Gunwharf Quays reopens: drone photos show the shopping centre’s preparations

Before preparing for take-off, we ensured site-wide security were aware of our flights, and spent an hour walking around the outlet mall conducting a final last-minute survey.

Our main take-off area was down by the marina, where there were no surrounding or overhead obstacles to hamper our DJI Inspire 2’s launch. We used a 16mm lens for wider shots, and a 50mm lens to capture tighter parallax-style footage. Using wireless Eartec headsets gave our crew the freedom to split up and adopt different vantage points while staying in constant contact. After expending a few of our Inspire 2 batteries, we switched over to the Mavic Pro 2 to capture long shots of the roofed streets in the centre of Gunwharf.

As if our footage wasn’t already ‘never-before-seen’ enough, we used a third drone — our first-person view (FPV) cinewhoop — to get some truly unique fast-paced shots. A GoPro mounted to the FPV drone captured the video, and we used ReelSteady to stabilise the results.