Blog
Welcome to the Horizon Imaging blog! This page will be updated every few weeks with news, case studies about current projects, details of new services and with the odd nuggets of advice thrown in here and there for good measure.
Click on a blog post heading or the ‘Read More’ text to read a particular blog post. You can also find exclusive behind-the-scenes imagery from many of our shoots on our social media platforms! You can find the links to these below.
Horizon Imaging was recently commissioned to photograph a beautiful converted 13th Century barn in the village of Ickleton, near Cambridge. The barn, together with one of the neighbouring 'modern barns', is now being used by medical technology company...
As the number of people looking to offer commercial aerial photography services using drones (or "small unmanned surveillance aircraft" to give them their official CAA title) continues to rise, I often get asked what regulations operators have to follow....
Horizon Imaging was recently commissioned to produce an introductory video for the commercial troubleshooting company, Executive Commercial.
Just like the introductory video on our homepage, the video had to be short, concise, and professionally fil...
Aerial Photography using unmanned model helicopters or 'drones' is becoming the next big differentiator in marketing campaigns, and with a growing number of companies offering these low-altitude Aerial Photography services, how do you know who to choose?...
Climate change is happening, there is very little doubt about that these days. However, whilst governments and industry are trying to do their bit to reduce the effects, it is just as much the responsibility of small business owners – and the general...
Horizon Imaging recently contacted the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) to see if they would be interested in featuring an article about the fascinating developments in aerial photography using unmanned aerial platforms over the last 10 years, and how...
A sneak peak at Horizon Imaging's latest aerial photography platform, the eight-rotored 'Octocopter'
As part of Horizon Imaging's commitment to only using the best technology for capturing our aerial photographs, we have recently invested in a brand new aerial photography platform, the 'Octocopter'. Compared to our current 'Hexacopter', this platform...
Horizon Imaging's telescopic mast provides critical imagery to settle a storm-damage insurance claim
Horizon Imaging was recently commissioned to take some aerial photographs of a roof in Worthing, West Sussex to help settle an insurance claim for a water leak believed to have been caused by storm damage. The only problem was that the roof was hidden...
Horizon Imaging has worked on several projects over the years where our aerial photographs have been used as the backdrop to computer-generated models of buildings – something unheard of before the advent of powerful 3D modelling software. In every instance,...
The art of taking photographs does not end after you have pressed the shutter button – it has only just begun!
Just like in the film-developing darkroom where you could dodge and burn areas of photographs to preserve or enhance details – or even sup...
Horizon Imaging was recently commissioned to capture a set of aerial photographs of the wedding marquees at Coverwood Lakes in Ewhurst, Surrey. These are set up once a month during the summer, and boast an idyllic lake-side location surrounded on all...
With the proliferation of ready-to-fly aerial photography platforms coming onto the market these days, it is easy to think that taking aerial photographs is just a question of buying an aerial photography platform and sending it up into the sky. Whilst...