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Don Ramey Logan

I am a professional digital media and documentary producer and an international architectural and aerial photographer. My work has focused particularly on aviation, sailing and yachting, architecture, travel, cultural sites, and documentary photography.

I am also a licensed private pilot, with single-engine and multi-engine aircraft qualifications, as well as a commercial UAV certified operator. Aviation has played an important role in my photographic work, allowing me to combine technical knowledge of aircraft and flight operations with aerial photography.

A substantial portion of my photographic and video archive is available through Wikimedia Commons, where I contribute media for educational and encyclopedic use. My archive includes aviation and aerospace, aerial photography, sailing and yacht racing, Newport Beach and Southern California, architecture, historical events, cultural sites, and international travel.

Here on the English Wikipedia, I primarily contribute to subjects involving aviation, aerial photography, sailing, yachting, architecture, and places I have photographed extensively, including Newport Beach, California, Southern California, Washington, D.C., New York City, Thailand, Japan, Norway, and other international destinations.

My approach to photography is not simply to illustrate a subject, but to document it — combining access, technical understanding, longevity, and documentation to create photographs and video that may remain useful as historical and encyclopedic records.



Selected photography

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The photographs below are a selected cross-section of my work rather than a complete portfolio. They emphasize several recurring elements of my photography: access, technical understanding, longevity, and documentation.

Access and historic moments

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Aviation and aerospace

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Sailing and the sea

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Aerial photography

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Architecture, culture and travel

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Documentary range and continuity

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A selection of photographs that have received Featured Picture or Picture of the Day recognition on Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects:


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I also contribute documentary, aviation, sailing, travel, aerial, and time-lapse video to Wikimedia Commons.


Wikimedia contributions

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My contributions to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons are concentrated primarily in areas where I have first-hand technical knowledge or a substantial photographic archive.

These include:

  • Aviation and aerospace
  • Aerial photography
  • Sailing, yacht racing and yachting
  • Newport Beach and Southern California
  • Architecture
  • Cultural and historic sites
  • International travel photography
  • Documentary photography and video
  • Wikimedia video and motion media

Useful links:

If you have a question about one of my photographs or videos, please leave a message on my Commons talk page.

About me

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A Cattleya from my collection

Outside Wikimedia, my interests include aviation, sailing and yachting, photography, documentary production, horticulture, cycling, and diving.

I cultivate orchids, including Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Ludisia, and Zygopetalum, as well as bonsai.

Aviation

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I am a multiengine-rated airplane pilot with decades of aviation experience.
Aviation has been a major part of my photography, travel, and technical interests.


Licensing and reuse

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Most of my media uploaded to Wikimedia Commons is available under the license specified on the individual file description page.

Anyone wishing to reuse a photograph or video should review the license attached to that particular file and the additional information on my:

Attribution and licensing page

I appreciate notification when my work is reused outside Wikimedia, although any reuse rights and attribution requirements are governed by the license associated with the individual file. ```

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