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Too Many and Not Enough
September 12, 2022 - A museum could be termed a target-rich environment for whatever the museum is dedicated to. It's why the darn things exi...
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Into the Woods
June 16, 2021 - In my article Looking Up, the topic was ground-to-air photography and the location was Las Vegas; the aircraft was a Kam...
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Framed
July 14, 2020 - I am, as I write this, deep into producing a photo essay for a trade magazine about firefighting helicopters in Arizona.
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A Lot In A Little
June 24, 2020 - When you are "burning dinosaur bones," as Chris Cornell put it, efficiency is important. The direct operating costs of a...
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Going in Circles
December 31, 2019 - I was recently in the Gulf of Mexico for a week of photography and story-gathering. One of the photo shoots was mostly a...
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Making a Masterpiece
December 07, 2019 - A short story that illustrates how thinking ahead and showing your work can help you and your client when the time is su...
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Looking Forward To It
October 14, 2019 - Beginning last year (which would make it 2018), I have been photographing from inside helicopters looking forward throug...
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Skew Not The Scenery
May 15, 2019 - Among the several challenges you face when photographing the interior of an aircraft is the small space. Not much room f...
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Putting the Muse in Museum
March 29, 2019 - Whether for business or pleasure, museums and other densely packed collections of aircraft present not only a target-ric...
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Double-Trucking
March 18, 2019 - In " Rigged to Jiggle," my article about mounting a camera inside a single-seat helicopter to capture a behind-the-scene...
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Slow Shooter
January 30, 2019 - Aviation is inherently moving. The machines, the people, even the backgrounds, seem destined to be seen in motion. Effec...
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How Much is Enough?
December 04, 2018 - I was standing outside the fences southeast of Naval Air Facility El Centro, conversing with friends, enjoying the mild...
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Shooting in the Dark
October 15, 2018 - Sometimes the situation for photography turns dark. And I don't mean menacing or sad. Sometimes the light goes away or h...
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What to do About the Weather
November 03, 2016 - Thunderstorms rolled through the area last night and it got me to thinking. For pilots concerned about safety and comple...
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Beautiful Busy Background
October 10, 2016 - Even if you're not a fan of alliteration, these images show the beauty and value of an appropriately busy background, wh...
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Planning for Variety
October 05, 2016 - Here are three images from a 2016 air-to-air photo shoot to illustrate something you should be doing, or expecting of yo...
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The Quality of Light
September 05, 2016 - Where it comes from, and what it's like, make big differences
My recent time spent on NAF El Centro yielded a bevy of...
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