Plane Spotting at Major Airports: A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to plane spotting at major airports: finding locations, reading runways and wind, gear, camera settings, apps, identifying aircraft and etiquette. Read article
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Formation Flying: How to Photograph Display Teams
A complete guide to photographing formation flying and display teams: settings, timing the shape, synchro and opposition passes, smoke, panning and framing. Read article
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Composition for Aviation Photography: Filling the Frame
A practical guide to aviation photography composition: filling the frame, the rule of thirds, lead room, negative space, clean backgrounds and dynamic angles. Read article
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RIAT Photography Guide: The World’s Biggest Airshow
How to photograph RIAT at RAF Fairford: where to stand, camera settings for fast jets and props, gear, light, arrivals days and the static park. Read article
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Airshow Photography Tips: How to Photograph Aircraft at an Airshow
To photograph aircraft at an airshow, switch to continuous autofocus, freeze jets with a shutter speed of 1/1000 second or faster, slow down to around 1/125 to 1/250 second so propellers blur into a disc, and pan smoothly with every pass. That is the heart of it, and this practical, end to end guide covers Read article