Today a guest post by our head pilot, Marcus See, about his recent experience flying our newly built custom compact hexacopter, to map a portion of Cameron highlands, Malaysia.

By: Marcus

One of the key components of a successful picture is light. It shapes the subject, provides contrast, impacts the mood and also governs image quality. So in most cases we will try shooting for good strong sun that allows a building, ship or subject to pop.

But another component within light, would be light direction, if the sun is shining strong the whole day, you might be wondering - when to shoot?