The Aviation Photographer #7

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so ends yet an other season At least if you live in the northern hemisphere of our planet and your part of the world is heading for the dark and cold season.

We hope that you’ve had a good aviation photography summer and that you have managed to fill your hard drives with enough pictures to last you the winter.

The 2017 season was pretty much a very wet and rainy season, while the 2018 season was a hot and sunny one, with lots of heat haze at many of the air shows we’ve attended this year. We have again experienced that planning and the possibility to stretch an air show by attending arrivals and rehearsals have resulted in good pictures even under tough weather conditions as we’ve had those “extra days” to work with.

We also hope that some of you have benefited from some of the advice we have shared in this magazine and that you experienced that you have gotten more “keepers” this summer.

As the darker time of the year is approaching it’s time to start planning for activities to do when it’s too cold and dark for aviation photography. We recommend that start looking at arranging some workshops, where you meet and share your ideas, editing techniques and skills. It’s always more fun to share your hobby as a group and we can all learn something from everyone.

Peter Eliasson www.e-pic.se

Jörgen Nilsson www.jn-photo.se 3

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Why edit your pictures?

Most of us that are in to aviation photography have started out by hanging around the local airfield/airport, taking pictures of aircrafts taking off and landing. Some of us started because we wanted to document the registration numbers of the air crafts that we saw, some because we got bitten by the aviation-bug, we simply like aircrafts and we wanted to have pictures of them.

Regardless of the reason why we got started, our hobby grows on us and when the aircrafts that normally appear around our local airport isn’t enough, we start to travel to other airports, perhaps to get a picture of that registration number that you are missing or that special livery that you want to see and take a picture of. Some of us turn towards the military side of aviation, looking for that specific type of military aircraft, that specific configuration or that specific place where you get good pictures.

What we all have in common, is that we eventually end up with a bunch of pictures of the aircrafts we like and a conundrum of what to do with them. Some will just keep them on their hard-drives while other post them on different social medias hoping for good comments and likes.

So why should you edit your pictures?

Why not simply upload them as they are, directly from the camera?

The simple answer is that there’s absolutely no requirement that you edit your pictures. If you are happy with your pictures they way they look when you download them from your camera, then that is what you save on your hard-drives and upload to social medias. It’s as simple as that.

The harsh reality of social medias is that if you expect/want to get larger numbers of likes and followers, or even earn some approvla and respect from other aviation photographers, then editing of some sort is pretty much a requirement.

So what do I need to do?

Do I have to become a black-belt in Photoshop, Lightroom and every other photo editing software out there?!

No, not all!

Small editing changes in a picture can make a big difference in the way that your pictures look, and you really don’t have to be a master of editing software to do them.

Let’s try and show you an example of what I mean.

Editing is basically a method of manipulating your picture in such a way that they catch the interest of the beholder’s eyes and tricks the brain in to finding it more interesting than what it actually is.

And there are some very simple ways you can do that.

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tutorial Have a look at this picture. It’s a Scandinavian Air Lines Bombardier CRJ-900LR and this is what the picture looked like when I downloaded it from the camera. All I have done is to convert it from a RAW image to a JPG file.

EXIF data: Canon 5D MkIII, Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x, 700mm, f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO 160

Nothing wrong with this picture. It’s in focus, it depicts the aircraft and if the registration number was visible, I would have been able to read it. This is a picture that I could have uploaded and it would have worked well for what it is; a picture of an aircraft.

But with a very simple editing technique, I can make the picture just a little bit more interesting to look at, and that’s by changing the cropping the picture a little different. Instead of the format generated by the camera, I can crop the image either to a standard crop format like 1x1, 3x4 or 16x9 that is available in most image editing software or I can choose to use a formatof my own, depending on what best suits the object in the picture.

As this aircraft is long, using a format like 1x1 or 4x3 (pretty much a square) it will not look all that good, while using a more “wide screen” format like 16x9, will work a bit better. What this will do to the picture is to make the aircraft look a little bit bigger as we have removed a bit of the sky in the background, i.e we are fooling the eye and brain of the beholder a bit. So lets use a 16x9 format crop on this picture.

And even if you don’t want to make any changes to the appearance of your picture, you should at least try and remove the sensor spots on it, as there’s nothing as annoying as seeing those spots in a picture. Most image editing tools do have simple spot removal tools and I think it’s a very good idea to use it!

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Looks better, right?

I still have the whole aircraft in the picture frame and I have managed to make the aircraft look as big as I can by filling the frame with it, front to end. So we’re good, right?

Ehhh... Not so much.

You may have fooled the eye of the beholder to think that the aircraft is larger but what you have missed, is to get some motion in the picture.

Motion in a still picture?!

What have you been smoking?

Believe it or not, but there are simple ways that you can make your brain think that an object is moving, even in a still picture and it is very easy to do.

Instead of cropping the picture in such a way that it looks like you squeezed the aircraft in to the picture, leave some room in front of the aircraft, so that it has somewhere to go.

It is pretty safe to asume that most of the people that will look at your aviation pictures knows how an aircratf works. In most cases, the pointy end moves forward, followed by the rest of the aircraft. So when they see a picture of an aircraft, their brain already knows that it is supposed to move in the direction of where the node of the aircraft is pointing.

By giving the aircraft ”room to move forward”, you trick brain brain to think that the object (in this case the aircraft) is moving in the direction where it has the most room to go, the way forward.

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Doesn’t this look more natural?

You have now tricked the eye and brain of the beholder of your picture to think that the aircraft is a bit larger and that it’s moving from right to left.

Easy, right?!

No ninja-skills in editing required, just a simple crop.

Want to do some more?

Ok, then take a look at the next version of the picture.

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All I have done to this version, is to use the “automatic” feature in the basic editing section of Lightroom. I have just clicked that little button and the program did the rest.

There’s no shame in using the built-in features of editing software, if they help making your pictures look more interesting.

That’s what these image editing programs are designed to do, so why not use it?

Still no black-belt ninja-skilz in editing required.

And the difference between the original picture and this one isn’t very big, but it is a bit more pleasing to the eye, to look at.

There are, of course, more things you can do to the picture if you want, like the ”rule of third” (Google it), as it’s only your imagination and creativity that sets the limits to your editing.

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tutorial Next is a sample where I have added some warmth to the image and processed it in my normal editing process. Again, it’s not all that different from the original, it just ads a little something to the picture.

I am pretty sure that some of you think that I have ruined the picture by editing this way and to be honest, I hope I am right.

If your pictures, edited or not, can get people to have emotions or opinions about it, you are on the right track.

But does the whole aircraft have to be in the frame?

What if I want to show details in the picture, details that are hardly visible in this crop and size?

Then you simply change the crop size and try to make the details you want to show, as clear as you can without screwing the picture up completely.

If you cant’s make the details show up clearly, with out screwing the picture up, then you weren’t close enough when you took the picture or you didn’t use the optimal lens.

Editing can only get you as far as the quality of your picture allows and if the quality of the original RAW file isn’t good enough, then I’m sorry, but editing software and techniques can’t perform miracles.

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One little word of advise that I would personally like to give, in regards to showing details in a picture, is the following: If you feel you have to describe, in text, the detail(s) you are trying to show in your picture, then the original RAW file probably wasn’t good enough to begin with. Then it’s best to let the beholder of the picture decide what those details are.

There are of course a lot more things you can do, when editing your pictures, but I do recommend that you take it one step at a time and explore what you feel you want to do with your pictures.

One good way of learning more about editing techniques is to look at other photographer’s pictures that you like and try to figure out what they are doing with their pictures to “trick” your eyes and brain.

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Pilot helmet Mirage 2000D - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM - 105 mm - ISO 100 - f/4 - 1/125)

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Guard across centuries - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM - 47 mm - ISO 100 - f/5.6 - 1/100) 12

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k eepi ng h is t o r y f lyin g The Swedish Air Force Historic Flight (SwAFHF) is a civilian association with the goal of keeping former Swedish Air Force aircrafts airworthy and flying thus preserving the history of Swedish military and industrial aviation history.

SwAFHF operates an impressive range of former military aircrafts and they can launch a group of airplanes that is unique in the world. What about this line-up of aircrafts, in a flying formation: • • • • • • • •

SAAB J 29F Tunnan Hawker Hunter Mk 58 SAAB J32B Lansen SAAB Sk 35 Draken SAAB J 35J Draken SAAB 105 SAAB AJS 37 Viggen SAAB Sk 37E Viggen

And that’s’ just the jet section of the SwAFHF. They can also display the following propeller aircrafts that has flown with the Swedish Air Force: • Noorduyn Harvard AT-16 (Sk 16) • SAAB Safir (Sk 50) • Scottish Aviation Bulldog (Sk 61) All of this is possible thanks to the hard and dedicated work of a group of retired Air Force pilots, volunteers and aviation enthusiast with the backing of SAAB and the Swedish Air Force Museeum.

As SAAB has been, and is, the main manufacturer and supplier of aircrafts for the Swedish Air Force, since the end of WWII, they, together with the Swedish Air Force Museeum are the owners and operators of the J 29 Tunnan, J 32 Lansen, Sk/J 35 Draken and Sk/AJS 37 Viggen aircrafts and they have in turn handed over the task of operating and maintaining the aircrafts to SwAFHF. This set-up makes it possible to fly these former military jets as civilian registered aircrafts.

SAAB is committed to keeping these aircrafts flying until at least 2027, when SAAB celebrates it’s 90th anniversary and we of course hope that they will be flying a lot longer than that.

The aircrafts of SwAFHF are always a popular feature at any airshow that they attend and you will never forget the noise and feeling when the mighty Viggen takes off in front of you.

So where can you see these aircrafts fly?

Your safest bet will be to attend the annual Swedish Air Force air show that will be hosted by the F 17 Ronneby wing in 2019.

Ostrava NATO Days in the Czech Republic is also an event where they usually show up and this is probably the best place to get really good pictures of them.

Other than that, it’s usually best to check in on the SwAFHF public Facebook site, where they post their airshow schedule.

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Har vard AT-16II B - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM - 500 mm - ISO 100 - f/5 - 1/200)

Hawker Hunter Mk. 58 - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS + 1.4x - 700 mm - ISO 200 - f/5.6 - 1/1600) 15

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SAAB Formation - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM - 300 mm - ISO 160 - f/5.6 - 1/800)

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SAAB J 35J Draken - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS + 1.4x - 700 mm - ISO 160 - f/6.3 - 1/1000)

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SAAB A JS 37 Vig gen - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700 mm - ISO 800 - f/6.3 - 1/1600)

SAAB J 29F Tunnan - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700 mm - ISO 320 - f/6.3 - 1/1600)

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SAAB Sk 35C Draken - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700 mm - ISO 100 - f/7.1 - 1/400)

SAAB 105 - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700 mm - ISO 200 - f/6.3 - 1/1600)

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SAAB Sk 37E Vig gen - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM - 700 mm - ISO 250 - f/5 - 1/500) 22

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Dassault Rafale - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700 mm - ISO 160 - f/5.6 - 1/640)

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SAAB J 35J Draken and Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700 mm - ISO 160 - f/5.6 - 1/640)

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Cavalier F-51D Mustan - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700.0 mm - ISO 100 - f/11 - 1/320)

Danish Air Force F-16A Fighting Falcon - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700.0 mm - ISO 125 - f/5.6 - 1/1600)

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Swedish Air Force SAAB 39C Gripen - Photographer: Peter Eliasson - e-pic.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700.0 mm - ISO 640 - f/6.3 - 1/1250) 29

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Meeting de l'air, France

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One of my personal goals for the 2018 photo season was to travel to some air shows that I had never attended before, to get some variation and see some new aircrafts. One of these trips took me to the meeting de l’air at Nancy Ochey in France and this was my first visit to an airshow in France.

And since I don’t speak many words of French, I must admit that I was a bit concerned about the language barrier that I thought could pose a bit of an issue.

The main reason why I chose the Nancy Ochey show, was that I was recommended to go to it and I got a lot of assistance in the spotter’s registration that was required, by one of the French spotter organizations; Les DCA. And this is a very good piece of advice; if you don’t speak French, contact one of the French spotter groups/ organizations, as they most likely have someone who speaks English, and they will be more than happy to assist you.

The second reason why I choose this airshow was the aircrafts that are stationed at the base.

Nancy Ochey ba 133 Air Base is the home of 3 squadrons of Dassault Mirage 2000D multirole fighters (60 aircraft) including the Couteau Delta Tactical Display team and the base really made a very good effort to showcase the work they do and the equipment they use.

The meeting was a three-day event, Friday – Sunday, with the Friday being a “spotters only” only day, for the around 200 people that got spotter access. As the base is an active military installation, the level of security is high and before entering the base, they searched your bags very thoroughly. But in spite of the security arrangements, it was very well organized and the process of getting through the security check was very smooth indeed.

Breguet 1150 Atlantic - Photographer: Jörgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM - 188 mm - ISO 100 - f/14 - 1/100) 30

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Eurocopter EC-665 Tiger HAP - Photographer: Jörgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x - 700 mm - ISO 100 - f/9 - 1/250)

From the security check, we took a short bus ride to a “staging area” where they handed out blue high-visibility vests for everyone and you could get a cup of coffee, before we walked a short distance to a cinema building where they held a short security briefing. The briefing was mainly held in French so having someone who speaks/understands French and could translate was a big help.

From the security briefing, we could choose between two photo locations along the runway before we climbed on to the busses and were transported to a location about 50-75m along the main runway, where there was a lot of space and no need for anyone to feel crowded.

Friday was, as it usually is, an arrival and rehearsal day and we got to see both the participating display acts and some of the aircrafts that was to be in the static display.

The meeting de l’air Nancy Ochey is, as most of these events in France, organized by FOSA (www.fosa.fr), a French charitable organization who has the following mission: The mission of the Foundation of the Air Social Works (FOSA) is to provide assistance to the personnel of the Air Force, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, Météo France and their families who are in difficulty following an ”accident of life” to one of their own.

This means that getting spotter access cost money, but I had no problems paying €90,00 for the three days event, including meal tickets for all three days. The only day that the meal tickets were a bit pointless was on Friday, as you had to leave the spotting area to go eat, and that’s not a very practical solution. But the photo location and access we got, made the fee well worth it.

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Deperdussin T - Photographer: Jörgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM - 400mm - ISO 100 - f/14 - 1/125)

It was also interesting to see that Nikon, Canon and Sony had representatives at the spotter area, where you could borrow and test some of their high end equipment during the air show. This is something that more air show organizers should try and arrange.

Speaking about food, one thing that is worth mentioning, is the issue of buying some sandwiches and drink to bring with you to the event. As someone who wants to be all set with food and drink at the start of an air show, so I don’t have to leave the photo location, this was a bit annoying.

In most other countries where I’ve been to air shows, you have been able to stop by a gas station on the way to the event location and buy some sandwiches, something to drink and some snacks. In France, this seems to be impossible. I could not find any gas stations (or even a McDonalds) that was open that early in the morning, so what you need to do is to go to a grocery store the day before and buy stuff that you can make a couple of sandwiches with and a supply of something to drink.

And what about the language barrier?

Well, it’s not much different from going to an air show in the Czech republic or Poland, to be honest.

You probably won’t understand a lot of what’s being said, but contrary to what many people believe, most of the French people I met did understand English, even if they didn’t speak much of it, and having someone with you who can translate for you is very helpful indeed.

I can also recommend that you do learn a few simple words and phrases in French, like “Bonjour”, “Merci” and “vole vou cou..” well, maybe not that one, because you’ll be surprised how far that will get you.

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Dassault MD-312 Flamant - Photographer: Jรถrgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM - 170mm - ISO 100 - f/10 - 1/125)

A 400M Atlas - Photographer: jรถrgen nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM - 114mm - ISO 100 - f/11 - 1/100) 33

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Meeting de l'air, France So, what about the airshow?

The French Air Force is a frequent participant at European airshows, with the Rafale Solo Display, Couteau Delta and Patrouille de France as the main acts and all of these display teams were present at the meeting de l’air Nancy Ochey.

We also got to see some Mirage 2000C action and helicopter display by the Eurocopter Tiger. So, in short, the display was very French with only a few international participants.

And to be honest, it was rather refreshing with an air show that had some not so common aircrafts flying compared to other air shows in Europe.

I will definitely go back to France for more air shows in the future!

The organization is good, the aircrafts flying are not the “same old” and the French are a friendly bunch of people.

EC 02.003 Champagne - Photographer: Jörgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM - 85mm - ISO 100 - f/8 - 1/200)

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Swedish Air Force pilot ”CHAOS” - Photographer: Jörgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS + 1.4x - 700mm - ISO 100 - f/6.3 - 1/400)

All the tutorials that we have written this far, have all been aimed at photographers, to try and help you improve your photography. Aviation photography is usually a form of photography where you don’t have much of a chance to choreograph your pictures, in the way that you can tell the pilot where and how to fly. There are, of course, a lucky few that get to do this, but that includes a whole different level of skills, planning, preparations and connections.

But you’d be surprised how much you can improve the quality of your pictures if you get a chance to talk to a (display) pilot and explain your point of view and what it is you want to see. Pilots are in turn able to tell you what safety regulations and rules they have to follow and with this shared information you can both adapt and adjust to get great pictures, because display pilots LOVE to have their picture taken!

So, we figured we would try and create a small tutorial for (display) pilots, where we provide information about what it is we aviation photographers want and how you pilots can help improve the quality of the pictures we take of you and at the same time have pictures of you shared over social medias.

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tutorial The first and best advise we can give to any (display) pilot is to show as much as possible of the top-side of the aircraft towards the spectators. Imagen going to a concert, and the artists performing spends most of the concert with their back turned towards you… Even if the music is great, you won’t remember that concert as a good one.

One of the reasons why you want to show the top-side of your aircraft towards the spectators is that the canopy of the plane is the “eye” of the plane. A portrait of a person where you see they eyes is much sexier than if the eyes are close or not visible.

Don’t be shy, show yourself while flying! - Photographer: jörgen nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM - 300mm - ISO 100 - f/13 - 1/250)

Smoke, is something we aviation photographers both love and hate. We love it when it provides some contrast and background to the pictures. We hate it when it ends up hanging over the airfiled or drifting towards us as it blocks our view. So, use smoke, but don’t use too much of it.

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Give the crowd a salute - Photographer: jĂśrgen nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM - 166mm - ISO 100 - f/5 - 1/160)

We photo-geeks LOVE when pilots and crew wave and look at us! If you get a chance, wave and smile and we will love you for it! Just don’t wave with your hand infront of your face, as it will look like you are trynig to hide your face.

This becomes even better if you can taxi by, close to us, so we can get some close-ups. If there is a chance to taxi close to us photo-nerds, take it, as it makes for great pictures.

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Trees and buildings in the background makes the picture interesting!

Photographer: Peter Eliasson - e-pic.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS + 1.4x - 700.0 mm - ISO 100 - f/6.3 - 1/400)

Next, we want you to fly as close as possible to us.

And before you start objecting, we know there are safety regulations that regulate how close you are allowed to fly to the spectators. But we’ve seen too many displays where the pilots aren’t even close to the minimum distance and if you fly a small plane… Well, you get the picture ,because we sure don’t.

Altitude is also included in the term “close”… And again, we know, there are safety regulations and laws of physics in play here, but pictures with trees and buildings in the background are sexy, we’re just saying...

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Take off in style and show off that aircraft! - Photographer: Jörgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM - 188mm - ISO 100 - f/8 - 1/500)

During a display, it’s difficult to “stand out” in any other way than with the skill of your flying but remember that you usually have to both arrive and depart to/from the air show and this is your moment to shine. We photographers LOVE “touch and go” landings, especially if your aircraft is equipped with an afterburner. The more, the better!

And when it’s time to take off and depart, let’s just say that normal take-offs are boring...

Take off like you mean it! - Photographer: Jörgen Nilsson - jn-photo.se (Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III - 700mm - ISO 200 - f/5.6 - 1/1600)

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tutorial Want to take it a step further?

Then come hang with us for a while.

Check out what it looks like from our side of the fence, have a go at taking some pictures with our cameras, shake hands, wave, smile, bring some giveaways and you’ll go from “Loved” to “Worshipped” in a heartbeat.

Swedish Air Force Gripen Solo Display pilot Mj STARBUT T at a meet and greet at RIAT 2017, in the ”Park & View ” a rea.

Now you might be thinking “ok, so what’s in it for me…?”

Besides actually getting some input on how to improve your display, from people who have probably seen a lot of displays and can pick a good one from a mediocre one, you will get free publicity and most likely invitations to more air shows. It’s simply good PR. After the air show, share our pictures on your social medias. We love it when you pilots use our pictures, just as much as you love being in the picture. Ask if it’s ok to use the picture and I promise that 99,9% of all aviation photo geeks will say YES! Come up with a hastag tag to use for pictures of your aircraft, tell us what it is and we’ll use it, to makle it easier for you and others to find the pictures.

Just consider this: • Let’s say there are 100 photo-geeks taking pictures of your display.

• Each geek posts an average of 5 pictures from the display, on social medias.

• 500 pictures of you, on social media, spreading around the world, free of charge.

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Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback or ”Hell Duck” - photographer: Peter Eliasson - e-pic.se Canon EO S 5D Mark III - Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS + 1.4x (700.0 mm) - f/5.6 - 1/1250 - ISO 160

Fa s t & Lo w A c t i o n P h o t o g r a py S w e d e n H B Publishers:

Jörgen Nilsson Peter Eliasson

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