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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...
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 Dave Griffiths
Next week I’ll 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 I’ve come across. It’s very thorough and mentions some ...
By Joe Copalman
Ahoy! 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 hombre Judd Slivka for the museum’s ‘Night Wings’ event yesterday to get some photos to help reinforce a few of the co
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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 “Fly By Code” or mixing it in with my professional portfolio site and ...
By Kieran Wilkinson
Picture the scene, I’ve just spent the day shooting at RAF Church Fenton and we’ve retired to the bar for some well-earned drinks and a de-brief.
Being in a room full of photographers, the conversation naturally turns to other shoots we’ve done. So here I am, sitting around the...
By Steven Reid
In the past decade I have swapped systems no less than five times, it has taught me a lot. Last year I returned to the world of Micro Four Thirds by purchasing the OM-1. I appreciate that it is not to everyone’s taste, but I thought I would share the four features of this system I ...
By Steven Reid
One of my favourite tips from my DLSR days can be revitalised for today’s Mirrorless world.
When shooting a DSLR most people would “chimp” to check the image’s exposure, but few would stop to consider what they were looking at. When shooting RAW the histogram and highlight/shadow wa...
By Steven Reid
One of my favourite things about aviation photography, is just how much it pushes your camera skills and your equipment. I thought I would share some of the geeky things I have picked up pushing various cameras to the max over the last few years, and where better to start than with s...
