Photography began the 20th Century as a burgeoning art form — and over the next 100 years, sub genres evolved and new stylistic approaches became icons. Aerial photography was limited to winged planes and propellered helicopters (see Christophe Jr (Line 20)). Then at the turn of the 21st Century, along came miniature propellers, lithium ion batteries and high megapixel cameras. Combined together, a new form of drone flight took off, and soon after, drone photography followed.
This intro is a long way of saying that DBadger (Line 353) took technology's invitation to take flight and see what was worth flying over.
"You're getting a birds-eye on the ground that would typically go unobserved on the surface of the planet." — DBadger (Line 353)
The drone subject matter tends towards a broad subject base because of its comparatively young life as an art form. Getting within 60 metres of ground level with a Hasselblad lens is something that is almost impossible with a fixed wing plane or helicopter. The colors are bright, the shadows dramatic and the movement energetic.
DBadger (Line 353) isn't limited to drones, trekking to the other side of the planet — to New Zealand. "Through My Eyes" and "Into The Sounds" are each a short series of 1/1s from his adventures in God's own country. Isolated beauty is easy to capture here — the scale of nature's creation much more difficult — yet DBadger does it with aplomb.
"My photos came from quiet, in the me moments where I could just be, away from everything. Sharing them felt like stepping into the crowd and standing there exposed, but I stepped in anyway." — DBadger (Line 353)
Visit The Line and his latest mints to add one of his drone works or his New Zealand adventure to your collection. Related drone photographers also worth visiting include Maryland Drone Guy (Line 360), Kurt Jurgen (Line 1), Anil Prabhakar (Line 23), Newlight Visuals (Line 58), Jord Hammond (Line 124), Giulio Aprin (Line 207) and El Robalcaraz (Line 305) — to name a few on The Line.
