"This is the first aerial image I have ever snapped that I was truly proud of. I photographed this location back in 2016 with a DJI Phantom 3 Pro, which may be considered by some as āvintageā in the timeline of drones.
I had heard about a man who converted a retired Boeing 727 airplane into a home out in the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. Nowadays the airplane home is known by manyā¦ And most photographers who have drones have probably gone and tried to photograph it themselves. However, this was a different story back in 2016.
Not many photographers had drones as they were expensive, heavy, and clunky. Traveling with them was not ideal and snapping aerials with a drone was still a relatively new medium of photography. Luckily, the first camera I ever owned (other than a phone camera) was my Phantom.
I set out on a road trip from Vancouver, Canada to Oregon in search of this plane tucked away in the woods. A lot of photographers I knew at the time were searching for it, but none of them had actually managed to find it. I think I had seen it shared on Instagram once before, but as a video and not a photograph. I drove around the general area where I had heard it was built, but the forest was dense and I couldnāt find the infamous plane.
Just when I had almost given up I setup my drone and flew it straight up to have a look around. To my surprise, the plane was just up ahead tucked away in the woods in front of me. I was blown away that I had actually found it.
After sharing this photo, it quickly became my first āviralā image. Since the home was not well known by the public yet people thought I had discovered a plane crash and it truly became an internet sensation.
It has been reshared, stolen and replicated a countless amount of timesā¦ So many times that Iāve even been accused of photographing an āunoriginalā composition. Little do the ones accusing know is that I was one of the first photographers to actually photograph and share the airplane home with a drone."
