[Gary Bagshawe]

Hiya all,
Im off to an airshow tommorow and having never photographed this type of thing before Just wondered if any of you guys n gals could give me any pointers.
You see, even so called professionals need to ask advice from time to time.

[stepheno]

Never shot that meself, Gary, so when you find out let me know

[Toonie]

Gary,
Waddington ? Always a great show, I'll be there on Sunday, I Just stand near to the beer tent moaning about all the noisy B****y airoplanes flying about. Enjoy

Regards Toonie

[Gary Bagshawe]

Ok cheers, Ill see if I get anything decent and if so will post up with details of shutter speeds etc.

[Dave]

Only advice is what I've read which is :-

For clear skies dial in some exposure compensation, often +2/3 to + 1 as a starting point. Check your histogram. If shooting against clouds you will probably get under-exposed aircraft unless you meter very carfully . Shoot raw to give yourself that 5 stops to play with.

Forget the old tripod or monopod as too hard to track the planes. Use a high shutter speed for jets, but slower one for prop planes to get a slight blur on blades.

If looking to take shots of the static planes on the ground, then look to get there early to avoid all the crowds.

Looking forward to the shots

[Gary Bagshawe]

Originally Posted by Dave

Only advice is what I've read which is :-

For clear skies dial in some exposure compensation, often +2/3 to + 1 as a starting point. Check your histogram. If shooting against clouds you will probably get under-exposed aircraft unless you meter very carfully . Shoot raw to give yourself that 5 stops to play with.

Forget the old tripod or monopod as too hard to track the planes. Use a high shutter speed for jets, but slower one for prop planes to get a slight blur on blades.

If looking to take shots of the static planes on the ground, then look to get there early to avoid all the crowds.

Looking forward to the shots

Oh your looking forward to the shots are you, So, No pressure then. This is worse than working for the press.
Only kidding guys, cheers for the advice, if there are any worth showing I will post them up.

[MiG Eater]

Very sorry for the late reply.

Right, it will be sods law that it will be overcast and hazy. Such is life. I'm currently using a polarising and UV filter, this helps cut it down a little.

Take as many photos as you can, just to make sure that you get at least one half decent.

The question you have to ask yourself (which has been mentioned before), do you want the blades/props to be blured on their axis of rotation, or fixed (with a static appearance). Just have a play, thats the only way I found out really.

Have a whizz throught my gallery. I do prefer taking photos of static a/c, but thats only because they're easier. Also be careful with that haze, my auto focus tends to prefer that to the actual a/c themselves. lol.

All the best mate, look forward to seeing them? BTW, which airshow are you going to?