Gary McCall

freelance aerial mapping @ Hexagon Geosystems

About

AIRCRAFT Aerial mapping photography across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Using large format cameras & LiDar installed in aircraft and helicopters. Capturing for over 4000 hours in 25 countries over the past 13 years. DRONE Licensed and insured commercial drone operator UK & Ireland. Film, photographic, mapping (2D & 3D mapping) Capturing 5.2k RAW Cinema DNG with a variety of lenses for cine look. LENS Commercial photography specialising in landscape, surf and aerial imagery. Print and online media, advertising. Frame and prints available through galleries .

Country

City

Industry

airlines/aviation

Skill

aerial photography, lidar, gps, surveying, remote sensing, travel photography, photography, aerial surveys, microsoft excel, nikon, surfing, travel, meteorology, inertial navigation, gps navigation, geospatial data, geodesy, airports, gnss, projection mapping, general aviation, weather forecasting, geomatics, gis

Experience

airborne photo sensor operator

getmapping

2017-8 - 2017-11 · 4 mos

Planning and operation of high altitude mapping flights using Ultracam Eagle installed in Piper Cheyenne

freelance aerial mapping

freelance aerial mapping , drone operator and photographer

gmc photography

2010-1 - Present · 16 yrs 9 mos

aerial data acquisition

fugro

2014-1 - 2014-12 · 1 yr

* Management, maintenance, installations, operation and training on large and medium format camera systems with integrated GNSS + INS systems. Leica, Vexcel Ultracam, Phase One & Zeiss cameras. * Flight planning & airspace coordination for projects throughout Europe and post processing of imagery and GPS/IMU data. * Riegl & Flimap LiDAR system operations.

volunteer photographer - nepal rural aid project

volunteer aid nepal

2013-11 - 2013-12 · 2 mos

Working as a volunteer, photographing and profiling 50 rural homestays and the lifestyles in 10 villages around Pokhara in the Kaski district of Nepal as part of a rural tourism project. http://garymccall.smugmug.com/Nepal-Rural-village-photograph

freelance airborne survey engineer - fugro geospatial

fugro

2012-3 - 2013-10 · 1 yr 8 mos

* Responsibilities * Installation, mobilisation and maintenance of large format gyro stabilised aerial camera systems * Inflight operation of large format digital cameras for high and low level photogrammetric surveys in various twin engine piston and turbine aircraft. * Inflight operation of LIDAR sensors in helicopter and various twin engine piston aircraft * Daily detailed meteorological analysis for flying and photography conditions * Logistical planning and coordination of missions in the field with air traffic control and military * Quality control of imagery and GPS data on site * System maintenance and problem solving * Training new operators in the principles of photogrammetry and airborne operations * Dealing with the frequent challenges of relocation of system and crew to various locations across Europe at short notice * Experience * Extensive experience with small, medium and large format analog and digital cameras * Ultracam XP, Eagle, Leica RC series, Zeiss and DMC cameras and Regil & Flimap LiDAR * CCNS, Trackair, Z/I flight management software * IGI & Applanix IMU

aerial mapping photographer

bks surveys

2005-2 - 2010-3 · 5 yrs 2 mos

* Aerial camera operations on projects throughout Europe and Africa using large format RC30 film and Zeiss DMC digital cameras. * Creating flight plans and obtaining appropriate airspace clearances. * Large format laboratory C41 processing and RA4 printing. * Large format scanning and archiving of data sets. * Georeferencing areas for flight planning in geodetic datums

image archivist and photoshop tutor

belfast exposed

2001-6 - 2002-3 · 10 mos

Digitising a large collection of historical images taken during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Guiding new students through basic photoshop tutorials