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Friday, December 5, 2014
Pilot killed when aerial photography plane crashes in Texas
An Aero Commander 500 twin engine plane, registered to Aerial Viewpoint, an aerial photography company in Spring, Texas crashed, killing Daniel Disbrow the 63-year-old (the only one onboard)
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/27463462/pilot-killed-when-aerial-photography-plane-crashes-in-lee-county
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Aerial photos as inspiration for carpet design!
He browses through large areas of various countries via satellite image services to find a typical landscape, then trace the main features, abstracting and simplifying in the process to finally expose the essence of the landscape and country it represents.
Details can be found at
http://www.florianpucher.com/designer.html
Monday, September 29, 2014
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Hasselblad aerial
Just visit www.hasselbladaerial.com
Some samples are spectacular.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
High altitude baloon SlaRos Project
(Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning)
aka "The poor mans space program"
to see that the current record is 43,721 meters or 143,442 ft
Friday, December 23, 2011
Drones made in Poland
A Warsaw protester launched a drone to spy on police,
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/17/warsaw-protester-launches-drone-to-spy-on-police/
letting us know that there are drones made in Poland by RoboKopter.
( www.robokopter.pl )
Thursday, August 25, 2011
How to produce aerial video
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Helicopter doing aerial shooting crashes in New Jersey
The passenger, 44-year-old photographer Julia Armstrong-Robertson, owner of the Delaware-based Aero-Imaging, Inc.
and the 27-year-old pilot were injured when their helicopter came down.
The victims told police they had been taking aerial photographs before the crash.
There were cameras and lenses in and around the wreckage.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/south_brunswick_helicopter_cra.html
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Cloud Makes 3D Models from Aerial Photos
The models are generated from easy-to-obtain aerial photos from drones.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Six-rotor multicopter made in Taiwan
All the Photography Calculators you may need
- Depth of Field Calculator
- Parallax Calculator
- Angular Field of View Calculator
- Dimensional Field of View Calculator
- Mosaic Calculator
- Lens Equivalence / Diffraction Calculator
Monday, April 11, 2011
100 Incredible Views Out Of Airplane Windows
Friday, March 25, 2011
Aerial Photography Awards
The San Antonio-based photographer won in two of the five categories available.
Read more at www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2011/110325winning_aerial_photos_chosen.html
View Kevin's site at: www.redwingaerials.com
Friday, February 11, 2011
Job: Aerial Photo Pilot
The company is seeking a pilot with current Flight Safety certificate to fly Lidar projects.
Pilot must have hours flying Cessna 206 and/or Navajo.
This position may begin as a contract assignment, but has full time/perm possibilities. (Lidar Sensor operating experience a plus, digital camera operating exp. a plus)
http://jobs.geosearch.com/JobSeeker/JobDetail.aspx?abbr=GEOSEARCH&jobid=db830655-50be-4fe4-ac20-5d4556e3c283
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Aerial Photography Blimp stolen in New Zealand
Read the story of Carol Ritchie: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/4614651/Theft-foils-photo-firm
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Before/After aerials of Brisbane floods
The aerial photos of the Brisbane floods were taken on January 13 and January 14, 2011.
Hover over each photo to view the before/after photos and the devastation caused by flooding.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods/beforeafter.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods/beforeafter2.htm
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
20 Stunning Examples of Aerial Photography
http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/20-stunning-examples-of-aerial-photography
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Aerial photography exhibition in UK
http://bit.ly/cVT6IW
The photos showcase Britain’s natural and human landscapes.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
57 MegaPixels Leaf Camera on blimp
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Helidrone. The French Drone
You can view some details at www.helidrone.fr and follow them on facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Aime-France/helidrone/187474486384
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Aerial Photography uncovers Archaeological Sites in the UK
Read more:
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/prad/aerial-photography-drought-hit-britain-uncovers-hidden-archaeological-sites
Monday, August 9, 2010
360 degrees aerial photos in France
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Aerial Drone at the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Some amazing aerial photos
View also:
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Simple Blimp aerial photography platform
...operating in Brazil. View the 3':33'' video for details.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1S47VWU80
Sunday, March 14, 2010
2010 Epson Aerial Photographer of the Year
Press Release
West Coast Aerial Photography, Inc., today announced that its president, Mark Holtzman, has been awarded 2010 Epson Aerial Photographer of the Year at an industry conference in Houston, TX.
The 5-day conference concluded with an awards ceremony where Mr.Holtzman was recognized by his national and international professional peers.
"I am honored and humbled to have been considered for this award," said Mr. Holtzman. "It really means a lot coming from such phenomenal photographers."
The photographer of the year award is based on a variety of criteria, including:
- Continued excellence in aerial photography
- Public exposure in publications, exhibitions or television
- Outstanding achievement within the past year
No stranger to the public spotlight, Mr. Holtzman's B-2 image placed second in the annual World Press Photo contest.
He plans to attend the World Press Photo awards ceremony in Amsterdam this spring.
About West Coast Aerial Photography
West Coast Aerial Photography, Inc. is a family-owned aerial photography company created by Mark Holtzman in 2000.
A combination of Mr. Holtzman's passion for aviation and photography, West Coast Aerial Photography has become a successful business by catering to each client's individual needs and concerns.
Delivering high-resolution oblique and vertical aerial imagery, West Coast Aerial Photography can be seen in domestic and international publications.
Website: www.photopilot.com
Friday, January 8, 2010
Are Drones the future of aerial photography?
http://www.petapixel.com/2010/01/07/aerial-photography-with-iphone-controlled-quadricopter/
Thursday, December 17, 2009
"Earth from Above" exibition in Mumbai
Read the story here:
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_aerial-photography-exibition-on-at-the-marine-drive-in-mumbai_1323701
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Aerial photography in Northwest Florida
Read her story at the Pensacola News Journal.
View her site at www.aerialphotosbyamy.com
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Aerial photography in Michigan
Kevin Coles, a cartographer, uses a 45 feet mast and when needed climbs into an Cessna to perform aerial photography.
Read Kevin's story at mlive.com
Kevin's site is www.imagemichigan.net
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Aerial photography and Typography
http://rhettdashwood.com.au/16575
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
How to make your own website using xara web designer
Well... no aerial photography involved but a few weeks ago something changed on how we create a great looking website in minutes, with no HTML skills and I AM TOTALLY IMPRESSED!
Traditional web authoring tools are just HTML editors, designed to create text layout, providing few graphical capabilities.
And yet the vast majority of modern websites are of a graphical nature, just till now there was no easy way to have complete freedom to include text, graphics, photos anywhere on the page, using just one tool.
The Xara Web Designer approach is simple: Pick the design from templates; customize it with complete freedom; publish with absolutely no HTML or Javascript skills!
Using drag & drop you can literally place anything, anywhere on the page.
Things which are normally difficult to achieve in HTML are a snap in Xara Web Designer, for example text with curved edges, text or graphics at an angle, text flowing around objects.
Whether you customize one of the bundled templates or create your own graphics or animations, the software is genuinely What You See Is What You Get.
Web Designer's templates were created by top professional designers. You can customize the color, text, images, size etc to create your own personal look with full quality.
The software also includes some clever tricks:
Liquid text flow around objects;
mouseover, thumbnail and pop-up creation;
automatic adjustment of photos to the correct resolution;
oneclick change of site theme colors & shades;
automatic color matching of imported objects;
buttons and text panels that automatically stretch as you change the text.
Working with industry standards:
Web Designer sites are W3C compliant and cross browser compatible (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome) as they are XHTML and CSS standards based.
Just check it! You can download a 30 day trial.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
DIY pole photography (pan & tilt)
A very interesting story at:
http://vincedestefano.com/blog/?p=39
Sunday, March 8, 2009
A valuable blog post for aerial photography newbies.
She's the author of 70+ books and hundreds of articles about using computers. (You can learn about her books and read articles on Maria's Guides).
She's also a commercial helicopter pilot and the owner and chief pilot of Flying M Air, LLC, an Arizona-based helicopter tour and charter company.
She wrote an interesting blog post and I suggest you read it http://www.marialanger.com/2009/03/08/on-aerial-photography/
It has lots of useful info, especially for newbies...
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Hitchhiker's guide to aerial photography!
You can't get jobs without an aerial portfolio, and you can't get a portfolio without getting up in a helicopter or airplane...
Read the rest of the story by Greg Hren:
http://greghren.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/weekend-tip-for-location-photography-2-hitch-hiking-is-ok/
You should also read all the "aerial photography" posts in his blog: http://greghren.wordpress.com/category/aerial-photography/
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Aviation photographer crashes
The plane went down shortly after takeoff.
The photographer Steven Fletcher, a very popular aviation photographer, maintained the Web site www.av8images.com
Read the story here: part 1, part 2
Budget Aerial Shots
Here's the story (6' video)
www.budgetlifer.com/2009/01/19/budget-aerial-shots/
along with a link to the company's website
www.corporatehelicopters.com
Friday, January 23, 2009
Creating white backgrounds
http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/abt54133.html
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Oldest Surviving Aerial Photo
Unfortunately these photos were lost.
So the earliest surviving aerial photo, shown here, is that of Boston in 1860, taken by James Wallace Black, using a balloon.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Aerial photo of a B-2
Well done Mark!
Read the article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/allthingstrojan/2009/01/the-rose-bowl-f.html
Visit the page at pilot's site: http://www.photopilot.com/clients/bowlgame/
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
WW2 aerial photos
Enjoy!
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/nw-europe/17002-aerial-photo-pegasus-bridge.html
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Amazing aerial photos
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/21/75-eye-catching-examples-of-aerial-photography/
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Helicopter aerial photography video.
includes information on composition, distance, horizons, pilot orders.
Have a look on youtube.com Total video time 7 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjSnrl8KzbA
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Aerial Photographer joke
A photographer for a national magazine was assigned to take pictures of a great forest fire.
He was advised that a small plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire.
The photographer arrived at the airstrip, just an hour before sundown.
A small two-seat airplane was waiting.
He jumped in with his equipment and shouted, “Let’s go!”
The tense man sitting in the pilot’s seat swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air, though flying erratically.
“Fly over the north side of the fire,” said the photographer, “and make several low-level passes.”
“Why?” asked the nervous pilot.
“Because I’m going to take pictures!” yelled the photographer.
“I’m a photographer, and photographers take pictures.”
The pilot replied, “You mean you’re not the flight instructor?”
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Removing dark spots from the sky or the sea.
The Photoshop History Brush Tool technique allows you to clean up large areas of dirt quickly when the area to be cleaned contains very little detail e.g. the sky or other background area.
Go to Filter / Noise / Dust & Scratches... and choose a radius large enough to remove all the blemishes. The whole image will be blurred, but it's ok.
Select the History Brush and in the History Palette, click on the small square box on the left of the Dust & Scratches history. This sets the origin for the History Brush.
Now click in the previous History state, the larger rectangular box immediately above and to the right. This returns us to the unblurred image.
With the Mode set to "Lighten" paint over the dirt with the History Brush.
All traces of dirt will vanish.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Aerial Photography tips for beginners
Prices are in US$, everything else applies worldwide.
Aerial Photography tips
Friday, October 3, 2008
Do it Yourself Remote Shutter.
How to make a remote shutter release for your canon digital camera using a hands free.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Remote-shutter-trigger-for-Canon-Cameras
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Early specialist in Aerial Photography dies at 91
Don Ultang, an early specialist in aerial photography died on Sept. 18 in Iowa, where he lived. He was 91.
In 1952, Ultang and fellow photographer John Robinson were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for a series of images showing a violent on-field assault against an African-American player during an American college football game. The event came to be known as the Johnny Bright Incident.
Donald Theodore Ultang graduated from the University of Iowa in 1939 with a degree in economics. As he was interested in photography, he was hired by an Iowa newspaper and shortly thereafter decided to learn to fly, signing up for a government-financed civilian pilot program.
Ultang joined the Navy during World War II and served as a flight instructor.
On his return, he persuaded the Iowa newspaper to buy a Beechcraft Bonanza plane for editorial use, like aerial photography.
He flew the airplane and took pictures while flying. He let go of the controls for about 5 seconds to shoot with a heavy Speed Graphix camera, before circling around for another take, often just a few hundred feet above the ground, keeping about 20 miles per hour extra air speed.
Many of his pictures were collected in "Holding the Moment: Mid-America at Mid-Century" (Iowa State Press, 1991).
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The perfect aerial photography vehicle...
...is the "powered parachute" according to photographer Maxwell Mackenzie.
Read his story here: The flying photographer by Marianne Combs, Minnesota Public Radio.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/15/flyingphotographer/
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Photography business may fly to Saudi Arabia
Canadian remote-controlled miniature helicopters may be used in an aerial photography contract in Saudi Arabia.
Read the story here: LOCAL FIRM APPLIES FOR CONTRACT IN SAUDI ARABIA
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Aerial photographers killed in ANTONOV AN-2 crash near Moscow
The Antonov An-2 crashed by the banks of the Oka River, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Moscow.
The single-engine biplane's crew of two and all three members of the aerial photography team died.
It seems that the plane fell from an altitude of between 1.5 and two kilometers (over a mile) and burst into flames when it hit the ground. Contact with the aircraft was lost 10 minutes after take-off.
Police started receiving calls about a falling plane at around 6:00 pm local time (14:00 GMT). Russian prosecutors have launched a full inquiry.
(In early June another An-2 plane engaged in crop spraying and operating under reduced visibility conditions, crashed in southern Russia's Stavropol region, killing the two pilots.)
Read the original news
AN-2 plane in Wikipedia
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Aerial photos of Crop circles and the solution to the mystery.
Read four related posts about the solution to the mystery:
2008 Barbury Castle Pattern is Pi to 3.14159265358
Easy as pi: Astrophysicist solves riddle of Britain's most complex crop circle
Wiltshire crop circle identified as symbolic code for first ten places of pi
Most complex crop circle ever discovered in British fields