Aerial 51 Photography

10/26/2020

Based on a Santa Fe tradition of burning ‘Old Man Gloom’ during fiestas. Not affiliated with official Zozobra. F**k Trump!

04/27/2016

08/12/2015

Aerial photography project by Steve Fitch, using UAV aircraft flown by Aerial 51. Heavy lift Tarot quadcopter with a 28-megapixel camera.

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Homegrown Murals includes a series of recent images made as part of Steve Fitch's long term exploration of the cultural and vernacular landscape of the American Southwest and High Plains regions. The photographs show a number of rural “homegrown” murals, hand-painted by local citizens throughout the…

03/10/2015

See a ton of our aerial footage in the latest episode of the History Channel show 'UFOs Declassified'! This is the first and only aerial video ever captured at the exact site of the 1946 UFO crash. We were bombarded by 40mph winds the entire day, but still got the shots!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2imlp1

Military secrets, little grey men, spacecraft debris - 'Roswell' is perhaps the most famous UFO incident of all time. This controversial event is probed here.

11/08/2014

One mile continuous shot Sandia Crest Scenic Byway.

09/09/2014

Quadcopter footage by Aerial 51 pilots Luke Fitch and Stevz Matthew Isaiah...

The 90th annual Burning of Zozobra ('Old Man Gloom') in Santa Fe, NM. August 90th, 2014. From Wikipedia: "Zozobra is a giant marionette effigy that is built ...

08/17/2014

What an epic week of flying! We shot aerials of organic farming, electric cars, and vintage 1928 Indian motorcycles. Plus an underwater shoot with the re-lensed GoPro… the highlight was probably shattering our distance record by covering 6,400 feet, in a continuous shot of three pretty girls driving a Ford Futura convertible down a mountain road...

08/12/2014

Driving at Aspen Vista, Summer 2014

08/01/2014

Wow, a TON of our aerial footage made it into the trailer for the Xbox documentary Atari: Game Over. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaWAyHIqok

Watch the trailer for “Atari: Game Over,” the untold story of the 80’s tech giant and its fateful launch of E.T., the video game. Coming this fall to Xbox.

07/20/2014

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Check out this sweet video on the Fantase Domefest, with a perspective from above provided by Aerial 51!

FantaSe Dome Fest Promo

07/19/2014

Shooting aerials for Santa Fe Bandstand - and check out the snazzy new shirts!

07/17/2014

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Back when we still did things the hard way...

From our shoot in 2006, when we still did aerials the hard (yet totally awesome) way. 'Black Gold 2051' Produced by The 512 Collective/Altitude FX www.altitu...