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August 14th, 2022

Cargo ship arriving at the port in Jacksonville, FL on the St. Johns River.

October 24th, 2021

Rocky Shoreline Along Florida’s Palm Coast

On the east coast of Florida between Flagler Beach and St. Augustine is an area unlike any other beach in Florida. To capture this unique landscape I was only flying the drone about eight feet above the rocks even though it appears we’re looking down from a high altitude.

October 23rd, 2021

Cinnamon Beach

This is an aerial photograph of a beach on Florida’s east coast south of St. Augustine. The reason the beach got it’s name is obvious and the green water accentuates the color of the sand.

October 18th, 2021

Abstract Chassahowitzka River


It doesn’t take long to get disoriented in places like this and I rarely have cell reception in areas this remote, so, I always have my trusty Garmin GPS watch and my hand held unit with SOS.


This is the Chassahowitzka River near the point it enters the Gulf of Mexico. Getting to this spot in my canoe was a bit tricky, as you can imagine. I flew the drone close to 400 feet for this shot.



On the way back up the main river I got to spend 10 minutes in the middle of a pod of playful dolphin giving me a show. A group of 8 or so swam around and under me and were jumping like they thought they worked at Sea World.

October 18th, 2021

Fields of Dreams

To get all six fields at Soldiers Creek Park into one aerial shot requires an altitude of about 1,400 feet. Problem. The legal limit I can fly a drone is 400 feet. So, you’re probably asking yourself, “why in the world would Charles take a chance on losing his FAA license just to get this shot?” Not so fast my friends. Personally I can’t believe any of you would suspect that I would ever break a rule, but anyway, I didn’t.

To get this shot I flew my drone to the maximum legal altitude of 400 feet, which basically gave me a view of the building in the center out to the home plates. Next, I took a series of 9 separate photos to get everything I needed and then those images were composited into one single photo in Photoshop.

October 18th, 2021

The Heart and Arteries of Orlando

This shot proved to be a bigger problem than I anticipated. I had used Google Earth to find what seemed to be the best angle on downtown Orlando so I could find the best spot to launch the drone. Unfortunately there is a construction zone in that spot and lets just say it’s also on the side of those railroad tracks you see that your mom told you to stay away from.

My idea was to get something a bit different than the typical downtown skyline photo. I wanted to show a bit more scope of the area as well as the new maze of bridges that are finally nearing completion. After several moves and test flights I decided on this spot and I think it worked out well.