JWilsonphoto wrote:
How did you like shooting from the Skyvan Douglas? How many photographers did they pack in with you. I've looked into renting one for a shoot, they go for around $3,000 to $3500 an hour. That is a bit less than a B25, but the perspectives are a little more limited from the Skyvan. Skyvans are quite a bit less likely to have mechanical problems though.
We had 10 photographers, 3 crew members from Aviation Photocrew, plus the pilot. The seating arrangement was:
1+1 (sitting at the edge of the open bay, not sure what the correct phase is), usually one of these two is a crew member
1+1+1 (second row from the bay door, sitting on the floor)
1+1+1 (third row from the bay door, sitting on bench)
The rest were assigned to benches by the windows, we could move around from window to window if not interfering others. And we could shoot behind the third row from the bay door when the planes were flying behind the photoship, but it can be challenging at times because the shooting angle is much narrower, like shooting through a tunnel and sometimes the heads/arms of folks in the first 3 rows may get in the way.
In the Tuesday morning flight I was assigned to the right side of the 2nd row, I got the middle seat in the 3rd row in the afternoon flight. For Thursday I was assigned to sit by the windows in both morning and afternoon flight. The window seats offered better angles for side profile when the planes were flying on the side of our photoship, but you are shooting through windows. The photoship pilot coordinated with the "showing" pilots so they flew on both sides of the photoship (not the same time) so those sitting by the windows on both sides could have equal opportunity to shoot. Again, it was a bit challenging for those assigned to the windows to shoot through 3 rows of other photographers when the planes were flying right behind the photoship, which was most of the time. The photoship also flew the Germany and Sweden for other shoots but I didn't go with them. I was for the Denmark shoots only. Getting to shoot the F-35s alone was more than worth the trip.
I wish I had the $$$$ to do this a couple times a year. Maybe I should get a job with them.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
How did you like shooting from the Skyvan Douglas? How many photographers did they pack in with you. I've looked into renting one for a shoot, they go for around $3,000 to $3500 an hour. That is a bit less than a B25, but the perspectives are a little more limited from the Skyvan. Skyvans are quite a bit less likely to have mechanical problems though.
We had 10 photographers, 3 crew members from Aviation Photocrew, plus the pilot. The seating arrangement was:
1+1 (sitting at the edge of the open bay, not sure what the correct phase is), usually one of these two is a crew member
1+1+1 (second row from the bay door, sitting on the floor)
1+1+1 (third row from the bay door, sitting on bench)
The rest were assigned to benches by the windows, we could move around from window to window if not interfering others. And we could shoot behind the third row from the bay door when the planes were flying behind the photoship, but it can be challenging at times because the shooting angle is much narrower, like shooting through a tunnel and sometimes the heads/arms of folks in the first 3 rows may get in the way.
In the Tuesday morning flight I was assigned to the right side of the 2nd row, I got the middle seat in the 3rd row in the afternoon flight. For Thursday I was assigned to sit by the windows in both morning and afternoon flight. The window seats offered better angles for side profile when the planes were flying on the side of our photoship, but you are shooting through windows. The photoship pilot coordinated with the "showing" pilots so they flew on both sides of the photoship (not the same time) so those sat by the windows on both sides could have equal opportunity to shoot. Again, it was a bit challenging for those assigned to the windows to shoot through 3 rows of other photographers when the planes were flying right behind the photoship, which was most of the time. The photoship also flew the Germany and Sweden for other shoots but I didn't go with them. I was for the Denmark shoots only. Getting to shoot the F-35s alone was more than worth the trip.
I wish I had the $$$$ to do this a couple times a year. Maybe I should get a job with them.
Jun 19, 2024 at 09:53 AM
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