Social Media Ideas for Aerial Photography

Earth From Above: 37 Outstanding Winners of the 2026 International Aerial Awards

There’s something almost magical about seeing the world from thousands of feet in the air. From that height, the places we walk through every day suddenly become abstract works of...

International Aerial Photographer of the Year Contest Highlights the World from Above

See the 101 top photos submitted from around the world. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for a...

How to Photograph From an Airplane Window (And Actually Get Good Results)

The view from a window seat at cruising altitude is one of the few genuinely unique perspectives available to anyone with a camera and a boarding pass. Mountain ranges, river delta...

Aerial photo over Hotel Last Frontier, September 1943

Aerial photo over Hotel Last Frontier, September 1943Photo by John Florea

Aerial measurements help insurers manage storm-related claims

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The World’s Best Aerial Photos Honored in International Competition

The winners of the second International Aerial Photographer of the Year have been revealed, and Azim Khan Ronnie from Bangladesh has been crowned champion. [Read More]

flights of fancy

Toronto. While this October 1958 photo of a helicopter atop a mountain in a snow storm is far too new for collecting, some collectors relish photos from the 1800s that show various...

NASA Photographer Soars Over Washington in a Fighter Jet

NASA photographer Jim Ross recently flew over Washington, D.C. while seated in an F-18 aircraft and took photos of the capital on America's 250th birthday. [Read More]

Artist Farms World’s Largest Living Photograph That’s Visible Only From the Sky

Fly over a field near Toulouse, France, look down, and right now you will see a giant eye looking back at you. The ambitious art installation is called Farming Photographs and is t...

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Mik_Bennett: I might go back to the original method of taking aerial shots using a kite. I see gazillions of aerial photos and videos taken over villages and towns in France, I...

Friday Photo: Circles in the Sky

Friday Photo: Circles in the Sky Air Facts Journal Despite this being January, beautiful weather still was covering our area. As the skies provided some action with cloud cover, I...

Vadzo Imaging Explains Drone Camera Optics for UAV Embedded Vision Applications: FOV, Distortion, and Vibration Toleranc...

When a UAV payload delivers distorted aerial maps, missed coverage between flight passes, or defocused frames after the second flight, the failure is rarely traced back to optics s...

To The Clouds and Beyond

Davich | A drone’s-eye viewpoint of our Region changes everything

James Bannister's aerial work reveals a view of NWI most of us never see, showing all it takes is a higher perspective to turn the ordinary into something extraordinary.

Aerial photos over Historic Westside School, Las Vegas, 1940s-1960s

Aerial photos over Historic Westside School, Las Vegas, 1940s-1960s

Friday Photo: Aspens in the Rockies

Friday Photo: Aspens in the Rockies Air Facts Journal I finally got the mountain flying course on the schedule.  I booked for the first week of October, and I hit the landscape lot...

Flying Over London In The Goodyear Blimp

What does the capital look like from above?

You Can Now Fly Around Google Earth in an Airplane

Google Earth has introduced a flight simulator mode, enabling users to fly through the vast amount of aerial photography data the company has amassed. [Read More]

A Towed Car, a Rooftop, and One Shot at a Spiral Driveway

Shooting cars at night in a city like Hong Kong is a different challenge than a controlled studio setup or a daytime location shoot. You're working with mixed artificial light, hea...

Bird’s-eye view

PHOTO: NORTH OTAGO AERO CLUB Tracks weave their way along the rocky outcrop of Makotukutuku/Cape Wanbrow Reserve in Oamaru with boats idling in the North Otago town's harbou...

Vadzo Imaging Positions the Bolt-1335CRO AR1335 OIS MIPI Camera as the Ideal Camera for UAV and Drones

Vadzo's Bolt-1335CRO is a 13MP AR1335 OIS MIPI Camera built on the onsemi AR1335 sensor delivering optical image stabilization and voice coil motor autofocus in a rolling shutter M...

Nearmap, Eagleview Reach Roof Measurement Patent Deal

The owner of a series of patents covering a system for measuring and identifying attributes in a roof by using aerial imagery has settled its yearslong infringement allegations aga...

Friday Photo: Sunset Flight

Friday Photo: Sunset Flight Air Facts Journal Enjoying the annual Holbrook (NSW, Australia) Ultralight Club Easter Fly-In. Camping under-wing with great food cooked in the kitchen...

An Eagle's Eye View of the Alps

Have you ever ridden the thermals above the Alps, gliding silently over some of the world's most spectacular mountain scenery? Thanks to OGN 3D Replay, you can now experience somet...