B&H Prospectives: Aerial Photography | Vincent Laforet

Legendary photographer Vincent Laforet sits down with us to share his thoughts on aerial photography, and what he's learned along the way. Through the years, Laforet has been at the forefront of commercial photography, and his daring aerial work is the subject of his new book, AIR.

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[alisaremi]

Amazing and beautiful; really enjoyed watching it

[nathanielfoo]

That was really inspiring. Thanks Vincent Laforet

[MikeJamesMedia]

Excellent. I'd be interested in seeing a longer "Event Space"-style talk on the details. (especially the details of ISO and exposure) Gorgeous photos!

[LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

He is great, we shoot with helicopters since 1996 Industrial videos This man sets the bar quite high when it comes to ariel photography Thanks B & H for all the excellent content

[Narsuitus]

Thanks for a very useful video.

It has been decades since I had to do aerial photography. When I did, I usually carried two medium format bodies or two small format bodies. Each body mounted with a different lens in order to avoid changing lenses.

I never did night aerial photography. If I had to do so today, based on information obtained from this video, I would probably take one of the following three-lens setups:
24mm f/2, 50mm f/1.4, and 135mm f/2 on Nikon F mount SLRs
28mm f/2, 50mm f/1.4, and 135mm f/2 on Nikon F mount SLRs
21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.4, and 90mm f/2 on Leica M mount rangefinders
16mm f/1.4, 23mm f/1.4, and 56mm f/1.2 on Fuji X digital mirrorless

[Gueph]

Awesome video! Loved it and loved the awesome use of all the lenses mentioned. 👌👌👌

[Spawnever]

What is it he uses under his camera to stabilize it? a gyro?

[branislavpetkovic]

Amazing!!!

Btw what camera has been used for the interview part?

[agnorpettersen]

Love this vid! Fantastic view! I also wanna do the same! :-) I also consider the holy prime line up :-) Just do own the 24, 50 and 100 mm at the more affordable end of the price range. 14, 24 and 35 next :-)