Aerial photography is something very few photographers get a chance to do, because cameras are hand-held or mounted atop aircrafts, helicopters, balloons, blimps, rockets, kites, parachutes, cranes.
FEATURING THE WORK OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER: BENO SARADZIC
TITLE: Al Bahr Tower Aerial View
LOCATION: Abu Dhabi
SETTING: Shutter Priority Mode
PURPOSE OF THE SHOT: “Abu Dhabi aerial cityscape, image library shoot”
CAMERA MODEL: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
F-STOP/APERTURE: f/5.0
ISO: 1000
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/1250 sec
INSPIRATION: What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce. (Karl Lagerfeld).
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TITLE: Souq Aerial View
LOCATION: Abu Dhabi
SETTING: Shutter Priority Mode
PURPOSE OF THE SHOT: “Abu Dhabi aerial cityscape, image library shoot”
CAMERA MODEL: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
F-STOP/APERTURE: f/4.0
ISO: 800
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/1250 sec
INSPIRATION: Taking pictures is savouring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. (Marc Riboud)
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TITLE: Abu Dhabi Foggy Sunrise
LOCATION: Abu Dhabi
SETTING: Shutter Priority Mode
PURPOSE OF THE SHOT: “Aerial Cityscape, Fine Art Photography”
CAMERA MODEL: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
F-STOP/APERTURE: f/4.0
ISO: 100
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/200 sec
INSPIRATION: Above all, life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference. (Robert Frank)
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By Shahid Saeed
