Aerial photography is an interesting field of photography. Becoming airborne and shooting the landscape, cityscapes, or sceneries from perspectives we usually are not used to. This gives images a special and unique touch mainly by means of perspective but also by means of color contrast and composition.
There are several possibilities to get into these arial perspectives such as tall buildings, a flight in a plane, or a flight in a helicopter, or in recent times using drones and camera remote control.
From a helicopter:
My only experience in a helicopter so far was a flight from Las Vegas across the Mojave desert to the Grand Canyon and back.
Since this was a standard touristic flight the conditions were not optimal.
The flight was in the late afternoon which is a good time of the day. The low sun gives rise to good contrast and puts emphasise on the texture of the topography
Since it was a touristic flight doors of the helicopter were closed. Even tough I was privileged to sit in the very front I got a lot of reflections from the windows.
For the first time in a helicopter it was also difficult to choose the right lens. I ended up to shoot mainly the Nikon 14 - 24 mm f2.8 lens. The wide angle lens yields images with enormous depth and clear features of the topography.
Some other images I shot with the Nikon 24 - 70 mm f2.4 lens. Which was especially good to crop interesting landmarks. Such as the deserted city of Mead View on the right.
Only an airborne view makes visible the geometrical construction of this city which was advertised with beautiful view onto the Lake Mead not taking into account a mountain rim in between.
Another interesting wide angle shot on the left when approaching the airbase again.
The airstrips embedded into the landscape give interesting lines and structure to this image.
Photographer Jared Polin recently released a video on arial photography from a helicopter. He describes in a very interesting way his experience shooting out of a helicopter with open doors the city of Las Vegas.
From a helicopter:
My only experience in a helicopter so far was a flight from Las Vegas across the Mojave desert to the Grand Canyon and back.
Since this was a standard touristic flight the conditions were not optimal.
The flight was in the late afternoon which is a good time of the day. The low sun gives rise to good contrast and puts emphasise on the texture of the topography
For the first time in a helicopter it was also difficult to choose the right lens. I ended up to shoot mainly the Nikon 14 - 24 mm f2.8 lens. The wide angle lens yields images with enormous depth and clear features of the topography.
Only an airborne view makes visible the geometrical construction of this city which was advertised with beautiful view onto the Lake Mead not taking into account a mountain rim in between.
The airstrips embedded into the landscape give interesting lines and structure to this image.
Photographer Jared Polin recently released a video on arial photography from a helicopter. He describes in a very interesting way his experience shooting out of a helicopter with open doors the city of Las Vegas.
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