A Collaboration Story Between Drone Photographers @deftony, @aerotan and @razdood

Chicago drone photographer used Dayflash’s collab tools to more easily form new collaborations with two other drone photographers!

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Dayflash Blog
6 min readJun 12, 2020

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“ Enjoying this trilogy with the images of @aerotan || With pictures like this I really want to start shooting some surf 🌊 🏄‍♀️ work” …photo shared on Dayflash by @deftony (Photo by @aerotan, Edited by @deftony)

Dayflash user @deftony (@deftony83 on Instagram) is a Drone Pilot and photographer from Chicago who currently has 115,000 followers on Instagram.

“I am a drone pilot from Chicago. I love creating original aerial content. I got started in 2013 with traveling the world exploring new opportunities to capture my life in frames.” — Charlie, Dayflash user @deftony

@deftony recently used Dayflash’s collaboration tools to form new editing collaborations with Dayflash users @aerotan (@aero.tan on Instagram) and @razdood (@razdood on Instagram).

“I’m a drone pilot from Virginia and I enjoy working with minimal or aerial art. After realizing we can capture some bizarre angles from the sky with the help of a drone, I have loved showing off the world even more and wanted to portray it the way I see it with my own taste of colors. @Johnny_fpv and his videos, were and have always been my inspiration.” — Tayeb, Dayflash user @aerotan

“I’m an aspiring aerial photographer from the Chicago suburbs. I’m a 25-year-old Romanian native, and I immigrated to the United States with my family over 20 years ago. I’ve always had a fascination for sharing my unique perspective, and aerial photography offers me the perfect medium to do so. Seeing the world from above is my passion, and my goal is to share an entirely new perspective with the world.” — Razvan, Dayflash user @razdood

Instagram profiles for @deftony83, @aero.tan and @razdood

Check out @deftony, @aerotan and @razdood on Dayflash…and take a look at @deftony’s collab requests…

Dayflash profiles for @deftony, @aerotan and @razdood

“Collaborating with Charlie was extremely easy. I expressed an interest in Charlie’s photo editing collab request on Dayflash. After some chatting, sharing some pictures and editing them, we were done with our collaboration.” — Tayeb, Dayflash user @aerotan

Photo and video editing collabs can be a great way to collaborate with different creators — and expand your network through each other’s audiences on social media!

Check out the beautiful collaboration images by @deftony and @aerotan:

Collaboration Image 1 of 3 by @deftony and @aerotan:

@deftony’s stunning edit of a beautiful drone shot captured by @aerotan in Maryland…

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“ Enjoying this trilogy with the images of @aerotan || With pictures like this I really want to start shooting some surf 🌊 🏄‍♀️ work” …photo shared on Dayflash by @deftony (Photo by @aerotan, Edited by @deftony)

@deftony also posted the before and after images to his Instagram story…to show the result of his awesome editing work…

Through Dayflash’s collab tools, @deftony and @aerotan were able to combine their skills, and create beautiful, new photos to share with their followers on Instagram and Dayflash! This also enabled them to reach new audiences on social media (through each other’s audiences!)

Collaboration Image 2 of 3 by @deftony and @aerotan:

@deftony’s beautiful edit of an epic drone shot captured by @aerotan in Maine…

“Looking forward for fall season again, The northeast is the best place to catch some amazing fall colors” …photo shared on Dayflash by @deftony (Photo by @aerotan, Edited by @deftony)

Collaboration Image 3 of 3 by @deftony and @aerotan:

@deftony did stunning editing work on a gorgeous photo captured by @aerotan …

“Name this bridge It was a blast editing all these 3 shots from @aerotan Until the next DayFlash collab trio” …photo shared on Dayflash by @deftony (Photo by @aerotan, Edited by @deftony)

In addition to collaborating with @aerotan, @deftony also formed another new photo editing collaboration with Dayflash user @razdood.

“The Dayflash collaboration tools are so awesome and easy to use. I followed Deftony and saw he posted a collab request to edit other peoples photos. I reached out right away and he agreed to edit some of the photos I’ve captured.” — Razvan, Dayflash user @razdood

Check out the awesome collaboration images by @deftony and @razdood:

Collaboration Image 1 of 3 by @deftony and @razdood:

@deftony’s great editing work of a beautiful drone photo captured by @razdood in Romania…

“Collabstream with the fam @razdood Romanian 🇷🇴 curvy road 1 out of 3” …photo shared on Dayflash by @deftony (Photo by @razdood, Edited by @deftony)

@deftony and @razdood also posted the final image to their Instagram stories…to show the result of their collaboration…

Collaboration Image 2 of 3 by @deftony and @razdood:

@deftony did stunning editing work on a gorgeous drone shot captured by @razdood of the Chicago Botanic Garden…

“The attention to detail to create such an insane botanical garden is off the charts.” …photo shared on Dayflash by @deftony (Photo by @razdood, Edited by @deftony)

@deftony and @razdood also posted the final image to their Instagram stories…to show the result of their collaboration…

Collaboration Image 3 of 3 by @deftony and @razdood:

@deftony’s stunning edit of a spectacular drone shot captured by @razdood in Chicago, Illinois…

“There is absolutely no better feeling than going up pass the clouds and capture some amazing fog shots from above|| Epic shot by @razdood and edited by yours truly Collab 3 out of 3.” …photo shared on Dayflash by @deftony (Photo by @razdood, Edited by @deftony)

@deftony and @razdood also posted the final image to their Instagram stories…to show the result of their collaboration…

Networking While Lining Up Collabs

Dayflash is a great place to find inspiration — and to grow your network — while lining up collabs for now (or for later). To line up collabs, simply use Dayflash’s collab tools to find people that you can collaborate with now or later, so that way you can fill up your schedule in advance with multiple collaborations with different people. The more collaborations you can plan, the more you can elevate your game as a creator.

Use Dayflash’s search filters to more easily find people by profile tag, geolocation tag and collab request.

You can use search filters to more easily find people by profile tag, location tag and collab request.

Not only does Dayflash enable users to list their collab ideas to their profile page (which other people can easily express an interest in), but Dayflash also enables users to use Search to more easily find people by collab request, profile tag and geolocation tag.

Dayflash’s collaboration tools are changing the game for creators everywhere — by making it easier than ever before to find the right people for your next collab.

“I am all about community. I would like to help fellow creators to edit and enhance their images through the power of collaboration. Dayflash’s “collab request” feature is one of the best tools to help someone improve.” — Charlie, Dayflash user @deftony

Dayflash users @deftony, @aerotan and @razdood all plan to continue using the new collab tools on Dayflash to more easily find the right people for their next collabs — while also using it to grow their network with new creators who share their same passion.

Did you form an online collab (or an online friendship) via Dayflash Collab Requests?

Whether your “online collab story” was editing a photo, exchanging Instagram or TikTok shout-outs, playing an online game with a new friend, sharing advice or even a FaceTime photoshoot — we want to hear about it! Tell us about it here for a chance to be featured on our blog and social media pages.

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