The Peugeot Drone Film Festival is Europe’s largest Drone Film Festival. Hosted in iconic Frankfurt, the 2021 event was massive, featuring talented filmmakers from and cinematic locations such as: Los Angeles, Italy, France, Germany, Chicago, Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, and Ecuador. The event would not be possible without the sponsoring partners Peugeot, Skydio, Jumeirah, and FOCUS. This Vlog shows a BTS (behind the scenes) view of our time attending the event.

These aerials and drone footage showcase Miami and South Beach, Florida's premier city. Displaying 22+ minutes of cinematic B-roll footage of the surrounding waterways, tropical inlets, and city skyline, the key landmarks of this coastal metropolis will amaze you.

Drone, Aerial, and Timelapse footage showcasing the Yucatan Peninsula, one of Mexico's premier destinations. Displaying 15+ minutes of cinematic B-roll footage of the surrounding coastal and deep jungle paradise, the landmarks of the Mayan and Aztec ruins will amaze you.

Drone, Aerial, and Timelapse footage showcasing San Francisco, California's iconic city skyline. 22+ minutes of cinematic B-roll footage of SF's incredible Bay, gorgeous bridges, and popular landmarks located downtown and along the amazing city waterfront.

Located along California's Central Coast, Big Sur State Park and scenic CA Highway 1 are home to gorgeous views showing where the Mountains meet the Ocean. This aerial and time lapse footage highlights Big Sur's stunning coastal landmarks, varying landscapes, and beautifully weathered sea-stacks which are visible by land and sea.

Drone, Aerial, and Timelapse footage showcasing Atlanta, Georgia's iconic city skyline. 12+ minutes of cinematic B-roll footage of ATL's incredible highway infrastructure, beautiful skyscrapers, and popular landmarks located downtown and along this city's perimeter.

Drone, Aerial, and Timelapse footage along California's Highway 1 in Big Sur State Park. 10+ minutes of fairly rough cut together footage of Big Sur's incredible viewpoints, beautiful ocean waves, and popular landmarks located along California's beautiful Central Coast, located on the West Coast of the United States.

The iconic Chicago Loop is home to some of the most enticing skyscrapers in the world, many of which are nestled along the Chicago River, splitting the city into distinct neighborhoods. This aerial and time lapse footage highlights Chicago's behemoth rooftop observation decks, intricate city grid, and diverse architecture revealing a range of styles from Art Deco to sleek Modern.

Utilizing advanced aerial, timelapse, hyperlapse, and post-production techniques, this aerial and drone lapse footage shows off some of the best aerial views in the world. This Aerial Hyperlapse Reel by Framework Films features some of the most exciting views over iconic cities and landmarks. Using our advanced techniques, we have been early adopters of the Aerial Hyperlapse before it became commercially available through various software offerings, highlighting how the elusive technique of creating Aerial Hyperlapses has innovated the film industry. Over this time we've had the pleasure of filming some of the most captivating locations on Earth for the very best clients.

The city of Angels, LA is truly a spectacle viewed high above the traffic and skyscrapers from a drone. Utilizing advanced aerial, time lapse, hyperlapse, and post-production techniques, these aerial lapses show off the booming city of Los Angeles. AeriaLApse features hyperlapses from the sky recorded at various points of drone service over the years in LA County, bringing some of the best and most exclusive city views Southern California has to offer.

Due to the manufacturing complexities, research & development, and cost of production for drones, flight controllers, motors, gimbals, obstacle avoidance sensors, high resolution 4K cameras, these tools can have a huge markup! Many opt to buy new, but when done carefully, buying used drones can be a wonderful way to save money while pursuing your dreams or hobbies as an aerial photographer / videographer and drone pilot.

I've owned over a dozen Nikons over the past dozen or so years, and just sold my Nikon D750 and ordered a Nikon Z6 II. I'm expecting excellent and improved low light performance over the D750, which I felt was a really nice timelapse camera. In the spirit of trying to find some Truth, I want to hear everyone’s vote as to what they think is the best camera system for timelapse, and WHY. Here’s what I like about my Nikons, in each category of performance relevant to timelapse. I really like the new, 2nd generation of Nikon Z cameras (Z6 II and Z7 II), in this article, find out why!

After being cooped up inside for over 4 months due to the COVID 19 lockdown, on 5th September 2020, a photographer friend and I took a three-hour road trip from Delhi to Agra to shoot the Taj under the monsoon skies. The monsoon season is known to provide dramatic skies and colorful sunsets. We knew the Taj Mahal complex was closed due to COVID restrictions but were aware of this location a little further down the river which provided breathtaking views of the Taj and the River Yamuna

This picture was taken in Luxembourg at the Schießentümpel. It is a very beautiful area, especially for hiking. I decided to do a time-blending for the picture because it was a very stormy night and the trees and plants were completely blurred due to the movement.

Long exposure photos of cars traveling along a road are nothing new. Many of these photos are taken at night when the lights from the cars are easily captured by the camera. It is much harder to capture those lights around dusk and dawn. The lights are not as bright and the shutter speeds in the brighter ambient light are usually much shorter unless you are using a Neutral Density filter to block additional light. When I set out to capture a long exposure photograph at this location, I did not want to wait until the sky had turned dark to take my photo. It was important to me that I incorporate the colors of the sunset into the photo. But, to do so I needed to overcome that challenge of the car lights not being bright. The solution was to take multiple photos.

On this trip to a waterfall in Iceland, I wanted to record a cinematic video of this amazing waterfall and place. In this location with the waterfall I first set up my camera and tripod to take long exposures, then I walked down the canyon closer to the waterfall and saw this sick opening in the landscape and thought it would be cool going through that space with my DJI Mavic 2 Pro while taking a video. I did exactly that and was really happy with the results.

Working with a focal length of 85mm was exciting and promising while the first test shoots revealed some extraordinary details of the galaxy’s dust lanes and nebulae. But if you work with such a sensitive and unprotected setup you never know how far you will get. With such a narrow lens you need many images to get a balanced good-looking Panorama - so there are many chances to mess up the whole project and go home empty-handed.

This aerial FPV footage highlighs how drones continue to push the film industry's limits. Our Framework Films pilots have been flying for over 5 years, custom building our own FPV drones, and designing our own parts for flight. Over this time we've had the pleasure of filming some of the most captivating locations on Earth for the very best clients.

The objective for this image was to capture the curved leading lines of the road through Cottonwood Pass, bringing the viewer's eye up towards the mountains and the Milky Way overhead. The smoke from nearby forest fires covered the sky in a thick haze during the day, making it seem like the shot wouldn’t be possible. Luckily, the smoke settled into the valleys below the mountains as night fell, revealing a cloudless, starry sky. With the weather conditions looking perfect, we parked alongside the road and set up the tripod and star tracker. Every few minutes a car or two would come by and glide down into the growing darkness on the mountain pass.