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“Silage Harvest” is a recent aerial photo that I’ve made into a black and white print. The actual photo size is 17″ x 10.8″ which is printed on Hot Press Bright paper with archival inks, acid free matte and conservation glass. This inside an 18″ x 24″ black metal frame. Limited to 15 prints!
See it at Rachel’s Bread, at the Goshen Farmer’s Market.
$295 Contact Me to purchase.
Aerial photo jobs often yield some great bonus photos that have nothing to do with the official subject. This video highlights some of these “bonus shots” taken during a recent aerial photo shoot over Elkhart.
Thanks to Danny Graber and Randy Sharkey!
A few photos of Downtown Fort Wayne Indiana taken during a recent aerial photography flight. The ball field is Parkview Field.
Find out more about my aerial photography services HERE.
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Today, I took aerial photographs for General Motors in Toledo Ohio. Their 750,000+ sq.ft. transmission plant has been added to countless times since the early 1950s. Recent improvements to the building include a large solar array installed by Solscient Energy. The photo below was made into a very large print (approx. 44″ x 72″) and hung on the wall at G.M. next to a historic aerial photo circa 1950. Toledo’s skyline is shown in the Background.
There were menacing clouds that hung around until about 10:00 am but the clouds soon dissipated, allowing me to get good photos of this huge facility. As with any photos, good lighting is a essential. Scheduling a helicopter days before a shoot can be nerve racking since the weather can change quickly. Getting the light you want is part luck and part obsession with the weather channel.
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Tuesday morning I spent 2.5 hours traveling via helicopter to Mishawaka, East Chicago and Griffith Indiana. The mission of the East Chicago and Griffith sites was to take photos of some impressively large solar arrays. Both of these arrays had recently been completed by Gro Solar of Maryland. The Mishawaka stop was to take follow-up photos of the newly finished Center for Hospice Care on the St. Joseph River (see previous photos of that building). That beautiful facility was built by D-J Construction, Goshen. I flew in a piston powered helicopter out of Goshen. I took both of my DSLRs, one with a long zoom and the other with a “walk around” lens. I attach the camera to me using a dual Black Rapid Strap and then attached myself to the heli with a lap belt. Note… Lake Michigan in the above photo.
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Today’s aerial photo assignment was the GM Truck Manufacturing Plant in Fort Wayne Indiana. The new 2014 Chevy truck is rolling onto showroom floors and Chevy wants to celebrate. About 50 trucks were parked to form the Chevy logo which they refer to as the “Chevy Bow-Tie.” I was asked to get photos of the Bow-Tie by itself and also to get photos of the entire facility that includes the Bow-Tie.
This facility is enormous and may be the largest building I’ll ever take photos of. We arrived in the helicopter on-site just before 9:00 am (with sunrise at 7:11 this time of year). Morning light is great but a little moisture in the air and glare makes shooting towards the sun an impossibility. I did however manage to get some some good photos from the south-south-west (see above photo), but most shots were taken from the south, north or east. Many of the pictures needed help in post production to reduce haze and bring back detail that was lost in the bright eastern sky. Other photos can be viewed HERE.
Today's editing software allows for manipulation of photos well into the realm of the ridiculous. That said, post-production editing is an important aspect of the photography process. When done right, editing can make photos look more like how we see the world with our own eyes.
Slight photo enhancements are okay but fakes are not.