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Article: On a wing and a stabiliser; Unpredictable weather is just one of many obstacles to overcome in taking aerial photographs, Jo Ind discovers.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2009
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Byline: Jo Ind
When you consider the first rule of photography is to hold your camera still, it is astonishing that anybody manages to take pictures from a plane flying at 100 miles per hour.
"It's like looking down a drainpipe and trying to hold it still in a gale," says Jonathan Webb, an aerial photographer who has published a book called Birmingham From The Air which includes more than 120 pictures of the city all taken from small aircraft, twin engined planes and helicopters.
The book is packed with the kind of images that make you say: "I ...