To photograph helicopters well you shoot in shutter priority at around 1/125 of a second, pan smoothly with the aircraft and let the rotor blades blur into a full, living disc. That single decision, choosing a shutter speed slow enough to show the rotor turning, separates a helicopter photograph that feels alive from one that… Read article
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
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