Aviation Photography Blogs

By Wayne Kenward

By Kevin Paterson

There is no escaping the fact life is busier now than it has ever been, and this can really impact on time to get out for an aviation fix or spend some time in the radio shack listening to the wires sing.

Opportunities come and go in an instant and there is nothing worse than sit...

By Jason Gore

The Swiss are still on the horizon...

Tuesday definitely gets the Seal of approval. I took a trip out to Donna Nook, one of the UK weapons ranges. But nothing was flying, I could see the gunnery targets on the beach a couple of miles away. But speaking to one of the locals, the range...

By Jason Gore

With a week off and holiday to use (what house-renovation?) I decided a week in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire was on the cards.

Basing around Lincoln, I made Waddington my first stop. Time to see the Reds on work up at their ‘new’ home.

The plan for the whole week of #RelentlessPursuit...

By Tom Dalt

I think we’ll all agree that aviation photography is a unique niche that combines passion, precision, and, of course, the right tools and techniques. One critical aspect of the post-processing workflow is choosing the appropriate file type to save and export your images. Whether you’re ...

By Bradley Rogers

Join me as I start an edit from scratch! We all love to edit, it's such a creative release, so let's do this one together with a welcome walkthrough of one of my edits!

Here's a screen-record of a Bruntingthorpe Lightning edit, where I talk you through my process from approaching...

By Jack Bird

Let me start off by saying this isn’t entirely my idea I have adapted it from a Photographer called Jared Polin on YouTube. The idea took a bit of adjusting to work in a museum/airshow setting but it’s now something that guides my photography no matter the location event or subject. Th...

By Rich Cooper

Rich Cooper jumps on the UK Airshow Review Podcast for an extensive interview. Rich discusses his life long enthusiasm for aviation, the span of his career and all about Centre of Aviation Photography, including this COAP Online platform!

Rich gives the full back story of how The Ce...

By Jack Bird

On the 29th of May 2021, as the aviation community readied itself for the return of airshows to the UK post covid, the RAF Typhoon Display Team unveiled what would become known as Blackjack!

ZJ914, Blackjack’s tail number, started its life on 9 Squadron based at RAF Lossimouth. 9 Squa...

By Jason Cross

RAF Scampton was an RAF base with a long and illustrious history. It began life as a Royal Flying Corps landing ground called Brattleby as long ago as 1916. It then became dormant until the 1930s when it was reactivated and subsequently became a base for RAF bombers. The most famous ...

By Dan Eley

My only day free for aviation and photography for a few weeks approached, as always, I wanted to plan in advance what I wanted to achieve with this trip. I keep a close eye on all the forums and groups for any movements and at this stage not a huge amount was happening and I was still y...

By Kris Christiaens

Because fast fighter jets and helicopters often fly at far distances from the public, as an aviation
photographer I very often use super-tele-zoom lenses. Despite the fact that I also often use
prime lenses, my personal preference is still for supertele-zoom lenses since it gives ...