With all the news lately about quadcopters, consider Sparrowscope to be a lo-fi version of one. Copters are popular camera rigs for shooting footage from overhead, but can be expensive to buy and hard ...

Aerial photography has a distinguished lineage in the Bay Area that includes Thomas Heinser, Robert Hartman and the late William Garnett. "Saltscapes: The Kite Aerial Photography of Cris Benton" ...

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- When we hear about aerial photography, these days, we automatically think of drones. They're all the rage and decidedly "new school." However, this kind of photography is ...

Because of their unique perspective, even relatively mundane aerial photographs tend to grab a viewer’s interest. But, getting a camera up in the air isn’t the easiest task, especially if you don’t ...

If you were intrigued by our previous coverage of kite photography, but put off by the expense and knowledge of electronics required, this tutorial will get you started cheaply and without solder.

Aerial photography is a lot of fun and you have a ton of options for doing it. These days drones are certainly one of the most popular, but balloons work too. If that’s all too much of an investment, ...

Reitdiephaven, Groningen, The Netherlands, in an aerial photograph snapped from a kite. Eric Kieboom has mastered the art of taking shots from a specially-designed kite. Credit: Eric Kieboom / Rex ...

The field of kite aerial photography started around the late 1800s, giving photo buffs their first birds-eye view of the world. Used by photographers to capture novel views of cities, kite photography ...