For being such a flying and photo geek, it took me a long time to really try some aerial photos. Today Stephanie and I went out to get aerial photos of a house for a friend. It was much more difficult than I expected. I knew it would be bumpy and that there would be a lot of vibration but it was daylight so I figured I could get a high shutter speed to counter that. I was getting around 1/640 @ f/4. Normally that would be good, but not today. I got 10 decent ones out of 70 and 4 that I ended up showing the customer. I’ll post them below.

I didn’t help that the outside air temperature was 28F and the window was open. We had to unscrew the bar that keeps the window from opening all the way. It’s pretty cool, the airflow keeps the window open during flight above 80 KIAS or so. It’s also really cold when the air temp is that low. After the 1st pass of 10 shots or so, I couldn’t feel my fingers. To get an idea, roll the window down next time you’re doing 80 on the highway and it is below freezing outside…

Even through the cold, I had a good time and am ready to go up and do some more!!

Who needs an aerial photo taken?