{"id":24576,"date":"2012-03-19T02:30:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T09:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=24576"},"modified":"2012-03-19T02:44:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T09:44:27","slug":"dawn-at-stallion-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/dawn-at-stallion-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn at Stallion 51"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s just something about an airport before the sun rises. It’s calm, quiet, cool and the runway lights take your imagination to the horizon. We’ve been the guests of Stallion 51<\/strong><\/a> for the last few days for a little business, a lot of pleasure and for our Air2Air Workshop<\/strong><\/a>. One of the cool things we get to do at Air2Air is play with the planes. We start early in the morning, before the sun is a hint on the horizon unstacking aircraft and pulling those out we want to photograph. This is the iconic “Crazy Horse,” the pride and joy of Lee Lauderback. <\/p>\n

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I started shooting at the very first clue of color in the east. The exposure time was 15sec. “Crazy Horse” wasn’t moving but Dave, who was busy positioning the Twins was and I counted on that when I went click. It’s that movement that made me want to click. It gives life to the scene, movement to a still image. Just 10min later and the whole scene changes as the sun rises.<\/p>\n

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Then at sunrise, the Twins (“Crazy Horse” & “Crazy Horse2”) are parked to have their portraits taken. The first two photos, I shot down low to incorporate the ground fog. The last image I went to a second story balcony to element sky. The folks at Stallion 51 are simply amazing, providing not only their aircraft and logistical support, but permitting us to basically have our way as we shoot to our hearts content. Of course, knowing we’d be flying air to air with them ina few hours does provide a bit of electricity to the atmosphere and a purpose to the statics.<\/p>\n