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Above Us
ABOVE US
Photographer Thomas Hall uses the latest drone technology to execute one of the oldest, most fundamental principles of photography—put your camera at the best location for the shoot
Kansas Capitol
Photograph by Thomas Hall
Hall grew up in central Kansas, going to a small school in Goessel (near Newton). He took his first photographs there as part of a 4-H program, but he never did any photography beyond hobby shots until he got his first drone, a Yuneec Typhoon H, in December 2016. The Yuneec was touted for its ability to avoid obstacles, but somehow obstacles found a way.
Thomas Hall flies one of his drones in central Topeka.
Photograph by Bill Stephens
“It crashed more than eight times in the year that I had it,” Hall says. Soon, however, things took off after that first year of bumpy rides. In the fall of 2017, Hall was one of ten successful grant applicants through a program sponsored by Washburn University and the Kansas Department of Commerce.
Kansas Capitol
Photograph by Thomas Hall
“The key for me has been practice,” Hall says. “You imagine something you want to do, and then you research how to do it, and then you take what you learn and put it into play.”
