2009 Airshows

Here's the list of airshows I plan to attend this year. It's shaping up to be another banner year!

June 20-21, Wings Over Pittsburgh
July 18-19, Thunder Over Michigan OR Dayton
Aug 8-9, Thunder Over the Valley (Youngstown)
Aug 22-23, Selfridge ANG
Sep 5-7, Cleveland National Airshow

I'm still waiting to see if Wings Over Akron is going to happen again this year or not. I haven't received a response to my emails.

There are also some small airshows that may get sprinkled in, Lost Nations, Kent State, Lancaster and a few other locals.

I hope to see you there!

Ok, breaktime's over!

Wow, over one month since the last post! Geesh time flies!

I'll try to get on here a little more frequently. I also have to prod my partners in crime to do so as well...... ;)

Tip - Shooting Props

When shooting prop aircraft, you need to watch your shutter speed. Unlike jets where you want to stop all the action, you do want to have some prop blur to convey the motion of the aircraft. Otherwise it will look like it's floating in midair.

A shutter speed of 1/400 is probably the maximum that you'd want to shoot and still maintain adequate prop blur. Typically I shoot in Shutter-Priority mode and set my shutter speed to 1/250 - 1/320.

Notice the difference in the photos below.

1/800 f/7.1, ISO 200

1/320 f/10, ISO 200

Favorite of 2008

Here's my favorite photo from 2008's season. This was taken at the Wings Over Pittsburgh show in May. I had a blast compiling the images to produce this. I'll have to post a How-To on here one of these days.

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