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I.K. Curtis Services, Inc. is the largest, most versatile, and experienced aerial photographic firm serving the Southwest. We pride ourselves in good, old-fashioned value providing gorgeous photography quickly and inexpensively. We have the best cameras in the west according to USGS ratings. Our flight crews have over 100 years of combined experience. We have the most extensive photographic library of southern California taken since 1975. And we don't charge hidden fees like additional cost to own the copywrite for photos taken on flights you paid for.

Basic maps of our digital stock coverage from Spring 2005 can be viewed on-line. To see the current photography, click here. To see coverage from 1999 and on, click here. Call Jesse at 818.842.5127 for coverage before 1999.

Here is what some of our customers have said:

From Mike Rupp, owner and founder of Rupp Aerial Photography, Inc. after completing a 300 photo job. "We received the film here from the last flight. Thanks for turning this around so fast, even with the holiday. My lab guys tell me that your flights are still the best that we receive from outside sources"

From Ron Stollmeyer, Photo Lab and Flight Operations Manager of Stewart Geo Technologies after completing a 2000 shot job. Congratulations are in order to all of your staff involved in completing the project in this timeframe! We are all well aware in this office of the weather and other challenges your crews have been up against during these past weeks and are very impressed by your effort and resolve. A hearty Thank you from our office to your's!

From Linda Tucker, a photogrammetrist with Project Design Consultants after a small mapping job. By the way, the camera that shot our last project is AWESOME! Everyone is very impressed. I was so off the back, I didn't realize that you guys had 2 RC-30's. Both of them are quite excellent.

From Bob Williams, Senior VP of Sanborn Map Company, Inc.

This letter is to express our thanks and appreciation for the job I.K. Curtis Services, Inc. performed on the NAIP projects for us in South Dakota this past summer.

You came through with only a wee's notice and shot over half of the state of South Dakota, more than 6000 photographs.

We initially questioned whether a single engine airplane could handle the rigors of the 60 days of high altitude photography -- but found your crew was actually averaging more exposures per flight day than the other crews with twin engine aircraft.

You crew did an excellent job of mission planning, and displayed a great ability to adjust to weather and other daily changes. they were excellent to work with.

We appreciated the integrity of your company in keeping a crew on the project to the end, about 60 days in all. your company displayed a true team spirit. the project would have not been completed without you support.

The bottom line for us is that the acceptance rate was about 99.75% of the initial exposures. Rest assured that I.K. Curtis Services will be our number one choice for future projects iwth Sanborn. We look forward to working with you again next summer.

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