| Aerial photography is broken down into two main | | | | entails taking pictures of an airplane from different |
| types, oblique and vertical configuration. Oblique refers | | | | angles. Of course the photographer is in another |
| to pictures taken the side of an aircraft and vertical | | | | aircraft, since there has to be at least two aircrafts |
| images are taken from directly above the subject | | | | involved in air-to-air photography. This type of |
| being photographed. Vertical aerial photography is | | | | photography is practiced mainly at air shows.Remote |
| normally used in real estate advertising. The process | | | | sensingRemote sensing is used to gather information |
| of taking photographs in the air from an aircraft is | | | | on the environment and other land base features from |
| called aviation photography, as is taking pictures of | | | | a distance, particularly from an aircraft in the sky using |
| aircrafts themselves. The main types of aviation | | | | special equipment to gather and collect data. This |
| photography are:Air-to-air PhotographyThis type of | | | | explanation is one of many, but is best suited to aerial |
| photograph is used most often in advertising and | | | | photographs. |