How to take AMAZING PHOTOS with the DJI MINI 3 (and 4) PRO!

[@siekierkaKam]

Finally someone competent sharing knowledge on photography using mini 3 pro

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thanks! Yeah most videos are aimed at the video capabilities and lack in depth knowledge on photography. So I figured this one would be useful :)

[@direkta]

Great video! Another great way to get alot of sharpness in you photos is to shot 3 or 5 AEB then in lightroom you choose the 3 or 5 photos and right click on them and then choose ” merge to hdr pro in photoshop”. In photoshop you choose 32bit and then merge and save over to lightroom. Tons of detail 👌

[@iqueque]

Awesome tip, many thanks

[@AlexAveryPhotography]

Echoing that, really useful tip and the quality difference is huge. Thanks!

[@direkta]

@@AlexAveryPhotographyhappy to help 😊

[@keithchapman8380]

Bracketing has nothing to do with sharpness...AEB...the E stands for exposure. It doesn't shoot 48mps either!!

[@direkta]

@@keithchapman8380 i never said it will be 48mp and you better read again and try yourself. It works! I guess it have with the 32 bit merge of the hdr photo 😊

[@timelapsebylkunl72]

Thank for the best drone panorama tutorial on youtube.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

You are very welcome and thanks for the nice words!

[@DroneFilmGuide]

Great to see you here on YT and to see what the drone can do in the hands of a professional photographer. Hope to see more videos!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

awesome! Thank you!

[@honorab6220]

Very helpful. I hadn't realized that 48 mp was a bad choice in high winds. And those image were so inspiring!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

thank you!

[@Tony_33]

Very helpful video, I've struggled with panoramas and getting the correct exposure, I now know why. Thank you.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Welcome!

[@EthanTweedie]

Thank you Albert for the great info, I just got my Mini 4 yesterday and tried out the settings, fantastic!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Awesome!

[@ChristavanDijk-v2l]

Je uitleg komt precies op tijd. Hele nuttige informatie, dank je wel. En je foto's zijn prachtig!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Dank!

[@ravd123]

Great tips thanks will be trying all of them :) on my Pro 4

[@bob_dubois]

Happy to find out about your channel here. I've always liked your photos on other platforms, so now I can learn more about your process here!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

awesome!

[@NiiRats]

Like this! Thanks for sharing the helpful video. Great Advice. So inspiring. ✨

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

welcome!

[@nuvesv6933]

Thanks for great,detailed video.

[@PatriciaDavidsonPhotography]

A drone is on my list! Thanks for the great tips.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Welcome :)

[@metasequoiaglyptostroboide5582]

By chance I found this tutorial. I thought I know at least the basics, but many thanks for thesevery helpfull hints. Highly apreciated. And by the way, wonderfull images 😉

[@PierGiorgioZuccaro]

Great advice, really great! A couple of things I noticed that however there is always a strong dominance in the colors and a strong vignetting (in RAW) you also use ND filters! to dim the lights! Thanks if you can.

[@liammcclean1336]

Thank you Albert for this very informative and helpful video. I have ordered this drone and look forward to using your helpful tips in my photography. Many thanks again! Liam 😉

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

awesome!

[@Ahgama]

Great vid! Burst for noise pattern 🤯

[@tnhoenen]

Dankjewel voor deze geweldige uitleg Albert.👍

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

graag gedaan

[@TangogarajTangoKursu]

Very good content. Thanks for the panorama tips.

[@HikeFly22]

Thank you for sharing these tips.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

welcome!

[@joxdexigns]

This is reaaly good thank you!

[@bertraml292]

Very interesting video again Albert! Thank you for that. I like your approach to how you present photographic subjects.👍

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thank you!

[@nldazuu]

Thanks Albert, ik vlieg niet bijzonder veel met de Drone, zeer selectief, maar dit zijn hele fijne nuttige tips om mee te nemen naar de praktijk. Tot slot prachtige beelden! //Dave

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Dank je Dave!

[@femiomomo4467]

Great video Can to tell me if its is Now possible to create AEB panoramas automatically with the Mavic mini 3 Pro?

[@AH-qv3wf]

Thanks so much for all the information, advice and tips in this video - I'm just a novice, but you've inspired me to get out and challenge myself with my drone!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

awesome!

[@amit-dunsky]

Good points raised in this video. Thank you. The Mini 3 Pro, by the way, can handle much more than a breeze. It is a tough little drone. But it is true that as wind gets stronger, taking multiple photos to overcome the sensor's poor dynamic range or taking panoramas, becomes more and more of a challenge. Even in higher winds, I was able to take manual panorama, with multiple exposure per frame, but baking it all together in post took hours of work. So it is feasible, but will require lots of technical work in post.

[@TravelCampandCapture]

Always amazing photos ! Thank you very much for this tipps 🙏 I am a big Fan of your works 👍

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thank you!

[@PhreddCrintt]

Excellent video Albert. Thank you very much.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

welcome!

[@andyclark1915]

Great video, thank you Albert.

[@sonicracer1]

Hoi Albert, top video, bedankt! Ik krijg met de ‘wide angle’ panorama functie enorme barrel distortion die ik met de Lr slider niet weg krijg (mijn horizon is curved crazy). Ik zie dat de drone de fotos in de hoeken onder een hoekje maakt, die na stitchen juist de barrel zouden moeten voorkomen. Ervaring, tips hiervoor?

[@Tutvcultural]

Great. Thanks for the tips. Greets from Mexico

[@nicointhebus]

Thanks Albert. Super clear and useful as usual. I was really hesitating buying a DJI Mini but your video convinced me to do so (even though you are not sponsored by DJI...)

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thanks Nico. You will buy the 3 or 4 ? they're basically the same for photography

[@nicointhebus]

Well I will go for the 4 as it has just been released! @@AlbertDrosPhotography

[@nicointhebus]

Hi Albert I bought the Mini 4 last month and I can confirm you I have a lot of fun with it. So light, compact, easy to use, doing good shots.... absolutely perfect for travel photography! Thanks again for the video that really convinced me to make this choice...

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

@@nicointhebus awesome Nico. Are you joining any tour anytime soon :D ?

[@zwoeleplaatjes]

Hele fijne tips, dankjewel!😁

[@Templario_28]

The first thing is to thank you for the time you have dedicated to this video. I have a Mini 4Pro, with which it is possible to take up to 7 shots in AEB, with fixed intervals of 0.7 between photos. My question is, is there a program with a reasonable cost for non-professionals, that for example can merge a group of photos that have been taken in AEB mode, and it's possible to make color corrections for example? What is true is that it is not the best drone for taking photos, but it is what it is, and it cannot be compared with the bigger brothers with sensors larger than one inch. All the best, and thanks again.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

You can merge those 7 exposures in Lightroom with the Merge to HDR function and then color correct it. Is that what you mean?

[@PokerMuppet]

I have fond this a great video thank you. A couple of questions as I am brand new to the world of drones and not familiar with photography too much either. If they auto settings for 48mp is not recommended how much of a quality difference is there from the 48mp manual to the 12mp auto? Is it significantly better for the 48mp photos or do you get 95% there as well as having a much easier set up with the 12mp auto settings? Also, regarding post and the use of LUTs... now I have no idea what LUTs are or how to use them but I've hear them mentioned a few times. If they are so simple to use to improve the colour profiles, why are they not implemented as standard as part of the main recording/capturing process? Why is the base output quality so poor?

[@tvstamara]

Hi Albert, thanks for the video. I got my mini 3 pro just 2 months now and i was a bit disappointed about the image sharpness. So your tips are more then welcome. Im also having trouble editing, but im sure your other video will help me with that too. Im following your course online too. Is there a separate topic about Drone photography?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Awesome! Hope the resources will help. For now, there is not a specific module for this in the course. But I am planning something :)

[@mattcarroll2967]

Great information. For the manual panoramas, do you rotate the drone a couple degrees between exposures or move the drone 50 meters or so without changing the camera angle? I would think that there is an element of distortion introduced by the former method and an element of inaccuracy by the latter, but the example photos look great.

[@ginaherold]

Amazing timing! I’m in Vietnam using my Mini 3 Pro right now and need some inspiration ❤

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

you are very welcome!

[@CollinEvans]

awesome vid, thank you!

[@robvercouteren]

Ohhh Darn, very nice tip that de wide angle panorama is not in Raw... (Yes i bought a 3 mini pro too)

[@garybaumbach-saunders1774]

Albert, I have just subscribed to your channel and have been so impressed with your photography and your editing of images. I was looking at your editing course, would it be suitable for my mainly editing drone images, as well as camera? Many thanks, Gary

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

It's for everything! So both your normal camera and drone :) And thank you so much for the kind words.

[@dgibbsfl]

KZbin showed this video to me on my home screen and I enjoyed watching it. My plan is to take a closer look at your channel content. I have a sidebar question you may be able to address. I use Cyberlink applications for video, photo and advanced color editing. I started out with Cyberlink years ago when Adobe went to an expensive subscription business model. The various Cyberlink platforms are, I would say, very robust but with drawbacks here and there. Processing LUT overlays on D-log M video files being one of them and just to name one. My question to you is....have you ever looked at or worked with anything else besides Adobe platforms and secondly, do you consider the Adobe platforms to be of good value for what you have to pay for a subscription? Most people use Adobe platforms which means that most of the tutorials and advanced techniques are shown using Adobe. It is a big jump to make, diving into Adobe not to mention the expense. What do you think?

[@philippemagerus8752]

I just saw this video, hence late commnent. I use mi mini 3 pro only for photographs. For the 48Mp picture, dxo deep prime + lens correction does an amazing job. Far better then new LR denoise as the lens correction/len sharpness is really amazing. Sending you a 100% partial picture via messenger for comparaison. Not sure how messange will tamper with the result though.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

wow, thanks a lot for this tip. I am going to try it out :)

[@Alika_Virtudes808]

Wow! These are some amazing shots! I subscribed to a fellow drone enthusiast.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thanks Alika!

[@dejanhudoletnjak8576]

If i buy mini 3 pro without that remote controlled with lcd, would i be able to see stitched panoramas on the phone? Great tehniquest i used on my g7x before sony a7 iii

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

good question. I think yes, you can still see it on your phone in the library :)

[@ahmetanak]

Thanks a lot Albert. Good job....

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Welcome as always :)

[@dobromirdragomirov641]

You are one of my top favorite photographers, along with Daniel Kordan and Ted Gore. :P. The captures are just mind blowing. I have the same drone and yes, as you mentioned 48mpx is good for non moving things, otherwise you are getting purple artifacts or something like that . :D

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thank you very much! And yes, if you know how to use it , it's not bad!

[@richarddeyoung8129]

Thanks Albert, excellent video. I just purchased a Mini 4 Pro and starting to learn how to best use it. One quick question, when you shoot burst mode to stack and remove noise, it wasn't clear it you typically shoot in 48 mp mode or in this must be done in 12 mp mode.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

unfortunately you can't shoot burst in 48mp mode

[@oscarjimenez7788]

Hi Albert!! I have the dji mini pro 4... I notice a lot of moire patterns in my picture ... blue bands in the roofs and brick walls...l aways shot in .dng 48M... Do you have the same problem? Any solution? thank you so much!

[@PetraScholtens]

Hi Albert, bedankt voor je KZbin film! Ik heb er al veel aan gehad! Vraagje, op min 10:10 leg je uit dat je twee panorma's kan maken met verschillende sluitertijd. Als je deze ga editen, maak je dan eerst een HDR van de verschillende exposure foto's en daarna de panorama. Of doe je juist eerst de twee panorama's apart maken met de betreffende exposures en daarna de panorama's over elkaar leggen? Ik hoor graag van je hoe jij deze afbeeldingen verwerkt! Heel erg bedankt! Vriendelijke groet, Petra

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

ik doe meestal 2 panoramas, omdat ze niet 100% overlap hebben. En dan kan je met een sky mask vaak de lucht van de goede exposure combineren met het andere beeld :)

[@kel84lds]

Great info 👍🏻

[@DavidRojasGt]

Hello friend, I didn't know about your channel around here. Greetings from Guatemala, come back soon to take photos of the volcano.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Just started to work a bit on the channel from last year. Hope to return to Guatemala for volcano and quetzal. Would love to shoot together!

[@cortervoort8214]

Ik geniet altijd van je prachtige foto's! Dank voor deze tips, vooral m.b.t. 48mp. Het is me niet helemaal duidelijk geworden waarom 48mp geen goede keuze is bij stevige wind. Bedoel je dat bij meerdere (handmatige) belichtingen de beelden onderling zullen gaan verschillen door beweging van de drone t.g.v. te harde wind?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

48mp duurt even om de foto te maken. Ik weet niet precies wat de drone doet. Ik dacht eerst pixel shift, maar het schijnt toch iets anders te zijn. Al met al lijkt de 48mp gevoeliger voor vibraties dan de 12mp (opzich logisch natuurlijk), dus daarom meer uitkijken :)

[@carlomure]

Fantastic guide, thank you. Do you think I should replace my mavic 2 pro with the mini 4? I mostly take stills for now...don't know if smaller sensor will be a big drawback or I can start tu upgrade!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

depends on your flying style. The m2 is more stable in high winds

[@carlomure]

@@AlbertDrosPhotography Thank you. I don't bother the wind, I fly really careful anyway..just still a doubt about quality of camera. I know mini 4 has much more feature and better video option..I wonder if it will take great photos too, and if same, worst or better than mavic 2 pro. Have a good day!

[@ronja9152]

Thank you for this great video and the super helpful tipps! As a drone beginner with a mini 3 pro this was exactly what I needed! I was wondering however, if you use any filters on your drone? With a CPL for example would you rather bring your drone down to adjust it before turning the camera from horizontal to vertical or would you rather shoot the pano in the orientation the CPL is currently positioned for? Love your work and really enjoyed reading your landscape photography book! Thank you for sharing your tipps and tricks with us!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

thank you so much! I actually do not use the CPL a lot, but for water see through it can be great. I would be careful shooting panos with a CPL though.

[@ronja9152]

@@AlbertDrosPhotography thank you, that's great advice!

[@norbertachtelik6142]

Thanks for the video. I recently bought the Mini 4 Pro and like to take 5 AEB panoramas. My problem is that it takes a long time to save the bracketing in the air. Is there a solution for this?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

I don't think there is! I assume you have a fast memorycard in the M4pro? This could help. But i think it takes quite some time in general.

[@travelstoriesbykelly]

would this be applying to the mini 3 (not pro) because i can only find videos about the pro mini 3 haha..

[@Dustywebs]

When you edit in lighrroom, do you get the adobe profiles? I noticed when I try to follow along with photo editing videos on youtube that adobe landscape isn't an option like most people are using. Not sure if I need to do lens correction as well? Thanks for making these videos.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

I think these are profiles based on your camera and RAW files. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but it could be that some people simply have different profiles because of their cameras. I wouldn't care too much about it. Honestly, I never even look at it and I have also never changed it! With lens correction it's the same thing. You can apply it when LR has the profile of your lens. Otherwise it's just greyed out.

[@Dustywebs]

@@AlbertDrosPhotography ah ok thank you! I appreciate the response.

[@frankplaum]

tof dat je dit doet 🤙 zelf nog de pro 2 maar die weegt een ton

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Mavic 2 pro is wel een hele fijne drone!

[@marcterryjadal6520]

Nce footage 👍👍

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

Have to get this 🙂👍

[@DaveKingMusic]

What settings do you use for sharpness and noise reduction? Thanks!

[@tonidpz8780]

Thanks for the video! Without wind do you always shoot at 48 mp? I thought that 12 mp gave better photo quality with the mini 3 pro..

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Yes I do! And no the 48mp is better IF you use it correctly! Meaning perfect exposure. Also because with CI if there are lots of detail in the shot. Like a top down shot of a harbour with lots of small boats for example. This is sometimes tricky. In that case I take some 12 mp shots as well, kind of as a 'backup' if the 48mp file has issues.

[@williweden9317]

thanks for the great video and your hints Albert. I have the mini 3 pro too, but I am really disappointed about the quality of the raw file - my raws (in capture one) has a huge vignette and massive chromatic aberration so that I am not able to compensate these in raw editor. How is it with LR? Does LR have a profile for mini 3 pro?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

the CI can be a thing and I found out that some drones have less issues with it. The first Mini 3 Pro I had had more CI than the second one. Also, I don't have much vignettes to be honest. You're talking about the RAW file of the 48mp right? are the normal 12mp files better regarding vignetting?

[@williweden9317]

@@AlbertDrosPhotography thanks, it seems to be a problem of Capture One - I just opened same file with LR and it looks extremely better. Yes I was talking about 48mp file.

[@wiseguysmith6519]

Something I have yet to find on the internet, concerning burst mode, hopefully you can answer.... I see it shoots up to 7 frames, but what is the FPS rate it shoots at, and is that adjustable?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

not adjustable, but super fast. Right after each other.

[@rustyturtle8918]

When I upload videos from my mini 4 pro there's always a black order on the top and bottom. It's never full screen. What am I doing wrong?

[@Gunner11763]

Wish the mini 4 pro has the smart photo mode like the air2 drone have . Not liking the pictures on the mini 4

[@eprohoda]

Albert~ Yo!wow,unusual . :)

[@uhligsu]

Unfortunately, Lightroom does not have a profile for the Dji Mini 3. DXO photolab has and thus is a much better raw developer for this drone.

[@odinata]

I read the article on PetaPixel, and you wrote: "When I do, I often use AEB 5 shots with higher contrasty scenes, or BULB mode (5 or 7 shots) to later apply noise stacking for better sharpness and less noise. " BULB mode?!?! I was really confused and searching everywhere for a "BULB" mode. Its not BULB mode you were using. Its BURST mode.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Oops! My bad :) used the wrong word. Will tell PP to fix. Thanks! EDIT: already fixed. Thanks!

[@EquinoxVerse]

years before this is the way we used to click HDR pics..

[@jennylicy]

I saw birds...they dont attack your drone? Here in Spain Seagulls I fewel like want to attack my drone ... any advice? :D

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

ha! I had a predator bird once killed my drone. Not much advice, it happens :(

[@imani1612]

Is it possible to use Light room or photoshop for use of templates from smartpress for calendars

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

sorry I am not sure what you mean.

[@imani1612]

Sorry but I wanted to make prints for 12 months calendars and I was unsure if I used photoshop or lightroom classic for my templates from the smartpress platform

[@jackiebodo2020]

Sir can u sent me your settings mini 3 pro photography

[@kylecouture1917]

There is no difference in image quality from 12 to 48 mp on these drones.

[@Studio2bn]

Damn.....Get to the Point !!!

[@marceloaguilar646]

Merci !

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

thanks :D

[@SayWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat]

HORIBLE PHOTO QUALITY :(

[@keithchapman8380]

Clueless