The artistic value of drone photos has been questioned by Vietnamese photographers after two drone photos were awarded the first and second prize at a photo festival in Ho Chi Minh City. Suggestions of a separate category for drone photos was raised during the seminar and received positively by the organizers, who promised to look into the idea. “Drone photos are taken directly from above, where the only source of light is flat light [when a scene is diffusely and directly lit],” photographer Tam Thai said at the seminar. The Sixth Ho Chi Minh City Artistic Photo Festival was held from May 1 to June 30, receiving over 1,000 submissions from 173 photographers. Taking artistic photos with drones has become a global trend in recent years, with U.S.-based scientific journal National Geographic holding a drone photo contest earlier this year welcoming submissions from 28 countries.

Source: Tuoitre News July 26, 2016 04:18 UTC