Aerial Photography Schedule for 2012 (Tentative, to be finalized in February:
Depending on demand, I often do flights in addition to this schedule. Call for details.
Calgary Region: First and Third Weeks of the month; year around
Edmonton/Red Deer/Fort McMurray: Third Week of the Month; April through to November
Vancouver/Victoria/Whistler: Second Week of the Month; March through to October
Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal: Fourth week of the Month; March through to October
Aerial Photograph Packages for 2012:
The following packages are inclusive of photography services, equipment and deliverables, aircraft charter including pilot, fuel, airport fees and surcharges. The GST will be added. A Purchase Order may be required for new clients. An invoice is delivered with the photography package (about 10 working days after the flight). Payment is due in 30 days.
1. “Tag-on” Photo Flight Package: $800 per site
This package is for “tag-on” sites that are added to my regularly scheduled photo flights. I need the exact locations of your site(s), preferably two or three days in advance. If there are specific aspects of your projects that need special coverage, I am glad to accommodate these.
2. Regularly Scheduled Photo Flight: $600 per site (based on a minimum of 5 flights/calender year)
This package is perfect for documenting projects on a regular basis. I cover your project from similar viewpoints each time so that you will have an excellent, consistent tool for viewing and reporting on a project’s progression. I always contact clients before any scheduled flight to discuss any special areas of interest to be covered in more detail.
3. “I Need it Now!” Photo Flight Package - Calgary: $1200
For sites outside of the Calgary region, additional travel and expense charges will be incurred . Call for price quote.
This is a “drop everything” photo flight dedicated to your requirements and schedule. I require as much notice as possible to make the appropriate arrangements. A flight can be arranged on short notice, but it will be dependent on my availability, aircraft availability, weather and air traffic control restrictions.
4. Video Option: $400/site
I use a Sony Super Steady HD camera (1920 x 1080 HD Recording) with on-board GPS. These short video clips are suitable for websites, presentations, public meetings, etc. I provide unedited digital video files burned on a DVD. The sound will probably be useless to you ... unless you really love the roar of aircraft engines and the sound of howling wind and squawking radios in the cockpit!
Large Project / Rural Project Surcharge: A "Large Project" surcharge of $200 to $400 is applied to projects over 50 acres in size or for linear projects over 1.5 km long. A "Rural Project" surcharge of $200 to $400 is charged for projects outside city limits. Call for a quote for more extensive photo flights, i.e. rural areas over 50km outside city limits, highway/pipeline/transmission corridors, entire towns/cities/regions, etc.
Work Flow (all packages): After the flight, I organize and edit the photos (cropping, rotating, colour adjustment, contrast, etc.). Each file has the photo date as part of the file name, i.e. 12-01-24-452.jpg.
Two versions of each photo are created, a small “emailable” version (800 pixels wide, perfect for websites, reports and emails) and a high resolution version (about 6500 x 4900 pixels from my 31 megapixel Hasselblad H3DII Medium format digital camera. These image files are suitable for very large enlargements, advertisements, project sheets, etc.). Photos are delivered in highest quality JPEG format.
Some photos will be cropped and will be smaller than 31 megapixels. Similarly, photos taken with my 12 megapixel Nikon cameras (generally only used for detailed, highly zoomed shots) will be smaller than ones supplied from my Hasselblad camera used for most photo flights.
Deliverables: All three photo flight packages include the following for each site:
- DVD(s) with edited images. All images are supplied in both a low and high resolution version. Typically, I supply anywhere from 20 to 60+ images per site, more for extensive sites or if there are special areas of interest to cover in more detail.
- Colour printed index sheet(s) with thumbnails of each image with its file name printed below.
Multiple Sets: Many projects involve multiple partners, i.e. a new condo project will involve the owner/developer, investors and financers, architects, engineers, various construction companies and even the individual condo owners. Many of these people would be interested in having their own set of aerial photos of the project but the cost of a custom photo flight for just themselves is prohibitive.
To address this, I prepare additional sets of the deliverables for a cost of $300/set. With this option, the cost of a photo flight can be shared between multiple partners.
For example, for a specific project that is photographed monthly for a year (10 flights), the annual cost is $600 x 10 = $6000. If 4 project partners decide to share the cost of the flights, the cost to each partner is:
Photography cost ($6000) + 3 additional deliverable sets (@ $300/set x 10 months) for a total annual cost of $15,000. Cost per partner is $15,000/4 = $3750. Each partner will have their own complete set of aerial photography images, every month (10), for only $375/month.
