Aerial Footage Shows Devastating Flooding in Yellowstone National Park
An aerial video taken above Yellowstone National Park shows the devastation flooding has caused, as roads are being swept away and tourists are being left stranded.
2020 Displayed in a Year of Aerial Drone Photographs
Photographer Armando Martinez is celebrating the final day of 2020 by sharing this beautiful montage of drone video footage and photography that he captured in the last year.
Killer 4K Aerial Video Reel Shot Entirely on the iPhone 12 Pro
Toby Harriman is a renowned aerial photographer and videographer based in San Francisco, California. He was given the opportunity to use the unreleased iPhone 12 and decided to see how the new hardware handled the challenges of shooting from a helicopter.
The Hasselblad A6D-100c is a Monster 100MP Aerial Camera
Hasselblad just released this 1-minute video introducing its new A6D-100c, a 100-megapixel industrial camera designed specifically for aerial photography.
Massive TV Camera Falls from the Sky in Olympic Park, Injures Seven
A massive aerial TV camera suspended by cables outside the Olympic baseball venue in Rio came crashing to the ground on Monday afternoon after both the camera's guide cables snapped. The camera fell approximately 65 feet, injuring 7 people in the process.
DJI Zenmuse Z3: The Company’s First Aerial Zoom Camera
DJI today announced the Zenmuse Z3, the company's first aerial zoom camera and one that's geared toward still photography.
Photographer Uses His Aerial Helicopter Camera to Deliver an Engagement Ring
Aerial cameras based around RC helicopters are becoming widely used these days for all kinds of photographic and video-related purposes, but here's one use that we've never seen before. An RC helicopter camera was recently used to both deliver an engagement ring and capture the proposal as it went down.
Man Gets His Aerial Camera Stuck in the Arms of Lady Justice
If you ever try your hand at shooting photos or videos from the sky using a remote-controlled helicopter, do your best to avoid trees, tall buildings, and... statues. Ohio-based cameraman Terry Cline found out the dangers of statues the hard way this past weekend. While capturing aerial imagery, Cline got his flying camera stuck in the arms of a statue 100 feet above the ground.
About the Aerial Camera That Spotted the Second Boston Bombing Suspect
When Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of the two Boston bombing suspects, was discovered hiding in a man's boat just outside the perimeter police had set up to search for him, the cops took no chances. Rather than sending officers right in and risking injury, they enlisted the help of an impressive aerial camera to confirm his location and then keep watch as police tried to coax him out.
The camera, developed by the FLIR corporation, is called the Star SAFIRE III, and it's the one behind all of the infrared shots of Tsarnaev in the boat that spread like wildfire all over the Internet this weekend.
Japanese Flying Ball Could Be the Future of Aerial Camera Systems
Japan's Ministry of Defense has unveiled an amazing "Spherical Flying Machine": a 42-inch remote controlled ball that can zip around in any direction at ~37mph. Built using off-the-shelf parts for about $1,400, in Internet is abuzz over the potential applications, which include military reconnaissance and search-and-rescue operations. What we're most interested in, however, is the device's potential as an aerial camera for things like sports photography and combat photojournalism.