When: 1-28-2008 at 11:00 am.

What: Aerial Panorama of partially frozen Green Lake in Seattle Washington.

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How: Remote helicopter with Canon 5D.
One unfortunate issue with this pano was some interference from a local radio tower with the camera, which made for some unfortunate banding in the deep shadow areas of the lake. Not a huge deal, but it was a bit unfortunate since I am unable to reshoot the pano, considered that we rarely ever get snow or cold weather here.

In 2003, Tabb Firchau started Northwest Aerial Photography, which would later become AerialPan Imaging. After studying economics at the University of Washington, Tabb worked in real estate and development. When he recognized a need for aerial marketing in that industry, he combined his work with his personal interests.
As founder of AerialPan, Tabb wears many hats – photographer, engineer, pilot, and visionary. His personal love for photography and flying, together with his knack for innovation, drive the growth of AerialPan.

Tabb is 26 year old, loves aerial photography and loves seeing and capturing the world from a different perspective. He enjoys the constant challenges that aerial photography and video provide. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington and likes to spend his free time outdoors (when it isn't raining!)".

Tabb about Aerialpan's services: "The professional services we provide are: Aerial Photography, Aerial Video/Film, and Aerial Tours (aerial spherical panoramas). Additionally, we just started offering Aerial Visualizations that shows a aerial spherical panorama with a future building rendered on top of the panorama. Pretty fun since it allows folks to see what their building will look like on the actual site and get a feel for the context. Our other main services are 360 degrees panoramas to show the view that high-rise condos will have, once they are completed. For this we take the helicopter up to a certain floors elevation and shoot a 360 degrees shot to show potential buyers what their view will be, if they decide to...relocate. This is neat because it allows the developers to know what the view will look like years before completion and allows them to use the actual views to market the condominiums.
Click here to view a video of Aerialpan's services.

In the next issue 30 of VRMAG there will be an in-depth interview with Tabb about his techniques and about his most interesting projects.

Links:
AerialPan.com
Email: info at aerialpan.com