Droning on about aerial photography

So this is just a bit of a random ramble. I updated the back end of my blog and this is by way of a test post.

I've been using remote control aircraft for aerial photography for over 25 years now.

Starting out in 1998 with an APS film camera mounted in the bottom of a modified Carl Goldberg Mirage.

APS cameras are long gone and Carl Goldberg models are no longer a thing but it certainly gave me a taste of things to come.

With that first attempt had way of aiming the camera and relied on a servo to mechanically push the shutter button so it was more good luck than anything else that it even worked.

Since then I've been through a number of DIY and commercial platforms supporting film cameras, full sized Digital SLRs, GoPro style cameras and now stabilised dedicated digital cameras.

In the same way a camera acts as an extension of the photographers imagination current technology means that reasonably priced drones are able can extend imagination to the skies and provide a unique and sometimes stunning view point.

The Internet is awash with photos taken from a birds eye view as well as footage created with consumer gear that would have been beyond the reach of even the largest movie budget 25 years ago.

This evening there was some fog and mist rolling in as the sun went down which is where the photo a the to of this post came from and I also captured some video.

Below is a small album of some of aerial photos I've taken over the years.