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I was flying back to Wings Field in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, after completing a series of aerial photography shoots of commercial construction sites in Philadelphia when out the window of the airplane the Philadephia Cricket Club's golf Complex came into view and I thought it would be a fun subject to photograph from the air. I have the pilot begin circling or orbiting the Wissahickon & Militia Hill Golf Course and I began snapping pictures. Quickly I realized that when your capturing aerials of a golf course you are not dealing with one subject but rather a collection of subjects: The Clubhouse, the course layout and most importantly each individual hole on the course. Thats how It started.
Once I'd had time to upload and edit some of the aerials of the golf courses there were three obvious elements that needed to be included in an effective successful aerial photo mission of a golf club. Bear in mind that the Philadelphia Cricket Club is a little bit extraordinary because it has multiple locations including two 18 hole championship golf courses, Wissahickon and Militia Hill, in Flourtown, and the nine hole St. Martin's golf course in Chestnut Hill. The components that jumped out at me as essential to include in capturing the character of the club from the air are:
1) The Clubhouses:
St. Martin's Clubhouse.
Wissahickon & Militia Hill Clubhouse's:
2) Wide angle aerials showing the course layout in relation to the surrounding landscape.
3) Individual aerial photographs looking down each hole with the tees in the foreground and the greens in the background.
The Wissahickon Golf Course 1st - 18th Holes.
The Militia Hill Golf Course.
St. Martin's Golf Course, Chestnut Hill.
What what do you do with these, who do you let people enjoy them?
Every image is available in any size Framed Print, Poster Prints or Stretched Canvas Print through Fine Art America. You can even order greeting cards!
All of these images are included in a full size 12"x12" coffee table book published by Blurb Books. Dr. Michael Hurdzan the designer of the Militia Hill Golg course wrote a foreword for the book which puts the three golf courses in context with each other and the period of golfs evolution in which they were constructed. Additionally Philadelphia Cricket Club Director of Golf, Jim Smith, guides you through a round the Wissahickon and Militia Hill Courses with a description to accompany each aerial of the individual holes.
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