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I have a friend that requested some Ariel photography of his property. I also have a friend who is offering to take me up in his microlight to take the shots.

I am looking for tips by someone who has done this and can recommend settings. I would think a high shutter speed since I am moving about 60mph.

I am gonna use a 24-70 f2.8 lens with a full frame camera, would this do the trick. Any info here would be appreciated as don't want to mess around up there as I am not great with heights as it is.:thinking:
 
GaryFife said:
I have a friend that requested some Ariel photography of his property. I also have a friend who is offering to take me up in his microlight to take the shots.

I am looking for tips by someone who has done this and can recommend settings. I would think a high shutter speed since I am moving about 60mph.

I am gonna use a 24-70 f2.8 lens with a full frame camera, would this do the trick. Any info here would be appreciated as don't want to mess around up there as I am not great with heights as it is.:thinking:
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Hi, I am unable to help you personally but if you were to get in touch with the photographer below he certainly would be able to answer any questions you want. He used to be one of the photographers for a company called "Sky Photos" that used to specialised in photographing ships in the channel as well as other things.

Hope this helps.:thumbs:


Alan Duncan Photography
14 Kingsnorth Gardens, Folkestone
01303 243935
 
Gary, depending on the altitude that you're flying you will find that a 24-70 will make it easy, shutter speed won't be too critical at 60mph, providing that your flight altitude is quite high etc. If I were you, stick the camera on aperture priority and let the metering calculate the shutter speed so you can get some good results. You will find that Microlights are quite forgiving in terms of using cameras. Just make sure you have some steady arms as it can get a bit bumpy!
 
You friend want's photos of his ariels? Does he also want pics of any satellite dishes? :D

You may want to find out how far from the property you will be and how much your lens will fit in. If he wants shots of the house or if he wants shots of his whole property might mean very different things if he has a lot of ground.
 
Pop along and do my house while you're at it Gary ;-) lol
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
Hi, I am unable to help you personally but if you were to get in touch with the photographer below he certainly would be able to answer any questions you want. He used to be one of the photographers for a company called "Sky Photos" that used to specialised in photographing ships in the channel as well as other things.

Hope this helps.:thumbs:


Alan Duncan Photography
14 Kingsnorth Gardens, Folkestone
01303 243935
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Hi... I was once chief photographer for Skyphotos...operating out of Lymn airport, many years ago. (60's) when Damon owned it.
However they only used (9 inch square rollfilm aerial cameras for black and white and modified 5x4 sheetfilm cameras for colour.

It will be very easy using Digital .. Just take a few shots on the way to the target and check them and use that setting for the rest. On a clear day there is almost no variation in exposure between shots. I am not sure how high microlites have to keep but we had to say over 500 feet so everything was set to infinity.
Vibration is always a problem so use a high shutter speed and keep everything away from the structure of the craft.

If you do it as a business personal insurance is a real problem and expensive.
It tripled my life insurance bill.
 
Yv said:
Photos of a little mermaid with some soap powder? :eek: Whatever floats your boat :lol:


Sorry, couldn't resist btw, not really being a forum spelling nazi, my own is bad enough ;)
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Beat me to it! Only because I've got some Ariel photos in my gallery...
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