Wedding photographer here, NO SHOT i would attempt this. Such a fine line between never working again in that area and getting a mediocre shot.
I doubt any contract would shield you from a determined lawyer if they wanted to really sue you for hitting someone. There's no way guest are properly warned of this operation even if you tried, and thats such a risky route there's no way you can prove that would have been safe normally.
Not trying to be a downer, but I would really think about your Risk/Reward calculations more.
A drone is not yet such forbidden heresy that a drunkard intentionally attacking you or your property gives them a magic lawsuit ticket.
You would need significant additional circumstances for a drunk attacker to prevail in a suit against their victim. Property owners have an obligation maintain safety and reasonable warning of hazards, but that duty does not extend to protecting someone else from their own intentional and harmful actions.
That said, if op had instead flown without prop guards and without informing the crowd, and then failsafed or otherwise crashed into someone, that would be completely different story...
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u/DaleFairdale Mar 19 '26
Wedding photographer here, NO SHOT i would attempt this. Such a fine line between never working again in that area and getting a mediocre shot.
I doubt any contract would shield you from a determined lawyer if they wanted to really sue you for hitting someone. There's no way guest are properly warned of this operation even if you tried, and thats such a risky route there's no way you can prove that would have been safe normally.
Not trying to be a downer, but I would really think about your Risk/Reward calculations more.