Fun, Fun, Fun

Great morning in Reno, lots of new things to shoot. Maybe the best shot of the morning was of
José “Fuji” Ramos, now known as “Sprinkles” for the shot below.

Jose is a world class military aviation
shooter who is back seat qualified to
go up in the really fast jets. Nice guy
too! He and the rest of our gang was
on the tarmac again this morning at
daybreak to work the subjects. The
sky worked for us this morning and
we all did well. Below a TWA DC-3
sits in the tarmac with the Stead Tower
in the background. Run through the
HDR process and then desaturated to
look kinda like a 1930’s movie poster.

Aviation art shooting is all a matter of
what you like, unless you’re trying to sell
your work then, of course the client must
like it. Though the shot of the F18 from
the business end is quite literal it also
uses the light and contrast of the morn-
ing to emphasize the details.

The fun of shooting the planes is intensified by the great fellowship among the photographers at
Reno, and estimated, 360. Photographers come from all over the world for this event that will

draw a crowd in excess of 250,000 people. My boss and buddy Scott Diussa loves Corsairs so the last shot is for him.

I’m thankful to be here with such good friends. Be sure to remember to check out Scott’s, Bill’s,
Moose’s, and Richard’s Websites/blogs for more images, everyone had a great shooting day.

http://www.billpekala.com/BillPekala/Welcome.html

http://www.scottdiussa.com/Scott_Diussa/Scott_Diussas_Blog/Scott_Diussas_Blog.html

http://www.richardsmallphotography.smugmug.com/

http://www.moosepeterson.com/blog/

Everyday I thank God for my family, my job, my friends, and most of all my relationship with Him.
Thank you Father……..

the pilgrim

*Photo Note: All images with the Nikon D3s, 24-70 f 2.8 AFS and 70-300 AFS VR lenses. All Images HDR.
The shot of the photographers was made with Nikon’s new wonderful P7000 Coolpix.