perspectives Photo Gallery: Singapore from Above Alumnus Yves Dehouck, ’10 (AXP-9), combines his lifelong love of aviation with his photography hobby to produce stunning aerial images. A native of Belgium, Dehouck now lives in Australia and has taken drone photographs on all five continents. Click forward to explore some of his photographs of his former hometown of Singapore, and read more about Dehouck in Flights of Fancy.
perspectives Flights of Fancy Twice a month, Yves Dehouck, ’10 (AXP-9), lugs a two-pound mass of finely tuned propellers, circuitry, and a lens out to a plot of land near his home and sends it off into the heavens. Well, not heavens. As an enthusiastic amateur drone photographer, Dehouck is well aware of the safety regulations that come with his chosen hobby. The rule, he said, is “if you fly the drone, you should be able to see it.” So he aims for the sweet spot: low enough to keep out of trouble, but high enough to capture the sweeping vistas of the world below. It’s a pastime he discovered by way of a lifelong fascination with aviation. Born and raised a stone’s throw from Koksijde Air Base in Belgium, Dehouck grew up wanting to fly helicopters. However, as a young child, Dehouck wore glasses, which was a no-go if you wanted to fly. He thought his dream of becoming an aviator had already crashed and burned.