tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15311519675423170202012-02-16T02:54:00.890-08:00by Sam Lafoca - "The Aerial Photographer"<br><br> If a picture is truly worth a thousand words, then a picture a day for one year is worth 365,000 words. New images daily, from my Airborne Studio, flying somewhere between your roof-top and 1000' over the City of Angels...(well not all Angels) <br><br> Check back daily to see new aerial photos of the city you love, or like, maybe dis-like... <br><br> After flying above LA since 1993, I finally realized, its time to share !Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531151967542317020.post-50749946801630829232008-10-14T09:40:00.000-07:002008-10-14T09:47:10.094-07:00<p align="center"><a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=Breaking%20News&amp;skipno=0&amp;currentIndex=2"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257051350258122002" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SPTMWZoffRI/AAAAAAAAAE8/RJCZ3NPf80k/s400/Fire-Night.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong>PORTER RANCH FIRE</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Nightime Aerial photograph of the Porter Ranch Fire</span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">October 14, 2008</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1531151967542317020-5074994680163082923?l=samlafoca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531151967542317020.post-9763558865773535362008-10-02T18:34:00.000-07:002008-10-02T18:44:39.269-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Day 6.....Side Trip (I know it's not L.A.)<br /><br /><br /><br />Today's Aerial photograph is from a "side trip", muti-million dollar <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252736686934747346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SOV4L8NoaNI/AAAAAAAAAEs/YJVi9pcEGmw/s400/cORONA-DEL-MAR.jpg" border="0" />estates of Corona del Mar.<br /><br /><br />Corona del Mar ranges along a bluff at the south end of Newport Beach.</strong></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1531151967542317020-976355886577353536?l=samlafoca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531151967542317020.post-61115333418634914772008-10-01T19:18:00.001-07:002008-10-01T19:24:59.593-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SOQwxWiIsPI/AAAAAAAAAEc/l-3agjhuiug/s1600-h/LA-WHAT%27S-GOIN-ON.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252376689841320178" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SOQwxWiIsPI/AAAAAAAAAEc/l-3agjhuiug/s400/LA-WHAT%27S-GOIN-ON.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Day 5</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>While we were hard at work, flying over Downtown Los Angeles ... What's Goin On...down below ?</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">This aerial photograph of Los Angeles shows a coulpe having a quiet moment in a roof-top swimming pool in Downtown Los Angeles.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1531151967542317020-6111533341863491477?l=samlafoca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531151967542317020.post-15990028132845353262008-09-30T14:53:00.000-07:002008-09-30T16:03:18.668-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;">Day 4</span><br /><a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=Signature%20Prints&amp;skipno=7&amp;currentIndex=1"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251936675394856050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SOKglI_BpHI/AAAAAAAAAEU/9GnbU8UInc4/s400/Clear-day-LA.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;">This aerial photograph of Downtown Los Angeles was taken from about 500' above the ground. Notice the detail of the smaller buidlings in the foreground of the Hi-Rises.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1531151967542317020-1599002813284535326?l=samlafoca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531151967542317020.post-69275033142247862662008-09-29T16:27:00.000-07:002008-09-29T16:33:51.820-07:00<a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=Signature%20Prints&amp;skipno=0&amp;currentIndex=7"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251590149619716130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SOFlar4GECI/AAAAAAAAAEE/KaBcCydv7BI/s400/Fox-News-helicopter-flat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Day 3</strong></span></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Today's 1000 word shot: Air to Air shot of the Fox 11 News Helicopter flying over the Hollywood Reservoir. Awesome sunrise and cloudy skies today.</span></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1531151967542317020-6927503314224786266?l=samlafoca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531151967542317020.post-57348389742576056752008-09-28T06:29:00.000-07:002008-09-28T07:57:04.813-07:00<a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=Signature%20Prints&amp;skipno=0&amp;currentIndex=6"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251086051055585234" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SN-a8SYtR9I/AAAAAAAAAD4/leAYTrtCZto/s400/Grafittti-Copter-20x30-sign.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=LA%20Lifestyle&amp;skipno=0&amp;currentIndex=7"></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Hey check that out...looks like a fun place to land a helicopter, so we did. This is a "secret" place in the Santa Monica Mountains.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">(click on images to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=LA%20Lifestyle&amp;skipno=7&amp;currentIndex=5"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251067033966782482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SN-JpWNaqBI/AAAAAAAAADw/XdPl83lGl-w/s320/_20080505_186DSC_5264-graff.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1531151967542317020-5734838974257605675?l=samlafoca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531151967542317020.post-49830174076236562902008-09-27T21:12:00.000-07:002008-09-27T21:12:53.702-07:00Search from thousands of stock aerial images, and photography of Los Angeeles and Southern California<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1531151967542317020-4983017407623656290?l=samlafoca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531151967542317020.post-17315177686625616462008-09-27T21:07:00.000-07:002008-09-27T21:09:49.842-07:00You can learn even more about my Aerial Photography and Hi-Def Aerial Video Services.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1531151967542317020-1731517768662561646?l=samlafoca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531151967542317020.post-14389182915380298772008-09-27T19:23:00.000-07:002008-09-28T07:30:19.381-07:00<div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Recently I was hired to capture views for the new Ritz Carlton at LA Live in Downtown Los Angeles. The assignment included daytime and nighttime photography from the un<a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=Signature%20Prints&amp;skipno=0&amp;currentIndex=2"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250895745498521410" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SN7t3C8Mn0I/AAAAAAAAAB8/9EmqszQZxWs/s320/DSC_1324-revised.copyjpg.jpg" border="0" /></a>finshed floors, between Floors 22 and 26. Plus, aerial views from the Penthouse level, both day and night. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">My favorite part of the assignment was the challange of nighttime aerial photography, low-light, long exposure from a moving / vibrating helicopter..</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">The challenge was on...</span> </strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE FULL SIZE</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=Signature%20Prints&amp;skipno=0&amp;currentIndex=3"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250903467125331874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SN704gPfV6I/AAAAAAAAACU/IDcQRGCYVcY/s320/Sam_Lafoca_A1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=Signature%20Prints&amp;skipno=0&amp;currentIndex=4"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250903711805248146" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__LSHNnFvTuo/SN71GvvukpI/AAAAAAAAACc/QoJApOLuVFo/s320/Sam_Lafoca_A3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><strong><p><br /></strong><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.theaerialphotographer.com/gallery.html?gallery=A%20Night%20Above%20LA">Nighttime Aerial Photography</a>,</strong> What Fun..I Love It !</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">PS: Thanks to Van for the assignment and Alex for putting the helicopter where I needed it.</span></div><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1531151967542317020-1438918291538029877?l=samlafoca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Lafoca - the Aerial Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235504887681088392noreply@blogger.com1