Category: Aerial photography
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The Bee Hive – Los Angeles
The mural in the cover photo was completed in 2022 by BMike Odums and Whitney Alix and depicts young Emmit Till and his mother Mamie Mobley. The Bee Hive is a creative space located in South Los Angeles at 60th Street between Central Avenue & Avalon Street. It is used for a variety of purposes…
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Night shot – Music Center, Gloria Molina Grand Park & City Hall
These aerial shots were captured from my DJI Mavic Air2S drone.
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Fanatics Merch Madness Gear Give-Away supporting Drugs & Crime Free Youth Foundation, hosted by Bryant Temple AME Church
On June 27, 2023 Fanatics sports pulled out all of the merch for a community give-away. Throngs of people showed up in Leimert Park on the corner of 4th Avenue and Vernon. These are a few aerial shots taken by Fred Thomas, III – FAA Certified Drone Pilot
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Los Angeles and the Nation celebrates Juneteenth
Scene shot (DJI Mavic Air2S) northwest showing downtown cityscape.
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Kansas City Trek – The Negro Leagues Museum and other sites
We made this trek needing to nail down a visit to the Negro League Baseball Museum so I could wrap up research for my Cuba trek, which ties the “Negro League presence in Cuba.” We call them treks because we are on very tight budgets so once we arrived we discarded the car rental and…
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Aruhiba Tobacco Farm & Factory
Aruba is the most southern country which is part of the Caribbean. It is located approximately 15 miles north of South America (Venezuela). The population is about 110,000. About twenty years ago Benjamin Petrocchi brought back some tabac seeds from Cuba and started Aruhiba. It is Aruba’s only tabac (cigar) plantation that I know of.…
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MLK Statue at Kenneth Hahn Recreation Park with downtown Los Angeles in background
Another hidden gem while traveling in Los Angeles is the Martin Luther King statue which is located at the Kenneth Hahn recreation area with entry from La Cienega Blvd between Obama Blvd. and Stocker Avenue. It is adjacent Baldwin Hills.
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Good News – I am now a Certified Remote [Drone] Pilot
![Good News – I am now a Certified Remote [Drone] Pilot](https://fredyt3photos.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/faa-rules-and-regulations.jpg)
I am pleased to report I passed the FAA Part 107 small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS/Drone) test. Doing so allows me to legally provide drone services to clients as part of my photography business. Contrary to what you may see on YouTube or from other media, getting certified and passing the test is no joke.…
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Protected: Annastasha & Fredy’s babies gender reveal
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Drone shots (general)
OK, so I’m pretty much set, at least for now. I’m on my 4th Drone because I have finally found a device that meets most of my current needs. THIS WAS FROM MY EARLIER POST So, I’m on my third Drone headed for my 4th! Why? First of all I had none, if any clue…
