We have heard many times from people who have received our aerial boat photographs as gifts that they are some of the best gifts they have ever received. These pictures make great gifts for Captains, crew and boat owners and their families!

What does your boat mean to you? Is it adventure, excitement, serenity, time with your family, fishing, cruising? Chances are the memories of time spent on your boat will last a lifetime. Nothing captures these memories better than a photograph taken by Joseph Melanson, whether an aerial or taken from the water.

Joseph Melanson has twenty years' experience as a professional aerial and nautical photographer. Whether taking pictures of the Tall Ships for the Coast Guard or photographing individual yachts, he is recognized as a leader in marine photography. His more than 7,000 hours in airplanes and helicopters make him your best choice for aerial nautical pictures.

But there's more to taking a great nautical photograph than experience with a camera. Joseph Melanson has been boating since age 3. The fishing, diving, and cruising he has done throughout New England, Florida, and the Bahamas give him the special instincts to capture the perfect nautical image.

We offer helicopter-to-boat photography and boat-to-boat photography. Among the services we offer are:

Portraits of you and your family enjoying time together on your vessel. Photography of fishing tournaments, sail and power races, and club regattas. Individual custom yacht photography.

We take all our photographs with 2" x 3" inch and medium format negatives for superb clarity and sharpness. Your enlargements are custom hand printed and painstakingly color corrected in our own lab. Our customers are astounded at the extreme detail and brilliant colors of our photographs. The pictures you view on our website do not reflect the extraordinary color and sharpness of the actual aerial photographs.

We also have an extensive gallery of aerial photographs of places where the water meets the land. Lighthouses, the Caribbean, Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Florida, Cape Cod, harbors, even Tall Ships can be viewed at the Aerials Only Gallery. For hours and directions to our Wareham gallery, click here.

We will be taking pictures in the New England area on certain days from April through October. If you would like to be notified prior to a shoot so that you may position your boat for a photo session, click here.

Event directors -- are you organizing a poker run, fishing tournament, club cruise or regatta, sailboat race? If you would be interested in having us take pictures of your event, contact Joseph R. Melanson at 508-295-5551 or joseph@skypic.com.