What IS IT that you DO?
You need some help doing it - not that you need any - but still?
I live on the other side of the world and enjoy taking images of aircraft. They're hard to catch. It happened only twice that i got special access to anything while on an airshow - it was great. I thik i forgot to take pictures
Thanks! It's funny, I have all kinds of people tell me they'd carry my equipment, do anything necessary just to be there. My wife just laughs because she knows what it's like to be around me when I'm on the hunt. I walk/run miles schlepping whatever is necessary plus double back-ups, I don't eat for fear of missing "The Shot". I don't relax until I hit the shower at the hotel and then my 57 year old airframe begins to tell me what an idiot I've been all day. But, I get the shots.
I'm sure shooting in your country has it's unique challenges. For now we enjoy great freedoms in this wonderful country.
JW
Edited by JWilsonphoto on Sep 04, 2007 at 06:20 PM GMT
Sometimes you just gotta get upside down!! This is especially challenging to shoot because you want to at least slow the prop but you've got to track the aircraft exactly or it will blur. These airplanes have roll rates approaching 720 degrees per second if you really crank them around. A side note, you have to have tremendous trust in the skill of both your pilot and especially the subject aircraft's pilot. This gentleman is the best of the best, he's used to putting F-15's through their paces. If we get our seminar plan together, you'll meet him, maybe even fly with him!
JW
Edited by JWilsonphoto on Jan 27, 2007 at 06:13 PM GMT
Edited by JWilsonphoto on Sep 04, 2007 at 06:21 PM GMT
While it's usually preferable, you don't have to always show the whole aircraft. By the way, the blur you see here, both in the background and on the fuselage is intentional to enhance the feeling of acceleration. (Didn't want you guys to think I was slipping!)
Edited by JWilsonphoto on Sep 04, 2007 at 06:22 PM GMT
Another consideration in putting a seminar together is finding out how many attendees have a goal of making money with their cameras and how many just want to learn to capture jaw-dropping images for the pure satisfaction of doing it.
I would like to do both. I would also attend both if offered. You would probably need to offer the Jaw dropping one first then the money making one. Need to be able to catch their attention before they will buy.
