Photography

Photography

PHOTOGRAPHY

Can’t believe it’s 2 years since last posting on this website, photography has been integral part of my business life, especially since going freelance in February 2019, ispypixel.co.uk is more of a showcase of all the different types of photography that I do with many examples. This includes aerial photography, food imagery, landscapes, work place photography and much more.

Having spent most of my working life being involved with measured surveys, I formed WGP Digital in February 2019 to have a bit more control in some of the things I do but also to branch out into other areas. Photogrammetry has been very productive, this involves the process of producing 3d survey data from photography, the drone really helps with this, for example producing a 3d photogrammetric model of a building requires many images of the externals, this is great until you get to the roof and this is when you need a drone to capture those high points, to do this properly and accurately you need survey grade measurements, this is where my survey experience comes in. Another use of photogrammetry, often referred to as ‘digital twin’ or ‘reality capture’ is to produce rectified images, also known as ortho-rectified imagery. This is a similar process but enables production of a very large and to scale image of a facade, wall or structure, this is extremely useful especially for heritage products.

Other image based services that I’ve carried out a lot is 360 photography or virtual tours, mainly with a high resolution DSLR but more recently with a small 360 camera for speed. This involves good photography skills but also the expertise to produce the 360 images and to produce fully functional, information rich virtual tours.

Other image projects I’ve been involved with include fine dining, products, farm crops, farm animals (alpacas – so cute) and work place imagery. This has been great especially when combining this with building a web site which I’ve also been able to do more of since going freelance.

I’m still often out with my dslr, drone or even my 360 camera capturing those landscapes, wildlife or the unusual from the sky! I’ve recently updated the images on this website so please get in touch if you’d like my help on a project – I love a challenge!

Links;

Measured surveys, photogrammetry, aerial inspection, 3d modelling etc… www.wgpdigital.com

Web design, hosting, email setup, ecommerce, wordpress… www.hampshirewebsolutions.co.uk

Virtual tours, 360 imagery, information rich tours, heritage etc… www.virtual360solutions.co.uk

Photography, video production, aerial imagery, product imagery etc… stay right where you are.. www.ispypixel.co.uk

Software expertise: Photoshop – Lightroom – DaVinci Resolve – Final Cut X

CAA

CAA

Aerial Photography: The opportunities available to drone operators are enormous, ranging from aerial photography for promotional purposes to recording the topography of a large site for surveying. To capture or survey commercially requires a PfCO, permission to fly from the CAA. This isn’t a cheap or easy process and I completed the training recently over an intensive 4 day course, which included a theory exam and a flight test.

The flight test was nerve wracking and each pilot had to perform a series of manoeuvres in front of an examiner, the day was windy and unfortunately out of the 15 test pilots that day, 3 crashed their expensive toys into trees.

After the 4 day course you have to submit to the CAA with the fees an Operations Manual which is is specific to you and your drone, again this was time consuming gathering all the necessary information for this and in it’s preferred format.

My license is on it’s way and will be ready to fly commercially very soon.

iSpy Pixel

iSpy Pixel

Photography:

I started ispypixel.co.uk to showcase my love of photography, with the recent acquisition of my own drone this has opened up a whole new world of photography and film making from a completely new perspective.