Expert Photographers
Professional Pilots
Better Data
Safer
Aerial Photography
Sky-high Views
Aerial photography was first practiced by the French photographer and balloonist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, in 1858 over Paris.
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Aerial Filming
A Cut Above
The first aerial filming took place in 1909 over Rome in a short silent film by Wilbur Wright titled Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine.
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Aerial Inspection
Top Down Details
The British army captured more than 1,500 sky view maps of the German trench fortifications during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, in 1915.
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3d Modelling
Creating the Virtual
The earliest computer 3d models were William Fetter’s pilot for Boeing in 1964 and Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke’s 3d model of a hand and a face in 1972.
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Mapping
Observation
The first aerial photography for mapping purposes was captured by Captain Cesare Tardivo for a 1:4,000 mosaic of Bengasi, Italy in 1913.
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Image Editing
Pixel Perfect
The first known example of photo editing is a composite of President Abraham Lincoln’s head and John Calhoun’s body, made in the 1860s.
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Video Production
Visual Storytelling
The first ever music video was Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley, made in 1957.
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Video Post-Production
Cutting and Splicing
The earliest filmmakers assumed that splicing different shots of different things from different positions would confuse audiences.
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Video Marketing
Brand Campaigns
Bulova, the watch company, ran the first commercial on a New York TV station during a Yankees game in 1941. It cost them $4.
