GOING TO BE DOPE. >> OUR THANKS TO WIL FOR >> OUR THANKS TO WIL FOR BRINGING US THAT FROM WATCHING BRINGING US THAT FROM WATCHING PLANES. PLANES. THE KIDS BEING SPOTTED BY DELTA THE KIDS BEING SPOTTED BY DELTA AND UNITED FOR HIS AND UNITED FOR HIS STUNNING PHOTOS OF STUNNING PHOTOS OF THEIR AIRCRAFT'S COLLEGE THEIR AIRCRAFT'S COLLEGE STUDENT, RYAN PATTERSON HAS STUDENT, RYAN PATTERSON HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY, OFTEN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY, OFTEN HANGING OUT OF A HELICOPTER. HANGING OUT OF A HELICOPTER. HE'S ABLE TO CAPTURE UNIQUE HE'S ABLE TO CAPTURE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. PERSPECTIVE. FLYING ABOVE AIRPLANE SECONDS FLYING ABOVE AIRPLANE SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF. AFTER TAKEOFF. ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS HIS STORY THERE. HIS STORY THERE. PHOTOS OF PLANES TAKEN FROM PHOTOS OF PLANES TAKEN FROM ANGLES WE RARELY SEE AND ARE IN ANGLES WE RARELY SEE AND ARE IN HIGH DEMAND. HIGH DEMAND. >> THE PHOTOGRAPHER, >> THE PHOTOGRAPHER, RYAN PATTERSON, CHARGING UP RYAN PATTERSON, CHARGING UP TO 10,000 DOLLARS FOR A SINGLE TO 10,000 DOLLARS FOR A SINGLE PICTURE. PICTURE. >> BUT ON LAND AND IN >> BUT ON LAND AND IN THE WATER, THE TWENTY THE WATER, THE TWENTY THREE YEAR OLD IS A COLLEGE THREE YEAR OLD IS A COLLEGE STUDENT AND A TOP SWIMMER. STUDENT AND A TOP SWIMMER. WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE OLYMPIC WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE OLYMPIC TRIALS. TRIALS. AND HE JUST HAPPENS TO BE AND HE JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY SOUGHT ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY SOUGHT OUT AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHERS IN OUT AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE INDUSTRY AS A KID IN THE INDUSTRY AS A KID IN THE BAY AREA. THE BAY AREA. RYAN AND HIS DAD WOULD GO TO RYAN AND HIS DAD WOULD GO TO THE AIRPORT AND WATCH THE AIRPORT AND WATCH THE PLANES TAKE OFF AND LAND. THE PLANES TAKE OFF AND LAND. >> I GREW UP IN SAN FRANCISCO >> I GREW UP IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WE WENT TO BAYFRONT PARK, AND WE WENT TO BAYFRONT PARK, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF SUNDAYS YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF SUNDAYS A MONTH MAYBE. A MONTH MAYBE. AND WE WOULD WATCH THE UNITED AND WE WOULD WATCH THE UNITED 747 TAKE OFF AND LAND AND WE 747 TAKE OFF AND LAND AND WE WOULDN'T ALWAYS EVEN BE TAKING WOULDN'T ALWAYS EVEN BE TAKING PICTURES. PICTURES. WE WOULD WE WOULD JUST BE THERE WE WOULD WE WOULD JUST BE THERE ENJOYING THE AIR, TAKING IT ENJOYING THE AIR, TAKING IT ALL. ALL. JUST TAKING IT ALL IN. JUST TAKING IT ALL IN. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH, EXACTLY. JUST WATCHING THE AIRPLANES, JUST WATCHING THE AIRPLANES, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT I LOVED. WHICH IS REALLY WHAT I LOVED. >> INSPIRED BY AERIAL PHOTOS >> INSPIRED BY AERIAL PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, RYAN AND HIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, RYAN AND HIS DAD CHARTERED A HELICOPTER DAD CHARTERED A HELICOPTER TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE PLANES IN TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE PLANES IN L.A. WE WENT TO LAX BACK IN L.A. WE WENT TO LAX BACK IN 2016 SUMMER OF 2016, AND WE 2016 SUMMER OF 2016, AND WE ENDED UP DOING A HELICOPTER ENDED UP DOING A HELICOPTER OVER LAX. OVER LAX. AND I FELL IN LOVE. AND I FELL IN LOVE. I CHANGED EVERYTHING, CHANGED I CHANGED EVERYTHING, CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR THE PHOTOS TAKEN EVERYTHING FOR THE PHOTOS TAKEN TOP DOWN, CAPTURING TOP DOWN, CAPTURING THE ATTENTION OF THE AIRLINE THE ATTENTION OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY. INDUSTRY. >> NO ONE HAD EVER DONE THIS >> NO ONE HAD EVER DONE THIS BEFORE. BEFORE. AND I JUST WANTED A NEW ANGLE, AND I JUST WANTED A NEW ANGLE, SOMETHING THAT LOOKED SOMETHING THAT LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER PHOTOS THAT EVEN THE OTHER PHOTOS THAT EVEN I HAD TOOK PREVIOUSLY IN I HAD TOOK PREVIOUSLY IN THE HELICOPTER WHEN RYAN WAS THE HELICOPTER WHEN RYAN WAS ONLY EIGHTEEN, HE WAS ONLY EIGHTEEN, HE WAS APPROACHED BY UNITED AIRLINES APPROACHED BY UNITED AIRLINES ASKING IF THEY COULD USE HIS ASKING IF THEY COULD USE HIS PHOTOS TO ANNOUNCE PHOTOS TO ANNOUNCE THE RETIREMENT OF THE 747. THE RETIREMENT OF THE 747. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A PINCH ME MOMENT SINCE I'D A PINCH ME MOMENT SINCE I'D GROWN UP WATCHING THESE GROWN UP WATCHING THESE AIRPLANES FLY OUT OF BAYFRONT AIRPLANES FLY OUT OF BAYFRONT PARK. PARK. >> THAT'S WHERE I STARTED >> THAT'S WHERE I STARTED TAKING PHOTOS, HIS PHOTOS, TAKING PHOTOS, HIS PHOTOS, TAKING OFF RYAN , GAINING TAKING OFF RYAN , GAINING A FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. A FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT IN TWENTY , TWENTY COVID BUT IN TWENTY , TWENTY COVID HIT WITH AVIATION COMING TO A HIT WITH AVIATION COMING TO A STANDSTILL. STANDSTILL. BUT FOR RYAN , THAT WAS ANOTHER BUT FOR RYAN , THAT WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, TAKING PHOTOS OF OPPORTUNITY, TAKING PHOTOS OF EMPTY PLANES LINED UP IN EMPTY PLANES LINED UP IN STORAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT STORAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME, THEY WERE HARDY THE TIME, THEY WERE HARDY IMAGES TO LOOK AT, REALLY HARD IMAGES TO LOOK AT, REALLY HARD IMAGES TO LOOK AT. IMAGES TO LOOK AT. BUT I KNEW THEY WERE A PART OF BUT I KNEW THEY WERE A PART OF HISTORY THAT I WANTED TO BE HISTORY THAT I WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED. REMEMBERED. I WANTED THE IMPACTS OF COVID I WANTED THE IMPACTS OF COVID TO BE REMEMBERED. TO BE REMEMBERED. SO THAT WE WOULD NEVER LET SO THAT WE WOULD NEVER LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. AGAIN. >> HIS PHOTOS PUBLISHED AROUND >> HIS PHOTOS PUBLISHED AROUND THE WORLD WHEN HE'S NOT THE WORLD WHEN HE'S NOT ON ASSIGNMENT. ON ASSIGNMENT. RYAN IS A COLLEGE STUDENT AT RYAN IS A COLLEGE STUDENT AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND A NATIONALLY RANKED SWIMMER AND A NATIONALLY RANKED SWIMMER COMPETING AT THE OLYMPIC COMPETING AT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS. TRIALS. BACK IN 2020 ONE , BACK IN 2020 ONE , RYAN GRADUATES IN JUNE, BUT RYAN GRADUATES IN JUNE, BUT HE'S ALREADY STARTED AT DELTA HE'S ALREADY STARTED AT DELTA AIRLINES AS A GRADUATE INTERN AIRLINES AS A GRADUATE INTERN ON THE AIRPORT CUSTOMER SERVICE ON THE AIRPORT CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAM. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAM. I KNOW I'M LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY IN I KNOW I'M LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY IN MY LIFE. MY LIFE. I WOULD LOVE. I WOULD LOVE. MY DREAM IS TO GO INTO MY DREAM IS TO GO INTO THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AND HIS THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AND HIS MESSAGE FOR OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE. MESSAGE FOR OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE. >> IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE IF >> IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE IF YOU CAN PUT THE WORK BEHIND IT, YOU CAN PUT THE WORK BEHIND IT, IF YOU CAN PLAN IT OUT. IF YOU CAN PLAN IT OUT. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM IS TO HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM BEHIND YOU , CHASE YOUR DREAMS, BEHIND YOU , CHASE YOUR DREAMS, NEVER GIVE UP ON THEM BECAUSE