Uses for Pole Photography

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Big subjects sometimes need a big view point.

And sometimes you may want ONE good picture to show all that you want. This can be especially valid with Real Estate advertising, where only one picture in a newspaper is what catches a customer's eye.

When I am on a site, I take pictures from several locations I can see from the ground, and also at several different heights from the pole. Sometimes the highest view isn't the best, but I try them anyway. Often, after looking at the results in the little digital camera, I see a view 'developing' from up above.
I send the camera back up and make adjustments to capture something interesting and get better framing of an ideal picture.

If you know there is something important to include in a picture, please inform me. Maybe you want to show the easy street access to a business for sale, showing the convenient location. Or want to show a large deck area and backyard landscaping.
On some houses it may be possible to show the front yard and part of the back yard all in one picture.
And that water-front property might be shown with a view of the street-side front of the house and show the water in the distance.
And a most unusual but effective use is to get an eye-level picture of a house that is on the apex of a hill.

I can take over an hour to do a house and lot. Even more time if I have to return to 'chase the sunlight' to the other sides. And this is only for external views.
This effort will give about 60 pictures, and many of those are not the ideal views. You see all the pictures I take; the cost is the same. You might just choose one picture in the end that suits your purpose, but you will have them all anyway.
They will all be digital jpg picture files. You can convert them to paper or whatever. Or I can, but the extra cost will be passed on to you anyway.

Sometimes there are too many trees blocking the 'ideal' view. You can easily crop out distracting things in the back ground of a picture, but that isn't so easy in the foreground. Some sites are just plain difficult.
Thin utility wires in the foreground can be 'cloned' out. Whole trees are harder.

Just raising the camera doesn't guarantee a good view for some purposes. Some things aren't designed to be seen from above. Utilities, chimneys, roof vents and pipes that are hidden from ground view may show too well from above.
Photos may be 'retouched', dodged, cloned, etc. to de-emphasize undesireable things. I can do some, at a cost. Or you may do anything you want with the photos I give you.

Which brings up an interesting point about digital photos in general. They aren't much use as proof of anything (ie. court situations) because they are so easy to modify without trace of the changes.
For more 'permanency' of the image, I can put a 35mm film camera on the pole. It is more time and film and cost consuming. But if you need 'evidence' type pictures, it might be wise to mention this before I start.
Recording storm damage may be one of those situations.

Some people say my views may be misleading, that no one sees that while walking up to the site. It may be the view you would see if you climbed a tree, or stood on top of a three-story house roof.

Most people see my pictures and just wonder what I climbed onto to get the view. I don't go up there, just the camera goes up there.

Links for more information:

Pole photography advice for best pictures

Photography Costs

Disclaimers for Poor Photographic Performance

Low Aerial View sample page

Factory View sample

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