Yeap, another plane photo, one of my favorites, the J2F-6 Duck. It was flying in for our workshop as it was one of our air to air subjects as you’ll see later this week. I still consider myself very new to aviation photography starting my forth year. While I know basically every bird in North America, after 30yrs of pursuing them, I figure I’d best. Knowledge is power and when it comes to photography, the power is knowing what is need to tell the visual story. Such is not the case for my aviation photography. Just like photography a person, a critter or a landscape, aircraft have stories as well that range from their development to those who flew them. I am constantly asking questions trying to learn more for the simple reason, I know it will improve my photography. How much reading and asking questions about your favorite genre of photography do you do that is not f/stop & shutter speed related? What did I learn at this moment?,/p>
The Duck’s wings have a canvas covering, it’s not wood or metal. That canvas doesn’t do well sitting in the FL sun, it dries out and can in three years become unsafe to fly with. So one of the important yet simple things that has to be done to take care of the Duck is park it inside. My personal challenge is to first learn this information and then depict it in a photograph telling that story. How much of the history of your subject do you know when you go click? If you don’t know much, has you ever considered that perhaps, if the photo didn’t turn out the way you’d like, it could be effecting your photography? If you’ve followed my writings then this phrase probably seems familiar. Using biology and combining it with technology to get the photograph is key to my wildlife photography. This formula to some applies to just my wildlife photography where in reality, it applies to all my photography. Knowledge is power!
Photos captured D3x, 200-400VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film