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How to Take the Free FAA Part 107 Recurrent Exam Released in April 2021
How to Take the Free FAA Part 107 Recurrent Exam Released in April 2021

After a few minor delays, the FAA Part 107 free online recurrent exam is now available. It includes a few questions about new regulations for possibilities like Remote ID, flying over people, and flying at night.

I originally got my FAA Remote Pilot Certificate in 2017, and took the recurrent exam in 2019. Both of those tests cost around $150 and had to be done at an FAA-authorized testing center. Fortunately for us drone pilots the new recurrent training & testing is all free, and can be done from the comfort of home!

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Aerial Photography, Camera Gear, Drones, For Photographers, Getting Started, Original Article, Tips for BeginnersDan Zeefffaa, remote id, exam, recurrent, part 107, drone, drones, sUAS
Real Estate Photography Techniques for Beginners
Real Estate Photography Techniques for Beginners

If you did what I did when I first got started in real estate photography, you may have taken your first paying job without knowing what you were doing and made a lot of mistakes. For my first real estate photoshoot, I took the photos as single shot JPEG’s on a $20 tripod, using my good old Canon Digital Rebel T1i. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing… I just knew that if you put a camera on a tripod you could take longer exposures than if you hand-hold it, which would be useful indoors. I wrote this article to help others learn a few things that I didn’t know when I first started, and hopefully your first photoshoot will have better results than mine!

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For Photographers, Original Article, Getting Started, Tips for BeginnersDan Zeeffreal estate photography, real estate, techniques, beginners, tips, tricks