An entire golf resort, from above.
Aerial photos and video of the entire grounds, clubhouse, car park and surrounding areas, in daylight and at sunset. Photos in RAW, 4K video shot in a LOG profile and colour graded, with material ready for the website, ads and social media.
- Client
- Grafobal Group
- Services
- Drone · photo · video · colour grading
- Equipment
- DJI Air 3S · RAW photos · 4K LOG video
- Delivery
- 3 days
- Deliverables
- 64 photos (up to 10 GB) · 0:58 film · 3× reels
Results
- 10 GBOf edited RAW photos
- 4KLOG video, colour graded
- 3×Reels for social media
The challenge
What we had to solve.
- Show the size of the golf grounds and how they blend into the landscape, something you can’t do from the ground.
- Capture the resort at its best, during the day and at sunset.
- Our brief was to deliver a complete set of material: photos, a film and short videos ready for the website, ads and social media.
- The video had to work in landscape on the website and in portrait on social media, without a second shoot.
- 01
Shot planning
We planned the flight paths and shot order in advance: the grounds in daylight first, then the clubhouse, course and surroundings in the warm light at sunset.
- 02
Everything in RAW
We shot every photo in RAW, so in editing we could recover detail from the shadows and the bright sky while keeping the colour of the grass natural.
- 03
Three shots, not five
We shot every frame as three exposures (−1 / 0 / +1 EV) with a fast shutter. Five would have produced a blurred image as the drone moved in the wind; three give a sharp result with the full range of light.
- 04
4K video in a LOG profile
We shot the video in 4K in a flat LOG profile, which keeps the most information in highlights and shadows and leaves room for colour work in post-production.
- 05
Landscape, framed for social
We shot horizontally but used the grid to frame every shot so it can be cropped to portrait for reels. If the client changes their mind, they also have the full landscape shots.
- 06
Colour grading and editing
We graded the LOG footage in professional software to one warm resort look and edited the photos from RAW, so the whole set feels like one series.
- 07
Delivered within 3 days
64 edited photos, up to 10 GB in total, a 0:58 film and three reels, sorted by use: website, ads and social media.
Deliverables
What we delivered.
“They handled tailored drone photography of the whole resort for us, from the buildings to the sunset. The quality of the shots is top-notch.”
