Category: Aerial photography
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Sister Dreamer Sculpture Park
a work of art by Lauren Halsey Located in the heart of South Central Los Angeles, this community jewel is at 76th street and Western Avenue.
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The Lake at Lincoln Park – Los Angeles
Lincoln Park is located north of downtown Los Angeles. It is known as one of Los Angeles’ first parks developed in the 1800’s. This is a basic drone shot of the lake.
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Active Track
Using DJI Mavic Air2S Completed another trial run at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in the upstairs parking lot where Wells Fargo, Staples and the old Walmart are located. Active Track (follow me) is a feature of the Mavic Air2S and some prosumer drones. Once activated the aircraft automatically follows behind the subject/target created.
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Downtown Los Angeles – Long Exposure from the Drone
This is a clip featuring the long exposure technique using my drone. The streaks you see are the result of my drone camera settings. You see the I-10 freeway and the 110 freeway converging into downtown. Settings on my DJI Mavic Air2S
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Downtown Los Angeles after the rain
This is a short video clip showing downtown Los Angeles. Basically a costal city of four million people where rain is light, this holiday season torrential rains hammered the region. The benefit was the rains cleaned the air as you can see from this footage. The video is shot at my home in West Adams…
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Los Angeles Dodgers Back-to-Back Parade
November 3, 2025 On November 3, 2025, approximately 500,000 fans packed the streets and watched as the Los Angeles Dodgers strolled through downtown celebrating their back-to-back World Series win. The drone footage was shot towards 1st & Grand Avenue facing west as the team headed to 7th street. CLICK HERE FOR MORE PARADE COVERAGE
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George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art – Progress Report via Drone View – Expo Park
Construction is still ongoing but this is a progress report as of June 2025
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SouthernTrek 2025 Jackson, MS, Natchez, MS – Vidalia, LA & Ferriday, LA
Mississippi River – Vidalia waterfront RETURN TO HOME PAGE
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SouthernTrek 2025 – Built in 1910 Rickwood Field – is the oldest existing baseball stadium in the United States, as well as other sites in Birmingham, AL
Young Jabriel Weir (left) is living history as the only African-American groundskeeper for an MLB stadium. Pictured next to him is one of his trusted assistants and do an amazing job to keep the venue impeccable. This is a short aerial footage of the site. These are a few images of the stadium In 2024…
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Marriott Newport Coast Vacation Club
view from the drone These are a few drone (aerial) shots of Marriott’s Newport Coast Villas. The property is nestled alongside the pacific ocean and just to the north or across the street is the iconic Pelican Hill property. Marriott (Vacation Club) took over the development from Disney and in 2000 started with 55 Villas.…
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Eaton Fire (Altadena) where did it start and how did it start?
The fire department of the county of Los Angeles has not made public the cause of the historic Eaton fire which started in the Altadena (Pasadena) suburb of Los Angeles. I visited the site today and the pictures below document what I saw. As to the cause of the fire, there is speculation it started…
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Kamala Harris flying high in the ‘hood
Kamala Harris & Tim Walz flags are flying high in the ‘hood in the West Adams community of Los Angeles
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Wrigley Field – view from the drone
My assignment is complete as this drone footage captures the great Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL. They are home to the Chicago Cubs. This footage presented some unique challenges but we hung tough and are pleased to present our production.
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Guaranteed Rate Field – View from the Drone
This is an aerial view (drone) of Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox. Their previous field – Comisky park was demolished to make room for the new stadium and is now a parking lot directly across the street.
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Lakers – Showtime
Jonas Never aka Never1959 outdid himself with a great mural featuring the Los Angeles Lakers during the Showtime era. The mural is located in the Koreatown community of Los Angeles on Vermont between 7th Street & Wilshire. It faces NORTH. The footage was shot using my DJI Mavic Air2S drone
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Petco Park – home of the San Diego Padres
Aerial footage briefly showing Petco park and the Barrio Logan community. [postscript] You will recall during last October’s playoff game where the Padres were hosting the Dodgers, a drone flew over the stadium and caused a delay. That is a big no-no and makes it tough for drone pilots who abide by very specific guidelines…
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Endeavour Space Shuttle – new home being prepared
The California Science Center is nearing the final phase in building the new home of the Endeavour space shuttle. Located adjacent Figueroa street at the science center campus, the shuttle will be sandwiched between two booster rockets which are already in place. Once completed it will be an iconic site as it will sit upright and show…
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Santa Barbara Day Trip – Amtrak Starlight Route
The day trip included trekking out to the historic Stearn Pier/Wharf
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The Famous Hollywood Sign Turns 100
These are a few shots from the drone capturing the famous Hollywood sign and includes lake Hollywood.
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TOS ’23 Drone Footage
This is some raw (unedited) drone (aerial) footage shot showcasing the 18th annual Taste of Soul (TOS) which was on October 21, 2023 in South Los Angeles. The event has morphed in popularity as the event takes over historic Crenshaw Blvd. (known as the current Black business street) from Stocker Blvd. and goes north to…
