Vintage Me, Vintage You - Old Aerial Cover

Here's a little known fact about me.  I had an aerial photography business for a short period of time in Las Vegas.  It was awesome.  We photographed construction job sites mostly, but I took advantage of every opportunity I had in the air to make something I loved.  I recently had some hard drives crash and thought that I had lost all of those images.  Well tonight I unearthed some of those photographs and I'm pretty excited about that.  Unfortunately they are all relatively small jpeg files, but I'll take what I can get.  At least they aren't lost forever.  I'll be sharing some of my favorites in the coming weeks.

On an older version of my website I used to change the cover of the page every month or so.  I typically would do some kind of graphic design work that was often inspired by a moment in my daily life.  A lot of those covers revolved around Scout, or something she did.  But I happened to find this one.  It gives a good look at the types of things I would focus on from the helicopter.  Looking for graphical elements in the desert floor or cityscape.  I love things to fit in little boxes in an image.  I love very strong lines, almost  Piet Mondrian-esque.  He was a master of compartmentalization in his art work.  That's what I call it anyways.  Strong grid like creations.  I would consider him the father of web design to tell you the truth.  His work is amazing.

I am not Piet Mondrian, but I can find inspiration in what he did.  It was very direct and unapologetic.  I love that.  Anyways here is that cover I was talking about.  I'll share more covers and more aerial work soon.  Enjoy!