(WPBN/WGTU) — Northern Michigan has a lot of beautiful places and if you’ve lived here a while, you’ve probably seen a lot of it.

But maybe not quite in the same way that Tyler Leipprandt has.

But soon you will be able to without even leaving your home.

Most coffee table book release announcements don’t happen from the back of a military aircraft.

But, most photographers aren’t quite like Tyler Leipprandt.

“Ever since the very beginning, it’s kind of like I wanted to capture photos that people haven’t even thought about before,” Leipprandt said.

He has an eye for beauty, the ability to capture it, and the creative drive to do so in a way that no one else has.

“You know, just being very creative, thinking outside the box and just showcasing something that they haven’t seen from that perspective,” Leipprandt said.

And often for Tyler, the former school teacher turned photographer, that perspective involves him dangling out of aircrafts to capture moments of history and iconic spots here in Michigan.

“I got invited to go to the top of the Mackinac Bridge. I got to dangle my feet off. And after I did that I call my wife and said, ‘You know, I just dangled off the Mackinac Bridge, most iconic thing in Michigan, what if I dangled over other iconic spots and do a series called Where Would You Dangle?'” Leipprandt said.

“She thought I was crazy,” Leipprandt said.

She may be right, but Tyler’s most famous dangle is arguably his perfectly-timed photo capturing the Rose Bowl fly-over.

“I’m hanging out the helicopter, and at one point I just start hitting the shutter button. Just holding down like ‘I don’t know where it’s at, I don’t want to miss it, So I’m just going to take some pictures of the field.’ And finally, last second, we saw it,” Leipprandt said.

And based on web hits and usage, he estimates about 50 million people saw it, thanks to his months of planning, permission, and passion.

“It’s a huge sense of relief. You know, the pressure involved on that is just incredible on me,” Leipprandt said.

He is the king of capturing the pregame fly-over.

“Last year, the Baltimore Ravens called me for the AFC Championship game,” Leipprandt said.

But Tyler isn’t limited to stadiums and crowds; he captures perspectives around here pretty well too.

“I guess it’s just a creation process. Just every step from thinking and visualizing about what can I shoot next? To actually doing it?” Leipprandt said.

Photos so good that it turns believers into doubters.

“For them to think that it’s photoshopped, I guess I would consider a compliment. Because they haven’t seen something like that before,” Leipprandt said.

Tyler has the proof in his pictures and the stories of the great lengths and heights he goes to get them.

He’s putting the finishing touches on his first real coffee table book; a collection of some of his best work.

While he realizes we have all seen the beauty around us, he knows few of us have seen it quite the way he does.

“I got my hands on a camera and just fell in love with, just creating,” Leipprandt said.

Leipprandt’s book MIconic is available for pre-order right now and is set to be published in August or September.