking good. Took me a while to realize midday sun is actually quite boring for drone footage.

[kevinwells]

Thank you Jake. I knew where you were going to go with this, I hear it all the time. I do better with the late days shots! Good video.

[WheelingSA]

Very true yes, my last video was on a location that I usually travel through during the middle of the day. This time I was able to do it a bit later, makes it look completely different. Thanks for all the drone videos and tips. They are great!

[FlyZoneFpv]

Your the man Jake . I’m learning a ton from you brother. Thanks for your expertise 👍👊🏻

[justindube]

Excellent advise here, thanks! Just started droning last month to add interesting perspective to live band videos I've been doing a couple years. You don't really have much control of lighting outside so we get what we can during the best time of day!

[TheAaronalden]

Great advice! We do realestate videos, and the realtors always want to shoot at noon! It's so difficult to get them to understand, and they definitely don't want to pay for us to come out twice which is sometimes ideal for certain properties.

[michaelpoczynek]

Always great info and insight, Jake. Thanks for this and have a great day! 😀PS. As per the comment below "We do real estate videos, and the realtors always want to shoot at noon!" -- YES WE DO!!! Until now.

[agentimmpression]

I went to HPU! I work now in the media industry and studied video and marketing there! Did you film video for them?

[Lordvader]

Excellent video. I always learn. Jake how do you like that DJI mic?

[drones]

O'Hare Airport! Yes! ...er...um...on second thought...no. So, a couple of questions; Did you use the Mini3 for the upward shot on the water tower? What filter did you use when getting the sun shots? Thanks for the education.

[GoPlacesLKN]

Welcome to North Carolina please make it to lake Norman for the amazing sunset