JKJackson Konur

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Aerial Photography: from a hobby at 13 to 80+ licensed shots

I got a DJI Mavic 2 Pro in 2019, when I was 13, and have been shooting ever since. By around 2021 I had a library of shots from my travels, so I started listing them on stock sites. They've now sold more than 80 licenses, and the same skills led to freelance commercial work.

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80+
Licenses sold
2
Marketplaces: Pond5 & Shutterstock
Travel
& tourism sites using my footage
Freelance
Commercial work
Aerial view of a green alpine ridge rising to a rocky peak under white clouds in Colorado
Rocky Mountains, Colorado
Waves breaking over granite boulders along the coast near San Francisco
Rocky coastline, San Francisco
Sun setting behind layered mountain ridges
Sunset over the ridges, California
Red work boat moored in a harbor below wooded hills in Costa Rica
Harbor, Costa Rica
Forested hillside with homes and winding roads in late light
Forested hillside, South Dakota
Destrehan High School football stadium and track seen from above
Destrehan High School (client shoot)
Sunset over a calm bay with a marina and dark headland
Sunset over the bay, Costa Rica

What I did

  1. Started flying at 13 (2019). Learned to fly and shoot with a DJI Mavic 2 Pro, capturing aerial photo and video wherever I traveled, from Colorado to Costa Rica.
  2. Built a library. Over the next couple of years I collected a large set of shots across several states and countries.
  3. Put it to work (around 2021). Listed the content on Pond5 and Shutterstock and sold more than 80 licenses.
  4. Found repeat use. My footage has been licensed for use on many travel and tourism websites.
  5. Took on clients. Shot commercial aerial content as a freelance contractor, including a stadium shoot for Destrehan High School.

What it taught me