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.

Details can be found at http://www.facebook.com/slaros.project

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

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 )

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)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXEp92bfsE0&NR=1

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

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.

Read the rest @ www.smartertechnology.com/c/a/Smarter-Strategies/Cloud-Makes-3D-Models-from-Ariel-Photos/

Six-rotor multicopter made in Taiwan

www.suasnews.com/2011/04/5256/first-home-grown-suas-for-taiwan/ 

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

All the Photography Calculators you may need

at 

www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/calc.htm

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!

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.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/100-incredible-views-out-of-airplane-windows

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

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

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

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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Amazing aerial photos of frozen London

No comment!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340102/Frozen-time-Londons-covering-snow-captured-camera-air.html

20 Stunning Examples of Aerial Photography

Some aerial photography inspiration, by Henry Jones

http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/20-stunning-examples-of-aerial-photography

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.

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.

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

Aerial Photography uncovers Archaeological Sites in the UK

Archaeologists observe cropmarks, which occur when crops grow over ancient sites, at a different rate.

Read more:
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/prad/aerial-photography-drought-hit-britain-uncovers-hidden-archaeological-sites

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

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.

http://vimeo.com/12535196