WarbirdsNews – Reno Coverage
I’m writing and illustrating daily updates of the Reno Air Races at Warbirdsnews. You might find it interesting.
50 has Begun@
50th is Tomorrow!!!
Tomorrow is the start of the 50th Anniversary of the Reno Air Races (and my 5th year in aviation)! This is the fastest motor sport and has to be one of the greatest events to photograph. We’ll be here all week and in fact if you come, you will see our first ever Peterson’s Flying Circus booth. Now I want you to come and when you find Jake and I, say hi. And if you have ~any~ questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. If we can be of any assistance in helping you get better photos, than we want to answer that question. Now here’s a hint for making the most out of Reno, pay the extra few bucks and get a pit pass. The pit pass permits you to shoot where we shoot the majority of the time at the T Rails. All you need is a 70-300 lens and solid panning technique and you’re good to go. It also lets you get into the pits are so cool. Hope to see ya out here!
Ya Baby – ONE Week Away!
SBD Flight Vid
Basically just like I talk about in the new chapter of Taking Flight, you show up and the flights happen. In this case though, Sharon needed the images for her work with the AZ CAF Airbase, so I was volunteered to show up which, really wasn’t all the bad. It was a great day at Osh ’13 to be flying as you’ll see in the video.
A little bit on the photography. I’m shooting with the D4 / 80-400VR3. The GoPro is mounted on the D4 via the hot shoe with the new NFlightcam Billet Mount (the red part unscrews and attaches to Manfrotto Ballhead) and has the “Bright” Aviator Lens Kit. The Aviator Lens Kit does not slow the shutter speed down enough for me, so working on improving for next flight. The video editing was done in Premier CC and the music, that help came from Roy.
C-53 Jump Video
There are times when I think video rocks (that’s never when I’m editing it) as a storyteller and this is one of them! Having friends in the right places really helps in aviation photography. The pilot of the C-53 is a dear friend and when I requested to attached the GoPro Hero3 to capture the skydivers exiting the plane, he said let’s make it happen! Na, the video and editing are not perfect, this is a first for me in a couple of ways. First, never worked a flight with jumpers. Second, never got fancy and included music (thanks to Roy at Triple Scoop Music). So with all of that, here’s a little fun for you to watch.
A little bit on the photography. The Hero3 is set to Protune which creates a huge file, in fact this flight it made 9 files. Why do I go so big? I have NO clue how this might be used in the future or what technology will come down the road. With storage space so inexpensive, it seems like a no-brainer. The GoPro is mounted on the wing with the new NFlightcam Billet Mount (the red part unscrews so can be attached to hot shoe ballhead, sweet) and has the “Bright” Aviator Lens Kit. The Aviator Lens Kit does not slow the shutter speed down enough for me, so working on improving for next flight. The video editing was done in Premier CC and the music, that help came from Roy.