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The Art of People Shots technique Jul 02, 2024

By Tom Carlill

Including People in Your Aviation Pictures

I will start with a confession…. I find taking pictures of static aircraft a bit dull.

I know, controversial. Maybe if there is an interesting sky or a good puddle I might be engaged for a few minutes, but that will be about it. What I...

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Making Flat Skies Pop in LR Mobile editing Jul 02, 2024

By Joseph Evans

RAF F-35B Edit Walkthrough - Making Flat Skies Pop!

I’m a regular user of the Lightroom mobile platform. Since they introduced the masking features in October 2021 it has drastically improved my editing capabilities massively.

First of all I start with the corrective parts, enabli...

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Climbing Out of a Rut hot topics Jul 01, 2024

By Dan Eley

Sometimes we all find that moment as we gradually slip into a rut with our aviation photography, whether it be due to life in general, health or just family and work commitments it happens to the best of us.

It’s how we react and pursue our photography during the ruts which differs bet...

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Swiss Action relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Ed Parsons

The first trip of the year,  a quick couple of days at Payerne Air Base between Lausanne and Bern,  home to  17 and 18 Squadrons of the Swiss Air Force.

This trip was all about timing, I visited while the World Economic Forum was taking place in Davos which requires the Swiss Air For...

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New Year, New Pursuits relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Richard Bryant

It is that time of year to set a New Year resolution. Get fit, give up chocolate etc. Mine is to make more effort to mix up my aviation pursuit to seek out something different; either an airframe, location or time of day.

There is nothing like cracking on with a goal. The first F...

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Do I Need a Super Computer for AI? hot topics Jul 01, 2024

By Wayne Kenward

So, do I Need A High Powered Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) to cope with AI technology in software?

Topaz has been using Ai for a while now, with Adobe including Denoise in Lightroom Classic and Ai Generative Fill in Photoshop, Ai is now mainstream.  You may have seen your old

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Welcome to Tanker Town... USAF Prestwick! relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

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...

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The Swiss Are Coming: Parts 2 & 3 relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

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...

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The Swiss Are Coming: Part 1 relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

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...

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Export Your Images Like a Boss editing Jul 01, 2024

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 ...

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Edit Walkthrough editing Jul 01, 2024

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...

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My Four Key Shots technique Jul 01, 2024

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...

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