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Curtis Waltz Named HP Aerial Photographer of the Year
23 March 2017
Aerial Photographer of the Year. Waltz (r) receives the award from PAPA President Stan Macbean.
At its annual conference Saturday, the Professional Aerial Photographers Association has announced that Curtis Waltz has won the association's HP Aerial Photographer of the Year award.
Waltz was cited for his recent aerial photography and aerial video work on the 2015 Netflix Documentary, Making a Murderer. He shoots with a Nikon D810 and a variety of lenses suited to daytime aerials, night imagery and architectural work.
A commercial pilot, Waltz soloed an airplane before earning his driver's license and has experimented with photography longer than that. He founded Aerialscapes Inc. in 2002 and provides commercial aerial photography services to clients throughout the Chicago and Milwaukee region as well as nationally.
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During the conference PAPA sponsored a charity auction of 70 aerial photographs, all of which were printed by HP on its DesignJet Z6800. The more than $8,000 in proceeds from the online auction will be donated to the Noreen Macbean Children's Center in Honduras.
For more information see the news release below.
HP Aerial Photographer of the Year goes to Curtis Waltz
Curtis Waltz is the HP Aerial Photographer of the Year, an annual prize awarded to a member of the Professional Aerial Photographers Association who has demonstrated an outstanding achievement, continuous excellence in aerial photography or dedicated service to the organization.
The award was announced at the annual PAPA conference on Saturday, March 18, in San Francisco. This year, PAPA also sponsored a charity auction of 70 aerial photographs from the annual competition which were printed by HP as a donation on the HP DesignJet Z6800 Photo Production Printer.
The more than $8,000 in proceeds from the online auction will be donated to the Noreen Macbean Children's Center in Honduras. The prints included 12 24" x 36" aluminum mounted prints, 50 24" x 36" paper prints and seven 60" x 120" banners.
Waltz was cited for his recent aerial photography and aerial video work on the 2015 Netflix Documentary, Making a Murderer. He shoots with a Nikon D810 and a variety of lenses suited to daytime aerials, night imagery and architectural work.
Curtis Waltz soloed an airplane at 16 (before earning his driver's license) and has experimented with photography longer than that. He founded Aerialscapes Inc. in 2002 and provides commercial aerial photography services to clients throughout the Chicago and Milwaukee region as well as nationally. He is a commercial pilot, owns a retractible-gear Cessna Cardinal and frequently charters helicopters for work over Chicago, in the busy O'Hare airspace and for special projects.