ISnAP 2009-10

October 2009

Meet the Member: Frans Dely

ISnAP

Comments from the Chair : OK, THIS IS IT, FOLKS!

I am pleased to tell you that ISAP-IX is moving along very smoothly and that the hotel is locked-down and the list of guest speakers is getting longer and better with each passing day. The event is on for March 4, 5, 6 (the usual Thursday, Friday, Saturday). Field trip will be, at least in part, at Nellis AFB on Friday on the last day of one of their limited number of Red Flag exercises scheduled for this year. For those of you who attended our previous Nellis event, this one is expected to be as spectacular as the last, with plenty of extraordinary photo ops and up-close departures and landings of everything from F-22s to select foreign hardware. We’re working again on a possible Thunderbirds and maybe even an F-22 demo.

We’ve been given one hell of a deal by the hotel. The rooms are $79 a night (excluding the usual tax, title, license, etc.). The caveat is that we have been guaranteed only 75 rooms - so if you’re planning to stay at the Hampton Inn Tropicana, make your reservations as soon as possible. The rooms will sell out in a hurry (I’ve already booked three, myself ).

The hotel information is: Your personalized group web page has been approved and has been published to the web.

Your web page address is: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/LASINHX-ISA-20100303/index.jhtml Group Name: ISAP - International Symposium for Aviation Photography Group Code: ISA Check-in: 03-MAR-2010 Check-out: 07-MAR-2010 Phone Number: 702-948-8122 Hotel Name: Hampton Inn Tropicana Hotel Address: 4975 S. Dean Martin Dr., Las Vegas, Nevada 89118-1656

Guest speaker list will be announced next ISnAP, but suffice it to say it’s already looking terrific. Banquet speaker is Dr. Paul Bevilaqua - Manager, Advanced Development Programs for Lockheed Martin’s famous Skunk Works. Paul has promised some interesting insights into Skunk Works history and current operations, but don’t expect any major revelations on Aurora! We’ve also got a legal eagle lined up, several folks to address business issues, a respected member who will cover his transition into the new still/video era, and at least one speaker covering some stitching projects that will boggle the mind. So, it’s stacking up to be a winner. Big thing right now is to make those hotel reservations. It’s the best deal in town!

On a few other subjects, this has been a quiet year for our business and the aviation industry in general. During the course of my travels over the past nine months, I’ve been privileged to discuss the current state of affairs with a broad spectrum of aviation people - and of course many photographers.

Most are weathering the economic storm with reasonable aplomb, but all - and I mean all - are hurting at one level or another. Simply stated, times are tough. And as I write, though the economy seems to be crawling back from the abyss, the upticks have yet to trickle down to the aviation photography business. Not much I can personally do to ease the pain, but I can say on the plus side that things are improving. How long it will take for the aerospace business to get back on its feet is anyone’s guess - but you can rest assured that it will happen eventually! Moral is, Never Give Up. On that happy note, back to the slave pits for me. More to follow on ISAP-IX in the next ISnAP. Spread the word! This next symposium is looking to be a winner!

Jay

Meet the Members Frans Dely

It was then off to the land of sand, Al Ain Aerobatic Airshow in the United Arab Emirates, where the beauty of the desert floor provided an awesome canvas to a variety of aircraft and performances from around the world.

My Year On The Wing!

It’s when you get to the end of a year and look back over the previous 12 months, that you get the full picture and significance of what went down and when.

What better way to reflect on what was achieved than to view images taken over that period.

From all the times my finger was busy causing my trusty Nikon shutter to drop, there has emerged a collection which not only has variety, but also produces a visual celebration of what is now evident as an awesome year of pictures.

What now seems to be an eternity away, and with the 2009 event about to take place, January 2008 began with me strapped to the wall of a SAAF C130 at 14,000 feet, in position to capture some pretty unusual views of 200 skydivers exiting the ramp.

These included performers like Skip Stewart from the USA, Zoltan Veres from Hungary, the UK Guinot Wing Walking Team, although only two aircraft, wing walker Peggy Krainz and her Stearman from Germany, the Saudi Hawks, Jordanian Falcons, a colourful European skydive team, FAI aerobatic contestants managed by Jurgis Karys, and lastly but by no means least, a South African team consisting of skydivers for an inverted paradrop from two Pitts Specials and joined by the Extra 300s for an impressive aerobatic sequence.

Shortly after that I again found myself in the UAE, this time with Red Bull in Abu Dhabi. It was Glen Dells first Air-race and together with the Carte Blanche video team, we witnessed and photographed the first round of this spectacular world series.

Media use around the world was also extensive and it once again proved the point that there is no substitute for great photography to get a message across. I was fortunate to be commissioned a second time by Gripen to photograph SA 01 and 02 in preparation for media material for Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) later in the year. Support from the SAAF for this exercise was, needless to say, excellent. Blokkies, Magnus, Jannie and all at TFDC - thank you.

With the official hand over of the first South African Gripen to the SAAF new media material was needed, and on a bumpy mid-February morning with Pierre Gouws in the L39, I captured SA01 over Union Buildings in Pretoria, and in a series of aerobatic manoeuvres over Loskop dam, some dramatic images were produced which I saw proudly displayed by SAAB in their brochures and on their impressive chalet at Farnborough in the UK.

The South African airshow scene unfortunately got off to a slow start with the first major of the season, Rand airshow in Johannesburg, being cancelled due to adverse weather. House of Paint airshow at Virginia however did not disappoint and produced visual material great for spectator and photographer alike.

So to was the helicopter work by 22 Squadron with the SA Navy new Lynx helicopters. This gave me the opportunity to look around the new Corvettes and witness the first loading of the helicopter into the on board hanger.

Race of Champions saw a great number of entries and as usual, the helicopter chase work by Chris Briers was out of the top draw.

SAA 737 aircraft and the Bombardier Global Express were fantastic to chase with Larry Beamish. Pierre Gouws with the L39 ZUTEE was in his element chasing the A340 and Silver Falcon formation.

Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) at Ysterplaat in Cape Town was also spectacular with the arrival of now four Gripens. I was again fortunate enough to find myself almost more in the air at AAD than on the ground. Although on an extremely tight schedule, exactly five days, with all stops pulled, we managed to not only photograph the new look SAAF Silver Falcons Team, but also produce a 28 page brochure, poster and signature card. From the SAAF CAF, the OC Langebaan, to Maj Scott Ternent and my pilot Capt Roy Sproul and the whole Falcon team, their professionalism made it a cinch.

Finally I get to December, and find myself in the company of a superb group of flyers at the final aerobatic competition in Brits, west of Pretoria. With a typical superb summer’s day, hot and humid cloudy conditions that produce a quality of light that always help the already superb Nikon glass to create startling “3D” feel in images.

Another highlight for the year was working with the North West Province Aerobatic Team of two Extra 300s, and the North West Province to promote the Mafikeng airshow. Use of great images again illustrated the importance to create meaningful impact in the media.

In conclusion to my year, I would like thank everyone that had any hand in helping to create some of my most memorable flights and what has turned out to be some of the best images my Nikon has captured. The list is long and you all know what part you’ve played in the achievement and I hope, when you go through the images, that you will recall your involvement with deep satisfaction and a smile.

To you all, a very big thank you and wherever you are in the world, I hope you have an awesome festive time with family and friends and may 2009 be even more memorable.

Touted as one of the leading international aviationphotographers, Frans Dely’s infatuation with aviation in general and photography in particular can be traced back to a grandfather’s passion for the art.

Frans Dely is a third generation photographer, albeit the first in his family to take it to a professional level. Frank Dely, Frans’ father in turn ‘inherited’ the passion, He went on to capture war time subjects during his service as a pilot with the South African Air Force. Dely worked in the commercial photographic realm since 1978 after training as a photographer in the SA National Defence Force. In 1995, he became the first South African commercial photographer to work exclusively digital utilising a Kodak/Nikon DCS460, the first ‘one shot’, six million mega pixel camera ever produced.

Dely mastered the challenges presented by the digital revolution and applied his new skills to the aviation industry with great success in the late 90’s, quickly earning himself a reputation as one of the most talented photographers in the field. http://www.avpix.co.za

Gadget Bag

Bayer Interpolation (see Google!). Because camera sensors use color-striped sensors, hot pixels are usually colored red or green or blue (RGB). They are not spots caused by dust, they are not evenly distributed, and they do not look like noise.

I’m going to deviate a bit from my normal product review process and use this space to cover a topic not often discussed by photographers. It surfaces with some regularity as a problem - or at least a concern - and it should be addressed. And that’s dead sensor pixels.

What causes them? Image sensors are analog. Sensors collect photons in microscopic wells called pixels.

Sensors do their magic by assigning electric charges to these photons. These charges are read as analog voltages.

These voltages are sampled and quantified to make them into digital values. These values go through much digital processing before showing up on our monitors.

by Jay Miller

I first confronted dead sensor pixels about four years ago. One day while reviewing an image with a lot of black background space, I notice a tiny, albeit bothersome speck of what appeared to be bright light. Reviewing several other images in the sequence, I realized it consistently reappeared in exactly the same spot.

Knowing the conditions under which the original photo was taken, I knew there was nothing in that part of the image that should be producing light. Enlarging the spot to the point where individual pixels were discernible, it began to dawn on me there might be a problem with one of the several million sensor buckets (pixels) that make up the surface of the sensor as a whole.

A flaw in my sensor. Holy Moly, what could be worse?!

Well, it never dawned on me to do a Google search in order to learn more. So a couple of days later, off my Nikon D2X went to NPS for repair. Turns out that rather than replace the sensor (a rather expensive undertaking), all Nikon did was “map out” the scofflaw bucket and let the surrounding pixels fill in the blank. Camera was returned and all was well.

Turns out, however, that was not to be my last run-in with dead pixels. A year ago, my two new D3s arrived and off I went, confident they were perfect at every level and never again would I have to worry about that errant pixel. Alas, such was not the case. Reviewing some darkly lit images, sure enough, there was another one of those damned bright spots again. Hair pulling time - or so I thought. That’s when I finally awakened to the fact there just might be more to learn about these little renegade pains in the butt. Google to the rescue.

Here’s what I found. Particularly well articulated was Ken Rockwell’s dead pixel summary (http://www.kenrockwell.com/ tech/hot-pixels/index.htm). I edited his comments a bit for sake of brevity and thank him in advance for putting this info together: Hot pixels are individual pixels which look much brighter than they should. The are also sometimes referred to as sparkles.

Most cameras have a few of these - particularly at higher ISOs. It’s normal. They come and go over time. Almost every camera has a couple. They aren’t a problem unless they are centered in the sensor and appear on every photo. They are usually invisible unless looking for them at considerable enlargement.

Dead pixels appear as one or a few unnaturally bright individual pixels. And they will be at exactly the same single-pixel location in every frame. They do not move. Usually, only one pixel is involved - and therefore it will be easy to detect. In some cameras, they show as only one pixel but in other cameras they will sometimes appear as tiny crosses. The latter is due to

Leakage currents are electric charges which leak into sensor wells. These excess electric charges increase the voltage at the well (pixel) and make it look brighter than it should. Manufacturing variations will cause some pixels to have much more leakage current than others. It’s these few pixels in each sensor that are called “hot”.

What makes them worse? Leakage currents increase with temperature, so a hot sensor will show more hot pixels. They are much more visible at high ISOs. They are tiny, so they are more visible at high magnification. They stay in the same place. If you are a worrier, you’ll learn where they are and always see them. Stop worrying. It’s like any other cosmetic defect on anything - no one but you will notice them.

How to get rid of them? Ignore them. If they’re a visible problem, clean them up in Photoshop (or whatever other software you might be using). It’s easy for Photoshop to identify and repair them because they stand out so sharply on a pixelby-pixel basis. The Spot Healing Brush is easy and efficient.

Conclusion: Every camera has this anomaly - either now or sometime in the future. Forget about ‘em. Not worth any worry time and their impact on an image, if any, is miniscule.

Jay

Photoshop Tip Time Free Floating Panels

The interface in Photoshop CS3 focuses on using panels for grouping all of the features that you need. If you prefer a floating panel layout, just click on the panel’s tab and drag it outside of the Panel area. This will make it a floating panel.

Changing Your Ruler Settings Instead of going through the preferences to change your rulers, you can Control-click (PC: Right-click, though more and more Macs now have access to the Right-click, too) on the ruler and select your preferred measurement unit from the contextual menu.

Provided by NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) ® 2009 Kelby Media Group.

Paul Bowen

on the September Flying Cover

Mini-ISAP

Current and future ISAP members at EAA Air Venture Oshkosh WI

Larry Grace, Tim Hoffman, ???, Rodolfo Paiz, Jergen Radier, Jonathon Elliot, Jo Hunter, and Jon Berry

Contact!

Red Bull Air Race @ Porto 2009 Paul shot the cover and is featured in the cover story of the current issue of Flying Magazine (September) - “Airto-Air, How Paul Bowen gets those fabulous inflight photos”. The story is featured on Pages 43-49. “How did you get that picture? Paul Bowen has perfected the art of airto-air aviation photography and he gives us his secrets - at least some of them.” I just love the way Paul emphasizes it’s a team effort to get all these beautiful photos. Having been on shoots with him, I know he couldn’t get the shots without great pilots. They bring him home safely.

All my best, -Deana Paul Bowen Photography, Inc. P.O. Box 3375 Wichita, KS 67201 USA www.airtoair.net

Hello, I was searching about who was taking pictures from the Red Bull Air Race @ Porto 2009 event in the Red Bull Helicopter and I found that was someone from your society. He took some pictures of me in a building near by as I was taking pictures of the Heli and I would like to know if it’s possible to have the photos. Thanks in advance. Best regards, Nelson Ribeiro. Portugal (nrribeiro@gmail.com)

ISAP Field Trips Made it back safely and am downloading all the great shots from the field trips. I wanted to thank you again for orchestrating such a great event and also am reminding you to forward me the attendance list. It will be helpful to see how the membership are grouped geographically in case any regional opportunities come up. I feel that many lifelong friendships got initiated for me at ISAP (always a good thing!). By the way, I have attached a quick and dirty idea for a patch [we’ll have to present this at a later date - as it was sent as a pdf file; your editor]. Thanks, Hayman Tam (haymant@gmail.com)

Celebrating Five Years

By Frans Dely

North West Eagles aerobatic team captured over Mafikeng recently. Operating from Mafikeng airport, the team has been hard at work preparing for the North West Province International Airshow at Potchefstroom on 3 October 2009.

Photo by Jason Beamish/avpix

Celebrating their fifth year of staging an International Airshow, the North West Provincial Government’s Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport has moved their show from Mafikeng to Potchefstroom this year under the title of The North West Province International Airshow 2009. It is to take place on 3 October 2009 at the city’s airfield.

In addition, the South African Air Force is participating with the Silver Falcons leading the display acts that include two Mirages from the SAAF Museum, the F1 and the IIICZ – the only example still flying in the world.

Bringing aviation to the people, a motto long associated with the North West Province’s aviation showcase, the North West International Airshow, will once more ring true in October when the crème of South Africa’s aerobatic and military display teams will once more showcase to a more rural crowd, the joys, and exhilaration of aviation.

Potchefstroom is an academic city hosting the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University situated on the banks of the Mooirivier. The town is roughly 120 km west-southwest of Johannesburg and 45 km east-northeast of Klerksdorp in the North West Province of South Africa.

For more information please contact Frans Dely Airshow media coordinator Tel: +2782 440 2707 info@avpix.co.za

Airplane ID Winners!

The Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport led

by MEC Mahlakeng Mahlakeng as well as the visible support of the Office of the Premier, continue to be the foremost partners of the North West International Airshow as encapsulated in the show’s theme of “Bringing Aviation to the People”.

The Provincial Government’s involvement is aimed not only at demystifying aviation to the previously disadvantaged communities, but also to lure our youngsters and women into joining aviation to become pilots, navigators, air traffic controllers and other positions made possible by the new democratic dispensation.

The Airshow is seen as critical catalyst as to how Government can accelerate the momentum of expanding access to a better life and ensure that, collectively, they build a South Africa that truly belongs to all.

The team in the Aviation Directorate of the Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport is creating the means to attract the world’s best aviators who will be participating in various aviation activities during the Airshow.

Zoltan Veres, Hungarian Aerobatic Champion as well as the North West Eagles, a team of two Extra 300s adorned in the colours of the North West coat of arms, will be seen displaying at Potchefstroom.

Gar Travis came in with the first correct response, identifying it as a FFVS J 22B in the Swedish Air Froce Museum, Linköping.

Manufacutured on May 5th, 1945, this J 22B was the last J 22 produced before production was moved to CVA in Arboga in 1945.

Painted as ‘Red L’, s/n 22280 served until Septembber 1st, 1952 when it was placed into Air Force Museum storage. Haymann Tam and Lewis Shaw also nailed it.

FFVS (Kungliga Flygförvaltningens Flygverkstad i Stockholm or the ‘Royal Air Administration Aircraft Factory in Stockholm’) got into the fighter game with Saab running at full capacity manfacturing their B 17 and B 18 bombers. The first J 22 flew on September 20th 1942 from the factory airfield. The J 22 was accepted into service in October 1943, with the F9 air wing in Gothenburg charged with breaking in the new fighter. Production ended in April 1946 with 198 aircraft delivered.

Shuttle Launch Tips

By Mark Hrutkay

all you can see is the exhaust and a bit of the shuttle. I shot in RAW as I have a 34 frame buffer on the 1D and a 10 frame buffer on the 1Ds. I had to actually darken them about 2 stops in Digital Photo Professional. I haven’t played with them in Photoshop yet.

We were in front of the press next to the Vehicle Assembly Building about 3 1/2 miles from the launch. I had the only professional cameras I could see. About 20 minutes before launch I was talking to someone who was asking questions about doing a long exposure and I darn near called Paul Bowen to ask his opinion.

Apparently I guessed pretty good. You can read ENDEAVOR on the side of the Shuttle on the 100% crop. Shots with the MOON rising (really does rise fast!) - I shot with the camera set on ISO 800 and program; I cheated. I used the 2 second timer to shoot it to minimize movement - but I did shoot it with the full frame 1Ds and no TC with the 500mm to fit it all in the frame. The 1.3 crop and the 500 were too much (well it barely fit, but looked bad).

For anyone interested in attending and photographing a Shuttle launch: I used a Canon EOS 1D Mark III (10 MegaPixel 1.3Crop) set at 5 frames a second with a Canon 500mm/4.0 Lens and a 1.4 teleconverter on a Wimberly II head with a Gitzo Tripod.

Mark Hrutkay (P51MSTG@aol.com)

My girlfriend and fellow ISAPer Betsy Whitt shot a Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III (21MP full frame) set at 3 frames per second with a Canon 100-400mm/4-5.6 lens hand held. Both cameras were set to (guessing) ISO 800; Tv with a shutter speed of 1/640 or 1/800. Shooting RAW.

Photoshop Tip Time

I figured it like this - ISO: some go way up there, me I look at the noise a lot. A guy down the street is a “real” pro photog (like 20 years shooting for the USAF and still shoots for a living). He thinks acceptable noise is way way past what I like. So I picked ISO 800 as the highest I could handle.

Shutter - I figured a long time ago that blurry is blurry even if you don’t get all the prop arc you want. So since there is no prop, I figured I’d go 1/800 (may have been 1/640). That worked fine.

In the olden days, you could control how a specific effect reacted to an image by choosing Edit>Fade (effect name). This would give you a blend mode option for the effect, as well as an Opacity control. The problem with this was you had no way to go back and modify that setting once it was completed. In Smart Filters, you have the option to set the blend mode and opacity of that effect, and still keep the control you need to modify it later.

Just double-click on the Edit Blending Options icon that appears to the right of the Smart Filter in the Layers panel.

Aperture - let the camera pick it; I figured when it lit up, there was going to be a LOT of light. Shots past about 750 ft. altitude,

Provided by NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) ® 2009 Kelby Media Group.

Blend Mode in Smart Filters

ISnAP Sponsors (in alphabetical order):

Canon USA http://www.usa.canon.com

Air & Space Smithsonian http://www.airspacemag.com

Delkin Devices http://www.delkin.com

Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association http://www.aopa.org

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company http://www.lockheedmartin.com

Boeing http://www.boeing.com

Nikon USA http://www.nikonusa.com

Events of Interest October 2009

01-04 Oct International Air Meeting http://www.interairmeeting.com Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain

03-04 Oct Cocoa Beach Air Show http://www.cocoabeachairshow.com Cocoa Beach, FL, USA 03-04 Oct Ploughs to Propellers 1940s Weekend http://www.roughamairfield.org Rougham Airfield, Suffolk, UK

02-04 Oct MCAS Miramar Air Show http://www.miramarairshow.com MCAS Miramar, San Diego, CA, USA 02-04 Oct MCAS Miramar Air Show MCAS Miramar, San Diego, CA, USA 03 Oct Lincoln Air Show http://www.lincolnairportday.com Lincoln Regional Airport, Lincoln, CA, USA

03-04 Oct Red Bull Air Race http://www.redbullairrace.com Barcelona, Spain

03 Oct Lincoln Air Show Lincoln Regional Airport, Lincoln, CA, USA

03-04 Oct Amigo Airsho http://www.amigoairsho.org El Paso, TX, USA 03-04 Oct Rotorfest 2009 http://rotorfest.schultzairshows.com/ Brandywine Airport, West Chester, PA, USA

03-04 Oct Festa al Cel 09 http://www.festaalcel.com Barcelona, Spain 04 Oct 100 Years Cameri Airshow Cameri, Italy

Events of Interest

05-09 Oct LAVEX 2009 Mitiga Airport, Tripoli, Libya

07 Oct Tucumcari Rotary Club Air Show http://www.tucumcarinm.com Tucumcari, NM, USA 08-11 Oct Civil Aviation Fair http://www.cnrexpo.com Ankara, Turkey 11 Oct Duxford Autumn Air Show http://duxford.iwm.org.uk Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK

08-13 Oct San Francisco Fleet Week Waterfront http://www.military.com/fleetweek San Francisco, CA, USA 09-11 Oct CAF Airsho http://www.airsho.org/ Midland Int’l Airport, Midland, TX, USA

12 Oct JASDF Open House http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/gifu/ JASDF Gifu, Japan 17 Oct Slidell Airshow 2009 http://slidell.schultzairshows.com/ Slidell Municipal Airport, Slidell, LA, USA

17 Oct Edwards AFB “Flight Test Nation 2009” Air Show & Open House http://www.edwards.af.mil/flighttestnation2009/index.asp Edwards AFB, CA, USA

09-11 Oct The Great Georgia Airshow http://s249195248.onlinehome.us/Public_default.aspx Falcon Field, Peachtree City, GA, USA 10-11 Oct Sheppard AFB Open House & Air Show http://www.sheppardairshow.com Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX, USA

17-18 Oct NAS Oceana Air Show 09 http://www.oceanaairshow.com NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA, USA 18 Oct Valencia Festival Aereo Valencia, Spain 18 Oct JASDF Open House JASDF Misawa, Japan

Events of Interest

20-25 Oct Korea Aerospace & Defense Exhibition 2009 (Seoul Airshow) Seoul Airport, South Korea public days 24-25

07-08 Nov Randolph AFB - 2009 http://www.randolph.af.mil Randolph Air Show Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX, USA

23-24 Oct Osan Air Base Air Power Day Osan AB, South Korea 24-25 Oct Temora Aviation Museum Flying Days Temora, Australia

24-25 Oct Fort Worth Alliance Air Show http://www.allianceairshow.com Fort Worth Alliance Airport, TX, USA 31 Oct / 01 Nov Wings Over Houston 25th Air Show http://www.wingsoverhouston.com/ Ellington Airport, Houston, TX, USA

November 2009 01 Nov JASDF Open House JASDF Komatsu, Japan

13-14 Nov Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show NAS Pensacola Open House http://www.naspairshow.com Sherman Field, NAS Pensacola, FL, USA 13-15 Nov Overberg Airshow Overberg AFB, South Africa 14-15 Nov Aviation Nation 2009 - Las Vegas Air Show http://www.nellis.af.mil/aviationnation2009 Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV, USA

03 Nov JASDF Open House JASDF Iruma, Japan 06-08 Nov Jacksonville Sea and Sky Spectacular Jacksonville Beach, FL, USA 07-08 Nov Wings Over Homestead http://www.wingsoverhomestead.com Homestead ARB, FL, USA 07-08 Nov Warriors and Warbirds 2009 Air Show http://www.warriorsandwarbirds.com/ Charlotte-Monroe Airport, Monroe, NC, USA

14-15 Nov VNA Air Show http://www.vnaairshow.com Witham Field, Stuart, FL, USA 15-19 Nov Dubai Airshow 2009 Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 22 Nov JASDF Open House JASDF Tsuiki, Japan

Code of Ethics

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Membership

Since 2001, ISAP has grown to over 400 members representing some twenty countries. We have successfully filed and received a 501 (c) (3) as a tax-exempt status. Our new “official” name is now International Society for Aviation Photography, Inc. The board also determined that ISAP membership will be viewed as a privilege. Accordingly, along with membership comes a responsibility to fellow members. The board has created three types of membership: Full-time professional, Part-time professional, and Associate. All member types will share, educate, and network with each other to continually improve the skills and knowledge base of ISAP as a whole. ISAP, it is hoped, will quickly become a professional organization held in high esteem by the aviation industry.

Each member is required to sign a code of ethics, which states I agree to abide by the ISAP Code of Ethics and pledge to honor the highest level of professionalism and conduct, with honesty and integrity at all times. I will familiarize myself with the rules and regulations of any facility that I visit and abide by them to uphold and dignify the reputation of ISAP and refrain from conduct that could harm any future opportunities for other ISAP members. I will treat others with courtesy and exercise good judgment in my actions. I agree to share my knowledge and skills with my fellow ISAP members to help increase the level of ISAP’s reputable knowledge base. If I breach any part of the ISAP Code of Ethics, my membership may be restricted or terminated by the Board of Directors.

Adult 1 Year, $35.00 For any questions or problems with your membership application/renewal, please contact : av-membership@aviationphotographers.org

Membership Types • • •

Pro Full – Full Time Professional Photographers Pro Part – Part Time Professional Photographers Assoc – Aviation Photography Enthusiasts

Membership Benefits

Becoming an “active” member of ISAP by signing and committing to the Code of Ethics and paying your annual dues allows you to: • Access the “members only” area of the web site.

• Present your Portfolio to prospective clients via the ISAP Gallery.

• Network and mentor with some of the finest aviation photographers in the world.

• Carry the ISAP Membership Card which is fast becoming a recognized “icon” in the industry.

• Active Membership is a requirement for attendance to the outstanding Annual Symposiums!

Photos by Hayman Tam

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