History of Aerial Photography
There are 4 different types of aerial photography – Oblique; Photographs taken at an angle are called oblique photographs. If they are taken from a low angle relative to the earth's surface, they are called low oblique and photographs taken from a high angle are called high or steep oblique; Vertical; Vertical photographs are taken straight down; Combinations; Aerial photographs are often combined. Depending on their purpose it can be done in several ways – Panorama, Stereo photography techniques, Pictometry, and Photogrammetry; Orthophotos; Vertical photographs are often used to create orthophotos, alternatively known as orthophotomaps, photographs which have been geometrically "corrected" so as to be usable as a map. In other words, an orthophoto is a simulation of a photograph taken from an infinite distance, looking straight down to nadir.
The first aerial photograph was taken in 1858 by Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, from a tethered balloon over the Bievre Valley in France. Those photographs no longer exist. The oldest surviving aerial photograph is this one of Boston, taken by James Wallace Black in 1860, using a tethered balloon. Arthur Batut was the first to successfully attach a timer to a camera (consisting of a lit fuse) and attach the camera to a kite. Here is a picture he took from the air over Labruguiere, France in 1889.
In 1903, Julius Neubronner attached small cameras to homing pigeons, with timers set to take a picture every 30 seconds.
This inspired me to try and create my own aerial model, I wanted to keep it simplistic, so I used a small tin and built the landscape up from there.