About Scott Jon Aerial Art
Scott Jon is an internationally awarded fine art aerial photographer based in Western Australia, known for capturing bold, abstract landscapes from the air. His work focuses on salt lakes, remote deserts, rugged coastlines, and industrial sites across Australia and New Zealand. Using helicopters, drones, and fixed-wing aircraft like the Cessna 206, Scott documents these places with a painterly sense of composition and light.
What sets Scott’s work apart is his ability to find beauty in overlooked or altered places. From the air, familiar terrain becomes unfamiliar, revealing unexpected textures and patterns. Whether flying at 3000 feet in a light aircraft or hovering low over a lakebed with a drone, Scott creates imagery that blurs the line between reality and art.
His fine art prints are collected globally and have been recognised as winners in multiple international landscape photography awards. His images are especially known for transforming sites like tailings ponds and salt flats into thought-provoking artworks that tell stories about the land and how we interact with it.
From the Sky Down
Scott’s aerial journey began not with drones but with the open skies of Western Australia, flying in Cessnas and helicopters to document vast and remote terrain. Over time, drones were introduced as a complementary tool, allowing more flexibility and access at lower altitudes. Together, these platforms form the foundation of his unique visual style.
With more than a decade spent in the air, Scott has built a career on finding stillness, structure, and story from above. His approach is instinctual and refined, drawing on a deep understanding of light, topography, and timing. Each image is more than a scene — it’s a moment of perspective.
Workshops, Custom Tours, and Seminars
Scott shares his knowledge and process through aerial photography workshops across Western Australia and New Zealand. These immersive experiences are designed to help photographers master aerial composition, camera technique, and environmental awareness, whether shooting from a plane or with a drone.
He also offers private, custom photography tours for individuals or small groups. These can cater to beginners just getting started or seasoned pros who simply want access to the best locations without the logistics. Each tour is built around the participant’s needs, ensuring an efficient, relaxed, and creatively inspiring experience.
Scott regularly presents at public seminars and creative events, offering insight into his editing workflow, artistic philosophy, and field strategies. These sessions are packed with practical advice and behind-the-scenes stories from his aerial assignments.
More Than Just Photography
At the heart of Scott’s work is a love for showing people a different perspective — not just visually, but emotionally. His images focus less on grand, dramatic gestures and more on subtle geometry, abstract form, and natural rhythm.
He believes in the power of photography to reshape how we engage with place. A salt lake becomes a canvas. A mining site becomes a question. A cloud shadow over red earth becomes a fleeting sculpture of light. These are the quiet moments Scott lives for.
Through Scott Jon Aerial Art, he invites viewers to see the extraordinary in the everyday and to explore the possibilities of flight, creativity, and connection.
What Others Say
Here are a few words from photographers and collectors who’ve worked with Scott or purchased his prints:
“5 stars all the way around for Scott Jon. One print from the website gallery and one special request from his Instagram. Exceptional artistry and print quality on both. Can’t wait to have them framed.”
-Sean Quesada★★★★★
“I purchased a work of Scott’s some months back now and it never fails to capture my gaze as I find something new in it every day!
The quality of print and framing is A1and the care Scott took even to the point of personally hanging it for me was Awesome.
The only issue I have is he keeps designing more and more outstanding pieces and I have nowhere to hang them!
P.S. He’s a great bloke as well.”
-Jeff butler★★★★★
“Scott was excellent to deal with. I had my heart set on Mr Penguin for a long time and Scott brought my dream to a reality. I walk past this picture every day and it brings me so much joy.”
-Kerry McLeod★★★★★
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Aerial Art in Motion: The Journey Behind the Lens
Photography is more than just capturing what’s in front of you—it’s about seeing the unseen, translating the landscape into art, and revealing patterns that often go unnoticed. Every flight I take, every frame I compose, is an exploration of light, texture, and movement.
From the expansive salt lakes of Western Australia to the icy peaks of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, my work is rooted in an obsession with perspective. Whether it’s the surreal, painterly swirls of mineral-rich waters or the sharp geometric formations etched into the land, my goal is to elevate the ordinary into something extraordinary.
Each image represents hours of planning, scouting, and working in the air to find the perfect composition. It’s about harnessing the unpredictability of nature—shifting tides, fleeting shadows, and ever-changing weather—to create something truly unique.
For me, aerial photography is not just about documenting landscapes but about storytelling. Each image invites you to experience these places from above, to step into a world that exists beyond the limits of the horizon
The View from Above
Aerial photography is not just about getting a camera in the air. It is about understanding how light, movement, and perspective work together to create something unique. Some landscapes look chaotic from the ground, but from above, patterns start to emerge. Shapes, textures, and colors all come together in ways that you would never expect.
Every flight is different. Weather, light, and conditions constantly change, and you have to adapt on the fly. There is no second take. If you miss the shot, it is gone. That is what makes it exciting. It is about reading the scene, anticipating what is coming, and capturing something that makes people stop and look twice.
For me, it is not just about taking pretty pictures. It is about seeing familiar places in a completely new way. Turning landscapes into something more, something unexpected.
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