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Scott Hepler’s Aviation Photography

Don’t you remember as a kid wishing you could fly? There is something magnificant about seeing birds in flight gliding down for a landing, or a glider flying overhead, tipping their wing to say hello and actually seeing their face!

On a recent aviation photoshoot of the hawkerbeechcraftkingair, nature provided so many incredible backdrops to photograph the airplanes.  You develop quite an appreciation for the enginuity and sophicitication of the planes. They glide so effortlessly through the sky, but having been inside the cockpit many times, I know how complex the instrumentation is to allow this plane to function at such extreme levels. It is easy to get lost in the flight and yet, it’s connecting with my subject that allows me to express the beauty of the subject.

 Aviation Photography is truly in the eye of the beholder. 

Hepler Photography’s Agriculture Photography

I know I have said it before, but some of the hardest working people I have ever met are individuals in the agriculture industry. The U.S. Postal Service has nothin’ on the American grower. They are up before the sun and still in the field when Mr. Moon clocks in.  Hepler Photography recently completed a photoshoot of a silage harvest. Hepler photography produces all of their photoshoots. A great deal of production goes into a harvest shoot and we are very fortunate to have an incredible network of growers to work with throughout the midwest. The growers and their staff go above and beyond to work with schedules, weather delays, and other facets of the overall production.    Agriculture Photography is really quite interesting because it is everchanging. The industry is constantly researching new and improved ways to improve yield, plant, and harvest. Technology in the implements and irrigation is so advanced to the average person’s idea of what is involved in farming. So the next time you see a grower out in their field (lucky you, that means you took the back road) remember, they wrote the book on jack of all trades:mechanic, expert in agriculture, businessman, manager, weatherman, broker………….

Scott Hepler Aerial Photography

I never tire of an aerial view. Everytime I feel like a kid playing I spy, so much to see! I have even developed a stomach of steel (no, I did not say abs of steel) to handle the quick, swift banks to get into position for just the right image. Working with pilots that have experience in flying for aerial photography is important in getting those images. Aerial Photography requires patience in the production department. There are many factors to consider from equipment, crew, locations, gps, weather, etc, etc, etc…..

My selection of a pilot is the same criteria I have for a surgeon if I ever need one; bring your A game, no wild parties the night before (no double or blurred vision please) and its okay if you are the cockiest rooster in the henhouse ’cause I’d like to land with both feet.   

                                                                                                             

My aerial projects have provided for many laughs and never to be forgotten adventures. I have met some amazing pilots from vietnam vets that flew jets down into canyons to pilots that have taxied many a who’s who.

Today’s project, windturbines hopefully a soon to be common sight throughout our country.