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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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What Is COAP & How Did It All Start? hot topics Jul 01, 2024

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...

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A Tribute to Blackjack hot topics Jul 01, 2024

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...

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The Reds at Scampton relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

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 ...

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Chasing White Tops & Skyhawks relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

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...

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Nikon 180-600 f/5.6-6.3 VR Review user reviews Jul 01, 2024

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 ...

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NATO Days 2023 relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Tim Beach

NATO Days 2023 – 16th/17th September 2023

Venue: Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava

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NATO days is a well established large annual airshow attracting a wide variety of participants both in the flying display and presented statically. Also, the

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Removing Distractions... Without AI editing Jul 01, 2024

By Jack Bird

A quick demonstration of how I plan a shot and remove stubborn distractions.

Whilst roaming the statics at IWM Duxford’s Battle of Britain airshow I noticed a woman in an American ATA uniform sitting in a USAF marked Spitfire(from her reaction she had asked for a nosey and got t

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Cold War Jets Open Day relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Bradley Rogers

On Saturday, 16th September, Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets Collection once again opened its doors to the general public, for a day of close-quarters aviation action. A limited number of 150 tickets went on sale in advance, to those wanting to experience the smells, sounds and feeli...

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