Aerial Photos
I grew up on a dairy farm in the mid-west. I have many wonderful memories of that simple and honest way of life. So often in our busy day to day life it is hard to keep memories of different stages of our lives alive. Some of my most prized possessions are the aerial photos that were taken of our family farm. Throughout the years that my parents owned the farm several aerial photos were taken. My parents did not always have the money to purchase more than one copy, but we have now been able to make copies for each member of the family. The use of aerial photography has been around since airplanes. Many of the crop dusters had a sideline of taking photographers up to get the different aerial pictures. It is amazing to see how maturing trees and adding or tearing down buildings change the appearance of the aerial photos.
Due to my early exposure to aerial photos I have always had an interest in them. I find that the aerial photos that are used in reporting news stories are my favorite to look at. I think that aerial photos capture events in a much more powerful way than still photos taken at ground level. Many of the photographs taken from airplanes during natural disasters or times of war give the impact of actually being at the sight. The still aerial photos have a greater impact for me than video footage because when you are looking at the photographs you do not have the reporter talking or the images moving.
I was pleased to find that there are historical sites that archive thousands of aerial photos in a wide variety of topics. Many local historical societies have hundreds of aerial photos that people have donated through the years. By contacting the historical society near our family farm I was able to find several early aerial photos that were taken prior to my parents owning the farm. I also found some recent aerial photos that were taken since they have sold it. We are arranging the aerial photos along with other pictures taken throughout the years to do a complete pictorial history of the farm. We are going to use this to surprise my parents for their 50th wedding anniversary.
Aerial photos are a wonderful way to remember events that impact your life. Whether it is from major news events that have occurred or watching the landscape change in your neighborhood, they are a wonderful way to mark the passing of time.
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