Aviation Photography Blogs

By Kev Baxter

It was not just the friends of Jean-Baptiste Salis who had a passion for aviation.  Kev Baxter reports from the recent Ian Allan Aviation Tour to France, where the wrecks and relics may have been crusty and weather-beaten, but the allure of Gallic aviation kept them young, sprightly a...

By Aled Phillips

Clifton Cameras Quarterly Tech Round-up Q2 2025

A slower Q2 for 2025 after a bumper start with lots of exciting releases in quick succession as the new year came into effect.

I’m pleased to say I’ve managed to get hands on with a lot of the list from Q1, and some standout favouri...

By Dave Lockwood

With this years Spotters Day being such a success it couldn’t get any better could it? With some
trepidation we moved to the Mountains of the Peloponnese in search of low flying aircraft.

Whilst the first week of the exercise proved to be fruitful, the second hadn’t with a combinat...

By Dave Lockwood

Returning to Andravida for a third Iniochos Spotters Day, I spent the week nervously looking at the
weather forecast. The previous two trips had involved Saharan dust, a thunderstorm and a mighty
deluge, that I’m surprised I still haven’t dried out from.

Packing wet weather gear for...

By Wayne Kenward

Using Your Synology NAS with Lightroom Classic – Part 4

If you haven’t already done it, sign up to the COAP Academy,  Rich and Tom will cover the Lightroom catalogue and folder structures. 

Lightroom Catalogue and Images

It is critical the Lightroom catalogue runs on a local dr...

By Wayne Kenward

Accounts, Mobile Apps and Desktop Apps

Synology Account - https://account.synology.com/ Set up an account, you will need this to register you NAS and manage support tickets and subscription or licences.   Also, the NAS and some services need this to work.

Synology Active Insights...

By Wayne Kenward

If you haven’t already ready my blog “Image Storage Guide”, please read it first.

Blog: Image Storage Guide | COAP Online

This blog is a follow on to the “Image Storage Guide” and covers selecting a Synology NAS, connection, configuration and some ideals on how to work with a Syn...

By Hayman Tam

Warbird fans and aviation history fans were undoubtedly aware of the recent final journey of the last great American seaplane, the Martin JRM-3 Mars “Philippine Mars”.  On February 9^th the Philippine Mars touched down safely in San Francisco Bay after a 4.5 hr flight from British Colu...

By Aled Phillips

Well, what a start to the year it’s been! Seems as though as soon as the January blues had set in, the photo market exploded with lots of exciting new products to get our inspiration whirring and our wallets shivering in fear! 

Sony

Sony announced their FE 400-800mm f6.3-8 G OSS ...

By Keiran Wilkinson

Ever wished you could travel back in time and photograph iconic aircraft in their prime? COAP Wings makes that dream a reality. I recently attended their Lightning Preservation Group shoot at Bruntingthorpe, featuring the mighty English Electric Lightnings expertly preserved. Le...

By Kev Baxter

The song rang in full voice throughout the Bar at the RAF Leuchars’, predictably well-oiled, Happy Hour, “Give to me your hand Fraulein, your lily-white hand Fraulein, for tonight we fly against England; England, England’s island shores, island shores, island shores…” and then somethi...

By Wayne Kenward

One big issue of shooting air to air, and in some instances ground to air, is giving you subject room to fly.  The image below is so typical of an air-to-air shot, the horizon isn’t level due to the banking if the photo ship and as the aircraft is so close, you had to shoot wide an...