Aerial Photography by Mike Burdon

This aerial image spectacular by Spanish photographer Mike Burdon reflects his keen observation of the wonderful world around him. AERIAL work immediately brings a fresh exciting aspect to photographs. This is a challenging location to shoot frames due to time restrictions and weather conditions, but the rewards can be remarkable. As a lover of skydiving, Mike gets an unusual creative freedom while shooting.

50 Stunning Examples of Aerial Photography

Aerial photography is the taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position. The term usually refers to images in which the camera is not supported by a ground-based structure. Cameras may be hand held or mounted, and photographs may be taken by a photographer, triggered remotely or triggered automatically. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, kites, poles, parachutes,vehicle mounted poles . Aerial photography should not be confused with Air-to-Air Photography, when aircraft serve both as a photo platform and subject.