Masters of Drone Photography

According to the FAA, over 2 million drones are populating the skies of the US alone. Drones have become a worldwide phenomenon, and their use in aerial photography has created a new way of viewing the world.

Masters of Drone Photography orbits the world of 16 leading lights, each with a creative vision of how, where, and why drones should be used to create stunning photography.

Included in the book:

• Through probing Q&A style interviews
• Beautifully reproduced images
• Captions telling the story of each picture
• Detailed technical information

The reader is given an insight into the photographer's working practices, from their career paths and inspirations to the equipment and techniques they employ to create their breath-taking and visionary works.

Stills and videos that once required an aircraft charter are now being shot with a drone carried in a backpack. With over 1.5 million posts on Instagram tagged with #drone, a revolution in photography is taking place over our heads. At the forefront of this revolution are the innovators who have instantly elevated drone photography to the level of art, pioneering their distinctive birds-eye view on genres ranging from landscape and architecture to nature and sports.

Contributing artists include JP and Mike Andrews, Francesco Cattuto, Amos Chapple, Tugo Cheng, Stacy Garlington, Tobias Hägg, David Hopley, Karim Iliya, Fergus Kennedy, Petra Leary, Andy Leclerc, Florian Ledoux, Bachir Mouzarkel, Kara Murphy, Sean Stalteri.