http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/ Welcome to my site. I hope you enjoy the photos in my galleries. And now, for a little bit about myself: It all got started in the summer 1987, when I had one of those life altering revelations that changed my life forever. A work related accident left me unable to do the work I've been doing for the last 25 years in construction. It was time to start over. I never would have dreamed of what was about to happen. One day while I was doing my physical-vocational rehab, trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life, I noticed an ad in a magazine for a new business start up doing 'Aerial Photography' from the Ground. That certainly got my attention. After reading the article, I was hooked. I called the company for more info. They sent a brochure with all the information about this unique start up business system, using a tethered helium filled mini-blimp with the camera mounted under the blimp. After doing a lot of research to see if I could handle it, I knew that this is what I wanted to do the rest of my life. I purchased the system not knowing the first thing about photography. The learning curve was incredible. After I finally got the hang of how to operate the system, going to networking meetings and doing a little Gorilla Marketing and most of all, reading a lot of Photography Books. There was absolutely no books to read about Aerial Photography from a tethered balloon. I started out doing speculation shoots which worked out pretty good. I got to meet a lot of people an talked about what I was doing. It was better than free advertising. People started to call me for assignments. Word of Mouth advertising is still the best. As luck would have it, I had to put it on hold for awhile. I just didn't have enough time to devote to it, I had other priorities that demanded my attention. I had to retire from that, now I just take photos when I can or when I go on field trips with some members of a camera club that I belong to. Hopefully this summer, I'll be able to go up in a plane and do what I love to do, take Aerial Photos. That's about it for now..... http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:51:24 -0700 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:04:42 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Trains/SiteSeeing-Train/Waterville-Train-Station/555435175_NDRg8-Ti.jpg http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/ http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Joeys-big-days/9088645_vMCck <p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com">JoeOuellette</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Joeys-big-days/9088645_vMCck">The Graduate</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Joeys-big-days/9088645_vMCck" title="The Graduate"><img src="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Joeys-big-days/1011491/605393202_Djrbi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The Graduate" title="The Graduate" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Events Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:04:42 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JoeOuellette) http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Joeys-big-days/9088645_vMCck http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Elizabeth-Park/8622485_mAJ6F <p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com">JoeOuellette</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Elizabeth-Park/8622485_mAJ6F">Elizabeth Park</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Elizabeth-Park/8622485_mAJ6F" title="Elizabeth Park"><img src="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Elizabeth-Park/1011441/568867653_kyZQq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Elizabeth Park" title="Elizabeth Park" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:44:50 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JoeOuellette) http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Elizabeth-Park/8622485_mAJ6F http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Camera-Club-Field-Trip/8593557_w44ZS <p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com">JoeOuellette</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Camera-Club-Field-Trip/8593557_w44ZS">Camera Club Field Trip</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Camera-Club-Field-Trip/8593557_w44ZS" title="Camera Club Field Trip"><img src="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Camera-Club-Field-Trip/1001121/566571874_YqqYp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Camera Club Field Trip" title="Camera Club Field Trip" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Events Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:53:58 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JoeOuellette) http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Events/Camera-Club-Field-Trip/8593557_w44ZS http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Trains/SiteSeeing-Train/7829047_Jq2VF <p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com">JoeOuellette</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Trains/SiteSeeing-Train/7829047_Jq2VF">SiteSeeing Train</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Trains/SiteSeeing-Train/7829047_Jq2VF" title="SiteSeeing Train"><img src="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Trains/SiteSeeing-Train/scan0014/507124311_XkRs2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="SiteSeeing Train" title="SiteSeeing Train" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Trains Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:41:23 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JoeOuellette) http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Trains/SiteSeeing-Train/7829047_Jq2VF http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Rocky-and-Family/8050844_TyhsP <p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com">JoeOuellette</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Rocky-and-Family/8050844_TyhsP">Visiting Squirrels</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Rocky-and-Family/8050844_TyhsP" title="Visiting Squirrels"><img src="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Rocky-and-Family/0000004/524326731_Dx4jF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Visiting Squirrels" title="Visiting Squirrels" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:46:15 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JoeOuellette) http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Animals/Rocky-and-Family/8050844_TyhsP http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Weather/Double-Rainbow/7804805_ZrAv5 <p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com">JoeOuellette</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Weather/Double-Rainbow/7804805_ZrAv5">Double Rainbow</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Weather/Double-Rainbow/7804805_ZrAv5" title="Double Rainbow"><img src="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Weather/Double-Rainbow/1000847/505246707_oiJF7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Double Rainbow" title="Double Rainbow" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Weather Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:06:56 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JoeOuellette) http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/Weather/Double-Rainbow/7804805_ZrAv5 http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/History/Cross-of-Holy-Land-USA-1/7779769_n9ga6 <p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com">JoeOuellette</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/History/Cross-of-Holy-Land-USA-1/7779769_n9ga6">Cross of Holy Land U.S.A.</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/History/Cross-of-Holy-Land-USA-1/7779769_n9ga6" title="Cross of Holy Land U.S.A."><img src="http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/History/Cross-of-Holy-Land-USA-1/scan0006/503598749_CZJaD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cross of Holy Land U.S.A." title="Cross of Holy Land U.S.A." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> History Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:53:40 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JoeOuellette) http://joeouellette.smugmug.com/History/Cross-of-Holy-Land-USA-1/7779769_n9ga6