What Camera Gear Should You Pack for the Air Show?

What Camera Gear Should You Pack for the Air Show?

6 Important Considerations To Make Your Day Enjoyable Knowing what photography equipment to take to an air show makes a huge difference. Sure, you will more than likely get all the shots you want by taking several bodies, five or six lenses, a flash or two, and every...
10 Tips For Surviving As Air Show Photographer

10 Tips For Surviving As Air Show Photographer

It’s air show season again. All across North America, the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, Snow Birds, Black Diamond Jet Team, and hundreds of other flight demonstration teams will be taking to the air to delight the crowds below. If you are like me, you love...
Use Good Titles and Keywords When Posting Images on Flickr

Use Good Titles and Keywords When Posting Images on Flickr

Janet Wilson over at Lucasville Legends contacted me earlier this month after seeing some of my photos on Flickr of the Lucas Oil Pitts biplane flown by Michael Wiskus. She was interested in using some of those photos in her upcoming children’s book. After looking...
2011 Rockford AirFest: Photographic Airshow finally complete

2011 Rockford AirFest: Photographic Airshow finally complete

Well it took me exactly two weeks to get all of my airshow photos edited and the post-production work done, but the photographic airshow is now ready over at Flickr. Out of the 1400 images, I narrowed it down to 62 that I liked. Here’s a link to a few of my favorite...
2011 Rockford AirFest: Great Show and Lots of Photos

2011 Rockford AirFest: Great Show and Lots of Photos

The 2011 Rockford AirFest was held the first weekend in June. This year’s theme was “Celebrating 100 Years of Naval Aviation” A subject near and dear to my heart. Unfortunately, due to a little incident, the Blue Angels had to cancel and go into a safety stand-down....