The Fantastic Three Forks Flyin
Sunrises on Three Forks Flying captured by Z 8 / Z24-70f2.8The alarm had us on our feet at 02:00. By 02:30 the coffee was in the mugs and along with us, in the truck heading east. We had been forewarned that the weather looked bad for flying and few aircraft were...
Lake Mary Ronan Splashin
G-21 Goose @8s1 captured by Z 8 / Z400f4.5 w/Z1.4xThis past weekend planes were landing at Lake Mary Ronan seaplane base, MT for the third annual splashin. Sharon & I were treated to a grand time. First, when our ride to the splashin, Addison Pemberton & Son's...
Love Ramp Practice Time!
Bellanca 14-13 captured by Z 8 / Z400f4.5 w/Z1.4xSome might think of it as simply panning practice and it is, and a lot more! I've changed up my ground-to-air shooting rig to the Z 8 / Z400f4.5 w/Z1.4x, a smaller and lighter rig. This changes up my panning speed so...
Smoke a Friend?
F-15 Driver captured by Z 9 / 180-400VRSpent a great weekend with my dear friend Chris at the Barksdale AFB airshow. A great airshow featuring our modern military also had many performers who puff smoke. Smoke is used to help those who don't fly a sense of the flight...
Projects Just Take Time
Kermit Week's A-26B Invader 12.27.12 captured by D4 / 24-70f2.8I was working on another project at AeroTrader, Chino, CA airport the same time doing some shooting with Kermit & Paul at Fantasy of Flight, FL. This back in 2010-12. Kermit asked since I was in the...
Spam I Like
Super Cub captured by D4s / 80-400VR2The office phone rang this morning, the iPhone dutifully telling Sharon it was Spam. The I.D. said the call was coming from Helena, our state capitol. Sharon answered it and on the other end was the MT DOT Aeronautics Board telling...
The Vagabond … An Old Classic!
PA-17 Vagabond in the pattern captured by Z 9 / 180-400VRWe plan our arrival for about an hour before sunset. There are always planes in the pattern so once we're on the field, we park behind the hangar and the camera comes out. I couldn't get the Z 9 / 180-400VR out...
It Must Be Fall
Cessna U206F captured by Z 9 / Z400f4.5Not that it's like shooting fish in a barrel, but it sure do seem like it when all the elements fall into place. Lake Hood Aerodrome in Anchorage (PALH) is the busiest seaplane base in the US and as far as I am concerned, the...
Osh Sunrise – Be There!
B-25J "Devil Dog" captured by D4 / 18-35AFS Osh, better known as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh has begun with aircraft flying in as I type. It's just simply the greatest event on so many levels! For the photographer wanting unfettered access to aircraft you'd otherwise never...
Think Inside the Box
Luscombe T8F captured by D5 / 14-24f2.8 w/SB-5000We can bring "life" to our aircraft by visually speaking about those that take them into the skies. Even if there is no pilot, where pilot's apply their skills, the cockpit, is a place most everyone understands is where...