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Aerial photography
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Jez O ’ Hare
Jez O ’ Hare moved to Indonesia with his family in 1973 , studied illustration in the UK and became an Indonesian citizen in 1995 . Since then he has been a professional photographer and amateur pilot , specialising in aerial and location photography of Indonesia . His work has been published in several magazines and books , including 17,000 Islands of Imagination by Afterhours Books in 2015 . His other work can be seen at jezohare . com or indonesiaphotography . com .
Aerial photography is imagery captured from above the planet ’ s surface . Usually it ’ s from satellites and space stations in orbit hundreds of kilometres above the Earth , or from aircraft within our atmosphere at less than 18,000m .
Aircraft can be manned or unmanned , fixed or rotary wing , airships , balloons , gliders or kites . We can also take aerial or aerial-like images from mountains , a wide variety of man-made structures , or even bamboo or telescopic poles .
Cameras can be hand-held or mounted , remotely or automatically controlled . Lenses can be pointed in any direction , but they are usually looking down vertically , obliquely or horizontally , or in several overlapping directions , or positions , to be stitched together afterwards .
Aerial photos are records of solar energy reflected off the Earth ’ s surface and atmosphere . At high altitudes infrared films and sensors are often used as these can penetrate atmospheric haze . To penetrate clouds or forests there are other methods that send down radio waves or laser pulses to record the terrain hidden below .
Three types of aerial photography Aerial survey , remote sensing or mapping : often uses photogrammetry to record vertical imagery with geo-referenced points , providing accurate environmental data . This can be used directly as images , or processed into maps and geographic information systems for the public , institutions , industries and governments , and , it is vital for so many of our daily activities .
Oblique aerial photography : the artistic or aesthetic type of aerial photography . Lenses look in any direction and usually without the geo-referenced accuracy required for surveys . Artistic aerials are used to illustrate all kinds of publications and media , including movies or fine art prints .
Jez O ’ Hare pindah ke Indonesia bersama keluarganya pada 1973 . Pria yang pernah belajar ilustrasi di Inggris ini menjadi warga negara Indonesia pada tahun 1995 . Sejak itu , ia menekuni profesi fotografer profesional dan pilot amatir dengan spesialisasi fotografi udara dan lokasi di Indonesia . Karya-karyanya telah dipublikasikan di berbagai majalah dan buku , antara lain 17.000 Islands of Imagination terbitan Afterhours Books tahun 2015 . Karyanya dapat dilihat di jezohare . com atau indonesiaphotography . com .
View of Carstensz Glaciers and Lorentz National Park , Papua , Indonesia
Lentea Island Reef , Southeast Sulawesi , Indonesia