This undated photo provided by David Fisher and taken by a camera mounted on remote-controlled mini-drone shows the waters and marsh off Jekyll Island, Ga.SAVANNAH, Ga. – Promotional images that capture sweeping, aerial views of Jekyll Island’s main resort and unspoiled beaches were captured by a photographer and his remote-controlled assistant – a minidrone carrying a mounted camera.
Atlanta-based photographer David Fisher bought his battery-powered drone — which flies using four small propellers that act like helicopter rotors — several months ago and now packs it among the photo gear he takes on visits to Jekyll Island, where Fisher and his wife have a vacation home.
Using a joystick to control the drone and a monitor that displays the view from the camera lens, Fisher has shot flyover video of the Jekyll Island Club resort that once was a private getaway for wealthy American industrialists, a secluded beach with waves lapping at driftwood on the sand and crowds gathered to watch veterinarians from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center return one of their giant reptile patients to the ocean.
As he’s done with many still photos in the past, the photographer gave the aerial footage for free to the Jekyll Island Authority, which manages the state-owned island park.
Jones Hooks, the authority’s executive director, said he couldn’t ask for better images to help promote the island.