contemplating a drone, concerned about privacy laws.

I was contemplating buying a mavic air 2 to initally fun but potentially ultimately commercial purposes. I spoke to a friend who has been giving me stern warning, essentially painting a picture of it being near impossible to legally fly and take photos with a drone.

And yet on here there are many example of your photography.

Are the warnings valid? I live near the lakes, if I were to go on a walk and take my drone do I need to go and work out whos land may be in view and ask permission to be there, I cant imagine this working at all…

and yet…you all have gorgeous examples of your photos on this site. So are you all getting permission or in reality is this not really an issue?

If I were to operate strictly are there actually any places I can go and be withing my right to film there without contacting any local authority or landowner?

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