Geology and Photography

I am currently a student of geology preparing to graduate form university, photography (along with Mountain biking (down hills rather than up them) is my hobby.

Are there many here who are involved with the field of geology and use photography in their work?

Are there any lines of commercial photography where geology is a focus?

I look forward to your comments every one, thanks.

Though I can't say I have any firsthand experience in the field of geology, I'd imagine its relationship with photography is no different than that of many similar sciences. That is to say, photography in such contexts is merely a documentary tool--one that's often used to supplement more specialized forms of data collection and analysis. As far as "commercial photography where geology is a focus" goes, I doubt there's a substantial market for geological images outside of the geology community itself. Then again, I'm not sure if that's even what you mean by your question. I've never seen mention of other geologists on this forum, but hopefully one will surface and provide some valuable insight.

I'd say they might just be something many don't see

http://archive.trivoxp​hoto.com/

Just a quick search turned some nice work.

You might in the course of your profession, find a few thing, some never see.
Great way to document field study.

What a wide field: everything from such as the shots linked to in the thread above through mega and macro structures and (at least) into micro-structures. I think you might be the pioneer in this forum. Look forward to some shots. Am.

At the Fine Conference on Gigapan Imaging a few weeks ago there were some papers presented by geologists. So you might look into it as a tool, but also consider those doing work in the area - if you are planning graduate study then there might be an opening for your research, e.g. do your graduate studies with someone doing work with that technology, or perhaps collaborate on a project. NASA uses it on the Mars Rover, so the research doesn't necessarily have to be terrestrial.

Matthew.Samos wrote in post #11441603
Though I can't say I have any firsthand experience in the field of geology, I'd imagine its relationship with photography is no different than that of many similar sciences. That is to say, photography in such contexts is merely a documentary tool--one that's often used to supplement more specialized forms of data collection and analysis. As far as "commercial photography where geology is a focus" goes, I doubt there's a substantial market for geological images outside of the geology community itself. Then again, I'm not sure if that's even what you mean by your question. I've never seen mention of other geologists on this forum, but hopefully one will surface and provide some valuable insight.

I'm not a geologist but I did some volunteer archaeological photography a number of years ago and I imagine it's somewhat the same. What I did was of a "documentary" nature. The idea was to document the artifacts and where they were found so that other researchers could utilize the images rather than handling the actual artifacts themselves. Also, the images could be used by someone far removed from the actual dig site or the location of the archive, usually through the internet.

Photography is just another tool available to the scientist, just as diving is a tool for the marine biologist...

Plenty of aerial related geology uses I could image.. It can be cheap to get into with balloons and kites. I think my kite aerial photo kit ran me ~$250 all said and done, including a pretty cheap A580 IS camera on ebay.. It's also a lot of fun

Here's an example of salt evaporation ponds..

http://arch.ced.berkel​ey.edu/kap/gallery/gal​198.html

Manix90 wrote in post #11440501
Are there many here who are involved with the field of geology and use photography in their work?

Are there any lines of commercial photography where geology is a focus?

yes, and no.

most of us geologists do our own photography.

several landscape photographers use geology in their photos, but their understanding of the science is often minimal.

if you get into remote sensing, you could do geophysics and other work that constitutes geology (though i would call it geophysics and electrical engineering too).