After two successful editions with over 7000 photos published, amazing winning pictures and a huge international press coverage, we're launching the 3rd Dronestagram's photo contest, a new way of seeing the world and let your captures be one of the best aerial shots around the world.

t aerial photos will be conducted by Dronestagram and National Geographic. The competition will be judged on creativity, photographic quality and respect of each category.

>> Please take a look at what's been published yet

A one week stay in beautiful Mauritius Island and much more amazing prizes.

To enter the contest, you need to publish your aerial photos at www.dronestagr.am.
Be a part of this amazing experience when Dronestagram presents the highlights of international drone photography in the following three categories:
    
The election of the best aerial photos will be conducted by Dronestagram and National Geographic. The competition will be judged on creativity, photographic quality and respect of each category.

Are you passionate about drone photography? It's time to show your work to the world and may be win a prize for your best pictures.

>> Find out more about the rules & conditions

All the results here: http://www.dronestagr.am/contest/

After a successful 2014 first edition: 2000 photos published, amazing winning pictures, a huge international press cover... it was impossible not to organize a new contest!

This year, you are invited to help us discover the beauty of your favorite places with a bird’s eye view and tell us the story for each photo in a few lines (very important).

We all have a special affection for some places on earth that we hold dear (where you grew up, lived or spent holidays, favorite beach, mountain, first kiss...) right?

Share your story with us and make us dream!

2015 THEME : SHOW THE BEAUTY OF YOUR FAVORITE SPOTS

To enter the contest, you need to publish one or more photos taken from a drone on www.dronestagr.am.

The Categories for entries are "Places" & "Nature".
The authors of the most liked photos on the website will also be rewarded in the "popular prize" section.

A new “Dronie” category has been set up this year to put people at the heart of the action.

This year again, National Geographic will provide its critical and passionate expertise to elect the most beautiful aerial photo. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Ken Geiger is part of the Jury.

The winners will be featured in National Geographic magazine (French & US editions) and in a gallery of the official website!

Kodak, Parrot, Go Pro, Adobe, Hexo+, Hobbico & Picanova are sponsors of the event and will reward the winners offering cameras, drone, subscriptions and printing of their photos.

Take a look on the amazing rewards waiting for you !.

Come on, we can't wait to see your best pictures!

Hasta luego & good luck!

Meet the brand new Dronestagram application for iOS.

Available on iPhone and iPad, the Dronestagram application allows you to browse through more than 20,000 aerial photos and videos taken by drones worldwide.

You can view pictures in landscape or portrait mode, swipe through like a photo album, 'Like' them, add them to your favorites, comment and of course share them on your favorite social networks.

You can also post a picture via a simplified form, a particularly convenient feature to publish a low altitude photo aerial in "Others" category (glider basejump, etc.) or post a photo directly caught from a GoPro or other action camera via WiFi, which makes the process much simpler when you just make a little image capture session with a drone.

If you already are a member of the site, you can log with your password to access your posts and your Likes within the app. It is also possible to explore the world seen from above by category or via the integrated search engine.

The application is free. This is a first version, we already have a nice list of ideas and improvements to make it evolve, and the Android version is expected to follow this spring, with may be a few more features.

Ready for a little aerial break? Have a look, you'll be amazed by some videos!

>> Download the Dronestagram iOS App

Hi folks!

We are regularly contacted by people looking for aerial footage of a specific area or asking for Drone professionals.

Just yesterday for instance, we were contacted by The Wolrd War II foundation working on a documentary on D-Day and looking for Professionals for a drone footage of Pointe-du-Hoc in Normandie. 

Therefore, we thought it was a good idea to settle an international Drone Business Directory on Dronestagram, dedicated to our community.

You are a drone professional? Enjoy our new beta version (http://www.dronestagr.am/drone-business-directory/), totally free for now.
Fill in your profile and increase your business opportunities!
Your future customers will know where to find you!

Who is the drone hobbyist today? Where on earth do they fly the most? Which devices are the most popular? At what price? What about "dronies"? How drones could make you save money, get a job or even save lives?

The answers are gathered in this brand new infographic that we have put together and release today: "The drone revolution by the numbers" by Dronestagr.am.

Market, users types, countries, jobs and much more... Everything drone is here. Enjoy your reading!

The winners of the first international drone photography contest, organized by social network Dronestagram, have been revealed!

Launched May 15 in a partnership with National Geographic, it is a successful first edition with over 1500 photos published and a global participation. Winning authors come from Indonesia, Singapore, Mexico, Bulgaria and France.

According to the members of the jury composed by Dronestagram and National Geographic France team, "picking winners was a very difficult task especially because of the great quality of the photos that have been submitted. We tried to reward the photos that show the best the fantastic potential offered by drones in terms of image. "

The "most amazing aerial view" price was won by an Indonesian drone pilot who managed the feat of shooting an eagle in flight. Very pleased to have won the first prize, the author told us the story of this great performance :

"The photo was taken on 2012, we were working on aerial photos for eco-tourism spot at Bali Barat National Park (west Bali, Indonesia) . We were taking vertical aerial photos using autopilot. Suddenly the eagle came and chasing our drones, so I decided to take over and switch to manual control. After few minutes we discovered that the eagle did not attack the drone but chasing and playing with it. So we decided to do manual fliying (with fpv) and make the eagle chase the drone and do maneuver so the eagle positioned just in front our camera.  So it just a huge luck and a perfect moment combination."

In addition to earning a DJI Phantom, a Go Pro and a printing of its photo, the winner will have the chance to be published first in National Geographic magazine, french version.

Very satisfied with this first edition, Dronestagram website is already working on similar projects to promote the work of drone enthusiasts.

Dronestagram & National Geographic Prizes: Awards of the most amazing aerial views.

1st Prize Winner: Bali Barat National Park (picture at top)

 

2nd Prize: Manila, Philippines

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3rd Prize: Annecy, France

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Awards of the most liked photos :

1st Prize: Tamul waterfall, Mexico

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2nd Prize: Sanary, France

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3rd Prize: Sofia Stadium, Bulgaria

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A few days ago, a package was delivered to the offices of Dronestagram. Inside, a usb key and the video testimony of a Canadian explaining having found a drone in a river of the Ontario region.
The memory card contained many videos of amazing landscapes.
After doing some research, it appears that the drone belongs to an Aussie who mysteriously lost control of his machine 11 months ago, on a beach near Sydney.
We tracked its path, we can say that it has certainly seen some of the country...

"Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental ;-)" [1]

Prepare yourself to a 3-minutes vertigo! Enjoy!

[1] as you surely understood, this is a fake story, but the images are real!

Dronestagram, the drone photography social network is launching the first international aerial photo contest captured by drone !

Since July 2013, thousands of users have published pictures and the website is now gathering the most amazing aerial shots from a community of photographers seduced by the technological revolution offered by multirotors.
In order to accelerate the development of our community, Dronestagram is organizing an international photo contest from May 15 to June 30 to reward the most beautiful photos published on its website.

National Geographic revue is partner of the contest and will provide its critical and passionate look to elect the most beautiful aerial photos.

To enter the contest, the participants need to publish one or more photos taken from a drone on www.dronestagr.am.
The winner will be featured in National Geographic magazine (French edition) and in the newswatch section of the official website !
Parrot, Go Pro, Picanova and other brands are sponsors of the event and will reward the winners offering drones, cameras, and printing of their photos.
The authors of the most liked photos on the website will also be rewarded in the "popular prize" section.

This is the first edition of this competition that looks promising and innovative in terms of image.

Thank you and don’t forget to take a break on our website if you don’t suffer from vertigo of course : www.dronestagr.am

We have good news for you aerial video lovers!