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A quick demonstrationĀ of how I plan a shot and remove stubborn distractions.
Whilst roaming the statics at IWM Duxfordās 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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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...
It was relatively routine Tuesday afternoon back in February 2009 and I found myself sitting at my workstation watching the clock. Back then I was working as a sub editor for a daily newspaper, but my main focus was being the military and Mode-S editor for PW Publishingās RadioUse...
In the middle of a Dark Knight trilogy binge, I stopped on this scene around the middle of the Dark Knight. Looking at the colours I thought I would try and replicate it with a photo of my own. During the COAP Lightroom course Tomās talk on colour theory really interested me and this s...
In another example of how this relentless pursuit is just so additive... Iād like to share my story of I got the images featured in this post.
SAR Katwijk has been on my radar for a number of years however its only until this year that iāve managed to find time to go. A very last min...
Here's a helpful screen recording to give an insight to how I edit.
I love editing, and love to share my behind the scenes work. Iād so much rather do this than read a book! So in this video I take you through my editing process of this shot from the COAP Lightnings Shoot h
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Back at the end of March I spent a few days in Miami/South Florida with some good friends chasing aviation mainly at Homestead AFRB, Iāll cover this later.
Not being sure what was planned for Homestead we decided to head north to Miami Executive at Opa Locka in the hope of c
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Ā The 492nd Fighter Squadron has an interesting History, back then it was part of the 48th Fighter Bomber Group. Most famously the Group took part in European Operations during the Invasion of Normandy on the 6th of June 1944.
Although G-THUN didnāt take part in D Day, itās painted ...
Next week Iāll be moving to a new PC, so will need to transfer Lightroom Classic along with thousands of images. I thought I had a good idea of what is involved, but did some research nonetheless. The attached PDF is the best Iāve come across. Itās very thorough and mentions some ...
We all have them, for some of us itās the chase of capturing āthatā plane in flight or collecting serial numbers. I have a new one though and itās something I canāt quite figure out why, patches.
Iāve spent far too much in recent months at events, trawling eBay, obscure websites f...
My Air Defender 2023 Experience ā 19th to 23rd June, 2023
With the announcement the ANG were sending A10ās for Air Defender I decided I should explore going to Germany.
This would be my first military exercise since 2017. And my first time in Germany on holiday. We agreed to fiv...
I canāt believe itās been over a month since that final 3-ship, my FINI flight and a day I had to wave farewell to the mighty Hercules.
Though what a day it was, I had a full compliment of kit, both stills and video and pre-planned to sit on an echelon aircraft (OMEN2) with a colle...
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