Rafael Suárez is a drone journalist and content creator with more than 20 years behind the lens. He began in film photography in 1998, moved to digital in 2005, and has been flying and filming with drones since 2016. As a commercial videographer he has produced work for premium brands including BMW, Porsche, and MINI, and his documentary work champions a #flysafe mentality across the industry. Based in Quito, Ecuador, he covers drone news, hardware, and the policy and business shaping the industry for DroneXL, and shares reviews and cinematic flight on his YouTube channel. A dad and a lifelong aviation nerd, he's happiest when something is in the air.
Hello fellow pilots! How are you doing today? This article of today, let me tell you, is harder to write for one very specific and special condition that I have and I CAN BET that no other writer on DroneXL.co shares with me: I am a registered real estate agent here in Ecuador. Surprised? Well,…
Hello fellow pilots! I hope you are ready for all your new storage capacities, because the way things are looking, we are going to need MORE. When I started in photography it was the year 1997. In that same year my dad bought the brand new Sony Mavica, the first one of the series, and…
The new DJI Mavic 4 Pro was released today and everybody is hyped about what this 2-pound bird can do for you. Is it going to be the 360-degree rotating gimbal for infinity shoots that we used to do on land—the first upgrade that we are going to abuse? Or maybe the 6K 60 FPS…
oday, I want to talk about how much our lives change when we enter the drone world.
Hello fellow drone pilots! It’s so nice to be read again by you guys. I almost feel like we’re relatives now. Can I use your drone? Please? Do you remember one of my last articles where I was telling you about my first crash? How many times have you been in a situation where you…
Hello dear pilots! How’s it going? I hope you’re having an excellent start to your week! Once again, here we are talking about that thing we love so much: drones. The more expensive they are, the prettier they look. And the prettier they look, the more we NEED them in our lives. And this is…
Hello fellow drone pilots! I hope this article finds you seated and in good spirits. Let’s start at the beginning. As I write this article, a live DJ Tiësto set from 2003 plays through my headphones. I don’t know if you’re my contemporary, but something makes me believe you are. Or at least I hope…
Hello there, dear pilots! Hope you’re doing great. It’s a pleasure to connect with you again here on DroneXL.co. The Mavic 2 Pro and how I pushed its limits The confession I’m writing about today happened with my second drone: the legendary Mavic 2 Pro. Definitely one of the best pieces of hardware DJI has…
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