Tag Archives: aerial photography

Patterns From The Air

Laurie says:

I’ve been interested recently in pattern photos. Witness my shadow pictures. The iPhone camera has in some ways changed my relationship with my photography.  It gives me a spontaneity that I’m enjoying.  My work is usually deeply pleasurable but very considered.

I took the images below on the plane going to San Antonio a few weeks ago.

This was taken flying over the great American desert.

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This is a pattern in the Northern California delta.

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And this is also the  great American desert.
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I think the first of the images might very well be part of Memory Landscapes.

Aerial Photography Re-imagined

Laurie says:

I’m back from Detroit and the Sojourner Truth archive in Battle Creek.  I’ll have a lot to say about this next week.  But I want to think about it for a while.

This post is about drones used for a new kind of aerial photography.  They have a far closer range and different perspectives then a small plane.  Like any vision opportunity the importance is the quality the work.  The tech only provides the tools.

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Rancho Seco, California
Rancho Seco, California

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BBC:   The arrival of cheap drone technology – and small, light high-quality cameras – has given rise to a new genre of beautiful aerial photography and film-making.

A new competition, sponsored by National Geographic (and Dronestagram), has highlighted some stunning examples of drone photographs taken in the past year.

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The Tamul waterfall in Mexico
The Tamul waterfall in Mexico

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The winner of the competition was a stunning view of an eagle soaring high above a national park in Indonesia.

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Eagle in Bali Barat National Park, Indonesia
Eagle in Bali Barat National Park, Indonesia

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I really like the three photos above, but I’m not knocked out by that many of the photographs I saw.  But the potential is fabulous.