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Surrender technique Jul 01, 2024

By Joe Copalman

Ahoy!Ā  First blog post for me.

I had the most fun I’ve had behind a lens in a long time last night.

I went down to the Pima Air and Space Museum with my hombreĀ Judd SlivkaĀ for the museum’s ā€˜Night Wings’ event yesterday to get some photos to help reinforce a few of the co

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Bones in The Morning, Spitfires in The Evening relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Bradley Rogers

On Saturday 17th June I embarked on my latest Relentless Pursuit in aviation. It was Friday evening that I learned of a possible early morning x2 ship departure, of the currently RAF Fairford based, Rockwell B-1B Lancers. As it happened it would also fall on the day of Shuttlewort...

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Florida Relentless Pursuit: Part 2 relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Raimo Roonet

(Recap) At the end of April I finally returned from a "little" relentless pursuit of my own, having spent nearly a month in Florida with my wife and kid.

How to plan a month-long family trip across the pond to Florida? Squeeze in three airshows and a museum or two plus a night sho...

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Jersey International Air Display 2023 relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Mark Edwards

Ever since the 26thĀ August 1912, when a pilot named Jean Benoit landed his aircraft on the beach in St Aubin’s Bay as part of a race from St. Malo, the beautiful island of Jersey has enjoyed a strong connection with the world of aviation.Ā  Evidence of the aviation heritage on the is...

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RAF Lakenheath: Quick Climb Friday relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Alan Bland

Having been a frequent (does 5 or 6 times a year count?) visitor to Lakenheath over the last 40 years, I decided it was high time to check out the day dubbed ā€˜quick climb Friday’ It took a while for the planets to align, (able to get time off work, the weather, runway 06 departure and...

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Back to my Roots - Estonian Aviation Days relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Raimo Roonet

I have just returned to the Estonian Aviation Museum for the annual Estonian Aviation Days. The event that at some point was like a tradition to me, calling me in every year, like a pilgrimage. This is also the event that started to steer me into aviation photography, culminating wi...

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Creating A Simple Website technique Jul 01, 2024

By Keiran Wilkinson

It’s been a few years since 2020 when I built my current website, and I thought it was time to finally build a dedicated website for my photography. Over the years I’ve tried different things like branding as ā€œFly By Codeā€ or mixing it in with my professional portfolio site and ...

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Vintage Edits editing Jul 01, 2024

By Matt Holmes

I have never done anything like this before, so hopefully it will all work & make sense! I have had a couple of people ask about my recent ā€˜vintage’ style edits & it was suggested I write one of these blogs, so here we go…

I have tried old fashioned/vintage style edits before, but n...

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Fly-In Fun relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Keiran Wilkinson

Friends of Barton Aerodrome (FoBA) hosted their 2023 fly-in during the first weekend of June. This was the first fly-in after the airport’s rebranding from City Airport Manchester back to the original name of Barton Aerodrome and over 300 movements were made over the course of t...

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The Midlands Air Festival relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Bradley Rogers

A sold out bumper-crowd all enjoyed the British summer weather and of course the flying displays at the amazing 2023 Midlands Air Festival!

The Midlands Air Festival is in its third consecutive and successful year in its spiritual home of the Ragley Hall estate.Ā 

This year saw t...

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Adobe AI Generative Fill editing Jul 01, 2024

By Nigel Harrison

Following on from the MergeĀ Meet regarding Adobe’s new leap in witchcraft technology Generative Fill, I thought I’d put up an example of what I found it can do.

I’ve been using Generative Fill for a couple of weeks now and thought I’d put it to the test the other day. This is a s...

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Florida Relentless Pursuit: Part 1 relentless pursuit Jul 01, 2024

By Raimo Roonet

At the end of April I finally returned from a ā€œlittleā€ relentless pursuit of my own, having spent nearly a month in Florida with my wife and kid.

How to plan a month-long family trip across the pond to Florida? Squeeze in three airshows and a museum or two plus a night shoot, of co...

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