Taking Aerial Photos from a Paramotor 📷
So, aerial photography is typically all done by drones it seems now, but I get to take aerial photos from my paramotor while I'm flying around enjoying these sites first hand.
Photos from the sky are actually pretty tricky, first of all, you have to be comfortable and stable flying your aircraft with enough time to switch to your camera, snap some shots and get back to the controls and scanning for other air traffic (I'm only flying visual flight reference, VFR, so no fancy instruments at all to detect other planes).
This is my acreage from around 500' up, it looks so beautiful and green still this fall as we have had an abnormally wet and cool summer, so it didn't all turn brown and kill off the grass. The 4 horses in the top right are especially happy about the grass still growing.
Down low at 5' off the wheet fields is pretty darn fun as well.
Cruising out to get the river, I can get shots from many directions with this 360 camera.
Just flying the fields.
OK, that is some serious bee hives down there. Stay away, bees don't go well when they fly into the sides of your helmet.
And this is actually my takeoff, not landing, to start the flight. Just getting the wing up and centered, then I'll hit the throttle and run into the sky.
Man this really seems like so much fun. I am jealous. I have absolutely no idea, how much does a paramotor setup cost?
Most affordable mode of aviation there is. Depends a lot how you get into it (used, new, with training, etc) so depends on your country's aviation regulations as well. In Canada, you need training, license, registration, insurance, etc., so can be between $10K for used up to around $17K for new and more expensive gear. So, about the cost of a good motorcycle.
cool that is good to know. It really just looks awesome!
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Pretty cool idea. And the flying looks great. I admire your courage and your spirit.
Thanks shortsegments, its been a lot of work to do all the study, training and practice, but well worth it to be in the air.
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Wow this photography! I like it! It's pretty cool!
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What good photos, I imagine the ride in the air, I would like to do it someday, there are things that can only be seen from that point of view.
That is very true, I've flown over a bunch of areas now that I've driven by a hundred times and never realized what was actually there, just out of site. Fun to explore that kind of thing and photo it in the air.