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!

Florian Pucher has always been inspired by watching the landscape go by when flying and thought that it would be great to transform these impressions into floor covering for a home.

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

Sunday, June 9, 2013

FOLDING quadcopters

Useful resources on FOLDING quadcopters

http://onlyflyingmachines.com/

Friday, March 8, 2013

Hasselblad aerial

Doing aerial photography with Hasselblad, the Swedish manufactured cameras, considered the world's most notable, advanced and expensive cameras.

Just visit www.hasselbladaerial.com

Some samples are spectacular.


Saturday, July 28, 2012

High altitude baloon SlaRos Project

                     (photo: Island of Thassos, Greece, altitude:23.3 km)

Amateur high altitude aerial photography can by done by helium balloons.

A recent example is the SlaRos Project in Thessaloniki, Greece.

You may also have a look at http://arhab.org
(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

Aerial video can be produced nowadays in HD and with a very limited budget.

Watch this Radian RC Glider equipped with a Contour 1080p camera.

(by PlaneVideoArt)


Sunday, July 31, 2011

Helicopter doing aerial shooting crashes in New Jersey

Two people were seriously injured when a Robinson R22 Beta II helicopter they were riding crashed in New Jersey, USA.

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

Almost Unbelievable!

Cloud-based services are enabling fast, cheap, large-scale three-dimensional models of almost any landscape.

The models are generated from easy-to-obtain aerial photos from drones.



Monday, April 25, 2011

Six-rotor multicopter made in Taiwan




A local company has unveiled Taiwan’s first indigenous unmanned vehicle for aerial photography.

All the Photography Calculators you may need

at 
you'll find:

  • Depth of Field Calculator
  • Parallax Calculator
  • Angular Field of View Calculator
  • Dimensional Field of View Calculator
  • Mosaic Calculator
  • Lens Equivalence / Diffraction Calculator


Enjoy!

Monday, April 11, 2011

100 Incredible Views Out Of Airplane Windows

Here are 100 interesting, out of the window aerial photos (most of them amateur work, because the airplane's plexiglas is often visible) and 7 more that readers posted in the comments.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Aerial Photography Awards

The top aerial photographers in the U.S.A. competed at the Professional Aerial Photographer’s Association in Las Vegas, and pilot Kevin Butts is among the top winners.

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

An Aerial Photo Pilot is wanted by GeoSearch Inc. in the U.S.

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

A trailer containing a large Helium filled Balloon, used for aerial photography was stolen from New Lynn, Auckland, 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

High-resolution aerial photos taken over Brisbane, Australia reveal the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses.

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, September 29, 2010

Aerial photography exhibition in UK

An aerial photography exhibition with more than 100 aerial photographs opened yesterday at Bath (near Bristol), UK.

http://bit.ly/cVT6IW

The photos showcase Britain’s natural and human landscapes.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

57 MegaPixels Leaf Camera on blimp

In the link below there's a 03:30'' video of the 57 Mpx Leaf camera, deployed by a blimp at 150 meters (about 490 feet).

http://vimeo.com/15190172

The blimp is made by the French company Phodia, operating since 2002.


Saturday, September 11, 2010

Helidrone. The French Drone

This is a French Drone (UAV), used in aerial photography, made by a French company. 

You can view some details at www.helidrone.fr and follow them on facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Aime-France/helidrone/187474486384

Monday, August 9, 2010

360 degrees aerial photos in France

Here's a 3 minute video (sound is in french) on France3 TV Chanel, of a company doing 360 degrees aerial images in France.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=215026613330&ref=share

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Aerial Drone at the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.



Perspectiveaerials built and hand launched a custom built Canon 5D Mark II aerial drone from a boat in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, to capture oil spill imagery.
Bravery and talent, between boat movement and gulf winds, from the back of a very unstable pitching and rolling boat...in rain and drizzle.


Monday, June 7, 2010

Some amazing aerial photos

Well, these last months nothing really interesting seems to happen on the aerial photography world...

So let's have a look at some amazing aerial shots:
http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/gallery/A-birds-eye-view-amazing-aerial-shots/3368/


View also:

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Do-it-yourself Pole Aerial Photography

View and read all the details here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/billjacobus1/sets/72057594124614670/detail/

2010 Epson Aerial Photographer of the Year

SHERMAN OAKS, CA, March 14, 2010
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

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Aerial photography in Northwest Florida

Amy is a former schoolteacher who has taken a life-long love of photography and turned it into an exciting aerial photography business.

Read her story at the Pensacola News Journal.


View her site at www.aerialphotosbyamy.com

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Aerial photography in Michigan

Image Michigan is a family owned business based in the city of Grand Rapids, 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

The first alphabet of Google Earth satellite images of natural features and buildings, featuring all 26 letters, has been created by Rhett Dashwood, a graphic designer from Australia.

http://rhettdashwood.com.au/16575

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)

Here's an experienced Aussie, with technical background, making a pan & tilt system for his pole aerial photography business.

A very interesting story at:

http://vincedestefano.com/blog/?p=39

Sunday, March 8, 2009

A valuable blog post for aerial photography newbies.

Maria Langer is a freelance writer and commercial helicopter pilot.

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!

...When you're starting out, building a portfolio from the air is inherently problematic.
You can't get jobs without an aerial portfolio, and you can't get a portfolio without getting up in a helicopter or airplane.
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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

A Remos light sport aviation aircraft crashed last week at the Sebring Regional Airport, killing an aviation photographer from Peterborough, UK and injuring the pilot.

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

...at least for those of you living in California.

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

A few methods for isolating objects on white backgrounds, in case your post processing needs it.

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/abt54133.html

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Oldest Surviving Aerial Photo

We've covered the World's first aerial photos in this post (History of aerial photography).

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

No preview here for this amazing photo, you've got to see it to believe it!
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

For you guys searching for Second World War ( WWII ) aerial pictures, here's an interesting link in a related forum.

Enjoy!


http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/nw-europe/17002-aerial-photo-pegasus-bridge.html

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Helicopter aerial photography video.

A video tutorial that takes you on board a helicopter with a professional photographer on assignment;
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.

One of the techniques you can use is "The History Brush Technique".

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

Here are the basics of aerial photography.

Prices are in US$, everything else applies worldwide.


Aerial Photography tips

Friday, October 3, 2008

Do it Yourself Remote Shutter.

Here is something that could be useful in Pole Aerial Photography.

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


A small plane conducting an aerial photography assignment crashed Friday near Moscow, killing all five people on board.

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