Author Andy Smith has been flying drones commercially since 2018, and his work has appeared on the BBC and ESPN, as well as between clients in construction and transport. He has even picked up the Smithsonian magazine Photographer of the Year Award 2023 in the drone category.
We have to turn the clock back further for his first aerial experience: "My first contact with drones was in 2016. I remember it vividly. I was working as a Creative Director for a marketing agency at the time. I had seen photographers and videographers working on many occasions before. Though I was in awe of what they could do, I didn’t feel any urge to pick up a camera before that. But that all changed on one chance encounter."
