Horizon Imaging's Director, David Hogg, to give talk on Drones at 'The Photography Show' on 24th March

Posted on 6th March 2015 at 09:00

On Tuesday 24th March at 3pm, Horizon Imaging's Director, David Hogg, will be giving a 40-minute talk entitled 'Drone Aerial Photography: A Revolution in Elevated Imagery' at 'The Photography Show' at the NEC in Birmingham, UK. He will be discussing how Drones are revolutionising the way we see our world and what regulations have to be followed in order to operate them safely and for commercial gain.

Horizon Imaging perform the final test flights of their new 'Octocopter' aerial photography platform

Posted on 5th March 2015 at 09:00

This is just a quick note to say we are in the final stages of flight testing our new 'Octocopter' aerial photography platform before it enters full-time service later this month. As discussed in our previous blog post, compared to our current platforms the Octocopter will fly for longer, be more resilient to windy conditions, carry a 3-axis (previously 2-axis) fully-stabilised camera gimbal and open the door to dual-crew operation where one person flies the platform and another controls the camera, allowing us to fly more complex aerial filming manoeuvres.

Horizon Imaging provides elevated views of 'The Avenue' Housing Development in Saffron Walden, Essex

Posted on 3rd March 2015 at 09:00

Horizon Imaging was recently commissioned to photograph a new housing development in Saffron Walden, Essex, called 'The Avenue'. The housing development covers approximately 3 acres of land and includes 76 new homes, 25% of which are dedicated as affordable housing. In order to capture a variety of unique viewpoints of the development and to show how it fits in with the surrounding landscape, we used both our Drone and Mast photography platforms.

Horizon Imaging shares some examples of recent photography work from the Property Industry

Posted on 23rd February 2015 at 09:00

Horizon Imaging has been providing property photography packages to Estate Agents across the South East of the UK since April 2014, and our work has been highly praised by Estate Agents such as Jackson-Stops & Staff, Knight Frank, Hamptons International and Barton Wyatt

Horizon Imaging explains the process of Exposure Fusion to improve dymanic range in Architectural Photography

Posted on 13th February 2015 at 09:00

The human eye is quite remarkable in its ability to capture detail in both the very dark and very bright areas of a scene at the same time (this is known as a scene with a 'High Dynamic Range'). However, you will probably have noticed that digital cameras aren't nearly as good as the human eye in this respect. For example, a single photograph taken inside a house will almost always fail to capture sufficient detail in both the interior of the room and the view out of the windows. Or a brilliant sunset might look incredible to the naked eye – full of rich reds, oranges and yellows – but to a digital camera it just looks like an amorphous white blob!

Horizon Imaging offers advice on hiring a drone service provider in the Surrey Chambers of Commerce magazine

Posted on 4th February 2015 at 09:00

After recently becoming a member of the Surrey Chambers of Commerce, Horizon Imaging wrote the following short article for their Chamber magazine alerting fellow members to the need to be vigilant when hiring a drone service provider for the first time.

Horizon Imaging shares two Architectural & Drone Aerial Photography case studies from the Marketing Industry

Posted on 26th January 2015 at 09:00

By far the most popular application for drones is taking aerial photographs for the marketing industry. Whether you are trying to sell a new property, advertise a hotel that enjoys a particularly spectacular location, or a school which has expansive grounds that cannot be fully appreciated from ground level – drone aerial photography is the way forward.

The auditorium at the Christian Science Church in Godalming, Surrey

Horizon Imaging shares two Drone Aerial Photography case studies from the Construction Industry

Posted on 15th January 2015 at 09:00

Horizon Imaging has been involved in a wide range of fascinating projects since we started operating in 2007. Two of these projects are now featured in their own case studies which are accessible using the links below. These are sneak peaks of further content which will be coming to the Horizon Imaging website in the coming weeks – links to these case studies are currently nowhere else on this site, so you saw them here first!

David Hogg from Horizon Imaging wishes you all a happy and peaceful Christmas, and a great start to the New Year

Posted on 24th December 2014 at 09:00

This is just a brief note to wish all of our website visitors a wonderful Christmas break! The cartoon on the right is by the terrific cartoonist Joe Heller and pretty much sums up the popularity of drones at the tail end of 2014 – you can't go anywhere without seeing

reference to them now! Who knows what will be flying around this time next year ...

All the best for now and see you in 2015!

Horizon Imaging provides a set of panoramic elevated images to simulate views from a potential new home

Posted on 12th December 2014 at 09:00

Horizon Imaging was recently commissioned to take a set of panoramic aerial photographs to simulate the views from a proposed new house in St George's Hill in Weybridge, Surrey.

As the required photographs had to be taken from an exact height (as calculated by the architect of the new property), our telescopic mast was used instead of the drone. The mast is able to support the camera at a perfectly fixed point in space, allowing panoramic photographs to be captured with no changes in perspective between the photographs.

Horizon Imaging interviewed by Sky News about the report of a near-miss with a drone at Heathrow

Posted on 9th December 2014 at 09:00

Horizon Imaging was recently interviewed as an industry expert by Sky News following the release of a report by the UK Civil Aviation Authority detailing a near-miss between a drone and a passenger airliner in July 2014. The report is particularly concerning in the run up to Christmas where drones are tipped to be one of the most popular presents.

Horizon Imaging provides a set of aerial photographs to support a planning application in West Sussex

Posted on 2nd December 2014 at 09:00

Horizon Imaging was recently commissioned to take a set of aerial photographs to support a planning application covering the refurbishment of a charming set of farm buildings near the beautiful town of Petworth in West Sussex.

Due to the size and nature of the site, our aerial photography drone was used to capture a range of different photographs of the collection of buildings, from a wide variety of heights and positions.

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