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01/18/2005 06:59:11 PM · #1 |
I have been contacted by a 40 year veteran Bush Pilot with his own plane that wants to work with me shooting Homes in the 500,000 - million dollar range. I met with him the first time yesterday and he took me out to sort of go thru manuvers he would conduct in order to get in close and positioned so that the camera would be in the best spot to get the shot. After an hour or so I finally began getting used to floating in my seat and dealing with the G's associated with some of the climb manuvers after the fact. I didnt have my camera with me because of the cool weather, he normally flys with the doors off so tomorrow were expecting a bit warmer weather and will be conducting actual shoots from a scouting session I did today. What Im doing is going out with my GPS and adding waypoints of areas that I intend to shoot... we will later input these waypoints in his flight GPS in order to locate the homes that will be shot. Just curious if anyone has any advise or tips that will make my FIRST aerial photography session a success.
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01/18/2005 07:12:21 PM · #2 |
| Sounds like fun! You might want to shoot in burst mode as you pass each spot. I'd probably shoot at high speed in shutter-priority mode to reduce the effect of all the vibration and motion. |
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01/18/2005 07:26:17 PM · #3 |
yes dont fall out, and if you drop your camera, make sure you go after it and land below it to cushion the fall so the camera survives :)
Ok a little more serious here, yes burst mode and high ISO to make sure you get the shots, maybe a poloriazer to reduce some glare and haze. Im not sure how fast the buffer clears on the 1D Mark II, but on my D60 I have learned to only shoot 3 or 4 shots in burst mode, the buffer clears much faster and I can shoot another 3 or 4 shots real quickly again and again
James |
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01/18/2005 07:34:40 PM · #4 |
Have two parachutes - one for you, one for the camera bag and always wear your camera around your neck so it doesn't fly out the plane. :-)
Sounds like a fun job. Sorry that I don't have any advice for. Sounds like you're already preparing and that can never hurt. Just try to enjoy it and the rest will come naturally.
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01/18/2005 07:46:01 PM · #5 |
Some good information on the SportsShooter.com site about this.
example...
//www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=239
Do a search in their message boards for "aeria" for more information. |
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01/18/2005 10:27:01 PM · #6 |
see if you can rent a gyro stabilizer
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01/18/2005 11:20:57 PM · #7 |
A few years ago I had the oportunity to go up in a small plane over Canyonlands National Park. My photos turned out quite well with very little effort. I was still using my C-2100 then, which has an image stabilizer function with it's zoom, and I used a circular polarizer since it was an enclosed cockpit. I was still learning the technical aspects of photography at that point, so I shot in point and shoot mode. It really was very easy to get good photos. I didn't find it all that different from shooting on the ground. I'm guessing you're going to be shooting at a higher zoom if you're doing houses, but in general I'd say treat it just as you would any other type of photography. The only major thing is that you're moving in relation to your subject, just like if you were in a car - only there aren't any obnoxious trees on the side of the road to get in your way =)
Here's the shot from that trip that people seem to like most:
And here are two tighter ones (nothing outstanding artistically speaking, but they should show the lack of camera shake and other issues):
For scale on this bottom one, I'd estimate the arch to be roughly 3-5 times the width of a small plane (there were photos at the airfield of our pilot flying through it).
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fixed links
Message edited by author 2005-01-18 23:26:49. |
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01/21/2005 08:24:30 AM · #8 |
My first Aerial Photography session went pretty well heres a couple from the shoot... ended up taking near 400 that day
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