An ortho-photo is a certain kind of photo mosaic. In map-making an orthographic projection is a highly useful top-down, completely flat view of an object or an area.. Ortho-photos are one of the primary assets I deliver when I do site surveys . A normal photo has a perspective which means that lines are not parallel, and there is an uneven scale throughout the photo. I’ll show you what I mean:

I happened to be in Atlanta, and in my free time I got the chance to go to one of the top recommended local fly spots - Piedmont Park. It sure is green in the South, and it’s not the heat - it’s the humidity.

Saguaro cacti can reach 60 feet tall and weigh 4,000 lbs. While I had some free time in Arizona, I took my drone to the Saguaro Forest so that I can show you the landscape of the Sonoran Desert.

In my research of clouds and sunsets, one feature stands out above the rest: the color red. There is a simple scientific explanation for why clouds turn red as the sun sets.

Creating a 3D Digital Terrain Map using my Mavic Air 2 & DroneLink

I went on an adventure with my girlfriend and my dad to the Ross Creek Cedars in Montana. It was a really cool place to fly, but particularly dangerous with the density of trees!

In California I checked out inside of a lava tube, and saw some beautiful lakes, rivers and mountains. On my drive back to Idaho I stopped often to take more photos!

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On April 8th, 2021 I drove from Portland to San Francisco, and stopped several places along I-5 to fly and take photos.

By the time this trip was over, all my drone batteries were dead so I was holding my drone and taking pictures with it from the ground.

Aviation weather reports pointed towards a good sunset. Scattered cumulus clouds gave me the indication it was worth trying to get a sunset picture after a week straight of overcast stratus clouds.

I really appreciate a good sunset, and I want to be able to predict top-tier sunset opportunities based on aviation weather reports. I began a scientific study to determine exactly what factors create a jaw-dropping sunset.

Check out these two 360-degree VR photos taken from my drone! You can look left, right, up or down, and zoom in or out of these interactive photos.

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I am a comercially licensed UAV Pilot with a registered drone for hire. My camera-in-the-sky can capture incredible images. This page contains a photo album from a ten-minute flight session. Photos have been reduced in quality by a factor of 10 so that they load faster here. At full quality my photos are anywhere from 10-40 MB, for this website they have been reduced to about 1MB.

Only locals will know what I mean when I say these photos were taken at “The Last Switchback”, and that’s all the information I’ll provide on this location.

I’ve flown my Mavic Air 2 for about 6 months now and I have loved it. I’ve really enjoyed getting up in the air and taking the best photos that I can. Here’s a few of my favorite panoramic photos that I’ve taken.