Fantasy Airshow
Discussion
Eric Mc said:
The highlight of the Mildenhall Air Fete.
And that's saying something at shows where I remember seeing SR-71 flying displays, formations of a ridiculous number of C-130s, the Thunderbirds, an actual demonstration of the Fulton Recovery system and much more - but I agree.Closest I've come to recreating the sauce based upon what I've read elsewhere is a bottle of US style BBQ sauce simmered with a can of Budweiser - it's close but not quite right. There must have been a secret ingredient - quite possibly the remnants of Jet-A1 from those oil drum BBQs they used !
pablo said:
Here’s my dream, no cameras.
You can use the one on your phone if you have one, but that’s it. The world doesn’t need a million more pictures of the same old aircraft. There are professionals who do a far better job, leave it to them, enjoy the experience.
I completely understand this viewpoint.You can use the one on your phone if you have one, but that’s it. The world doesn’t need a million more pictures of the same old aircraft. There are professionals who do a far better job, leave it to them, enjoy the experience.
For me, photography has become a big passion and I really enjoy taking the camera to air shows. I'd like to say I've got pretty good and had a few published.
But if you're not interested in photography and just like the aircraft, my lot must be a right pain. Always have to be at the front, often standing up on ladders blocking others views, all swinging their stupid compensation lenses in unison.
Often shows put photographers in a different area and I think that works well for all. I find people using their phones faintly ridiculous in the flying displays because you'll never pick up an aircraft on those things. You are just shooting sky with a noisy black dot in it.
I went over to Sweden for their air forces 90th, and I took a local friend to the photo session on the other side of the runway. My friend was the only one without a camera, and he really enjoyed just being there and watching without having to worry about shutter speeds and ISO. The photo guys thought he was insane but i was rather envious. Glad i have the photo memories though.
Jake899 said:
pablo said:
Here’s my dream, no cameras.
You can use the one on your phone if you have one, but that’s it. The world doesn’t need a million more pictures of the same old aircraft. There are professionals who do a far better job, leave it to them, enjoy the experience.
I completely understand this viewpoint.You can use the one on your phone if you have one, but that’s it. The world doesn’t need a million more pictures of the same old aircraft. There are professionals who do a far better job, leave it to them, enjoy the experience.
For me, photography has become a big passion and I really enjoy taking the camera to air shows. I'd like to say I've got pretty good and had a few published.
But if you're not interested in photography and just like the aircraft, my lot must be a right pain. Always have to be at the front, often standing up on ladders blocking others views, all swinging their stupid compensation lenses in unison.
Often shows put photographers in a different area and I think that works well for all. I find people using their phones faintly ridiculous in the flying displays because you'll never pick up an aircraft on those things. You are just shooting sky with a noisy black dot in it.
I went over to Sweden for their air forces 90th, and I took a local friend to the photo session on the other side of the runway. My friend was the only one without a camera, and he really enjoyed just being there and watching without having to worry about shutter speeds and ISO. The photo guys thought he was insane but i was rather envious. Glad i have the photo memories though.
Yertis said:
I've got a vaguely professional interest in this. Would you still attend the airshow if photography were prohibited? In other words, is photographing the aircraft the main attraction for you, or secondary? I attend a major airshow every year, but gave up photographing the aircraft long ago and enjoy the show much more as a result. That said, I enjoy looking at photos I took at IAT in the '70s, and have no record of anything post 2004 .
TBH I get this - I love going to car shows and used to get a whole stack of pics. Then I realised that other were taking similar phots to mine (albeit better!) so I ended up leaving the camera at home, enjoying the show and then enjoying someone else's pictures.... win/winGassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff