BY STEPHANIE DERUE

Aerial Photography

Education

No specific degree required, however many get a degree in Land Surveying

Pilots license is useful, however, not required

Career Availability

Majority are located in big cities and suburban areas with construction projects and housing projects

Statistics

Pay depends on what the photos are for (ex. construction, real estate, land surveying, etc.

Work for: Cartographers Land Surveyors Construction

Length: until you are no longer in good enough health to fly

Photographers

Talbert Abrams Abrams Aerial Survey Corporation, Abrams

Instrument Corporation, Abrams Aircraft Corporation, Abrams School of Aerial Surveying and Photo Interpretation

“Father of Aerial Photography”

William Garnett First one-man show at the George Eastman House Expanded boundaries of aerial photography with shots

of sand dunes, swamps and fields

Logistics

Take photos from a planeMost aerial photographers use a film camera,

finding it takes clearer shots, however digital is starting to give clearer photos

Supply equipmentWork on own time

Personal Reaction

Used everyday Google Earth

Still Appeals? Yes Gives a different perspective

Recommend? Yes