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Aerial Photographers in Arizona

There are only a handful of Aerial Photographers in Arizona and I am privileged to be one of the group. My beginnings in aerial photography started in utilizing radio controlled airplanes and quadcopters, but after several years of providing high quality images, customer demands and the desire to keep improving led to partnerships with several helicopter charter companies in the valley. We now have coverage from every corner of phoenix and the ability to venture out into Tucson. Since making this change, the results have been spectacular.

Our latest flight was with Airwest Helicopter Services out of Glendale. Our photo job took us out to Gila Bend Arizona where we were contracted to photograph the Solana Solar Plant.

My Pilot John snapped this photo of me during the flight and was kind enough to share it.

The camera I’m using here is the new Canon 5D Mark III with a 24-70 L series lens. A little more about the camera and it’s performance can be found in my prior post or here, https://www.apoaz.com/aerial-photography-with-the-canon/ 

The image below is approximately the angle of view at the time.

 

On the way back we did a run around Cardinal Stadium where I got this great shot. I like it so much I decided to use on our new business cards and website gallery. Thanks John for a great flight in and out of town!!

 

 

 

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Aerial Photography with the Canon 5D Mark III

At Aerial Perspectives of Arizona we try to keep up with the latest advances in technology in order to provide the best quality product to our customers. With that, we recently acquired a new Canon 5D Mark III DSLR. I think we’ve reached a point in technology where the hardware all but eliminates any doubt that a bad shot is without question the users error and not the equipment. It doesn’t matter if its Canon or Nikon, I just think the technology has almost maxed out as it relates to how much better things can get.

In order to achieve the high quality aerial photographs that we do, we utilize  faster shutter speeds along with fast frame rates and high ISO performance. The Canon 5D Mark III delivers in every aspect. Auto focus and the speed of the auto focus matters in the air, but not as much as in high speed action tracking. In order to learn these features of the camera, our friends at http://www.racersphoto.com were so kind in allowing me to come out to Firebird Raceway and take photos of the clubs motorcycle races. As expected, the camera performed spectacularly providing  about a 90% keeper rate. I have not seen this type of performance in any previous model owned.

Here are a few examples from the day;

RP1 Aerial Photography in Arizona

Aerial Photography in AZ

Aerial Photography in AZ

The Canon 5D Mark III is the perfect choice for aerial photography as well as any event, sports, or portraiture photos. I’ll post an update with images taken in different environments in the upcoming weeks.

 

In keeping with the spirit of aerial photography, I’ve include an aerial photo of Firebird Raceway taken with our retired, but trustworthy Canon 7D.

Aerial Photography with the Canon 5D Mark III

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Website Re Re-do

On September 11, 2011 we took this image of the Healing Fields in Tempe. This was the 8th annual event and we were lucky enough to have Phoenix Sky Harbor deviate the flights allowing us to get the images we needed.

This image was submitted to the event hosts and was very much appreciated.

For more information on the Healing fields, you can follow this link. http://www.healingfield.org/tempe12/

 

Aerial Photography in AZ

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