One of the highlights I experience every year is being able to go to see the Air Show.
It's a wonderful time to walk right up to all the old vintage planes.
I imagine myself sitting in the cockpits of all of them, and flying them through the clouds.
Though the planes on display change from year to year, the major attraction to the show is always the amazing Blue Angels doing their acrobatic dangerous routines right in front of my eyes.
And while I never miss the show, I also never miss the opportunity of taking along my digital SLR camera together with both of my lenses, my tripod and an extra digital storage.
For most of the action sequences, I use my 100 '300 mm zoom lens.
I have a 10 megapixel DSLR camera, which is more than sufficient for producing fabulous photos of planes.
After going to the shows for many years, and taking great photos of planes, I have learned how to get the best pictures using the features that are included in my camera.
Generally, for fast action flying photographs I set my digital camera to the automatic continuous focus setting.
When I'm ready to take the photograph, I simply hold my finger on the shutter button halfway down as I move the camera to track the planes flying in front of me.
As I begin to take pictures automatically, the lens moves back and forth as the camera stays in focus.
Though this process takes many more pictures than I could ever use, there's always one or two in the group of photos that turn out phenomenal.
Because my long lens doesn't have an image stabilizer built directly into it, I use a tripod or monopod as an easy way to keep my camera steady.
The monopod is especially handy when taking action photos, because it's easy to stabilize the unit while also tracking the plane's movements.
It's important to understand the limitations of your zoom lens when taking photos at a distance.
Generally, even high-end long-range zoom lenses capture fuzzy images when opened to their widest angle.
With my 300 mm zoom lens, I can generally only open it to a range of about 250 mm without the image becoming distorted.
Knowing this, I generally wait until the planes fly in closer.
Taking photos at this closer range, gives me the opportunity to crop the photo without losing pixel quality.
When learning how to take great photos of planes in action, it's important to know the limitations of the camera you're using.
While taking pictures of the vintage planes up close, attempt to keep the sun at your back, and stage your shot to include other objects, such as birds in the sky, other planes nearby or people.
It's a wonderful time to walk right up to all the old vintage planes.
I imagine myself sitting in the cockpits of all of them, and flying them through the clouds.
Though the planes on display change from year to year, the major attraction to the show is always the amazing Blue Angels doing their acrobatic dangerous routines right in front of my eyes.
And while I never miss the show, I also never miss the opportunity of taking along my digital SLR camera together with both of my lenses, my tripod and an extra digital storage.
For most of the action sequences, I use my 100 '300 mm zoom lens.
I have a 10 megapixel DSLR camera, which is more than sufficient for producing fabulous photos of planes.
After going to the shows for many years, and taking great photos of planes, I have learned how to get the best pictures using the features that are included in my camera.
Generally, for fast action flying photographs I set my digital camera to the automatic continuous focus setting.
When I'm ready to take the photograph, I simply hold my finger on the shutter button halfway down as I move the camera to track the planes flying in front of me.
As I begin to take pictures automatically, the lens moves back and forth as the camera stays in focus.
Though this process takes many more pictures than I could ever use, there's always one or two in the group of photos that turn out phenomenal.
Because my long lens doesn't have an image stabilizer built directly into it, I use a tripod or monopod as an easy way to keep my camera steady.
The monopod is especially handy when taking action photos, because it's easy to stabilize the unit while also tracking the plane's movements.
It's important to understand the limitations of your zoom lens when taking photos at a distance.
Generally, even high-end long-range zoom lenses capture fuzzy images when opened to their widest angle.
With my 300 mm zoom lens, I can generally only open it to a range of about 250 mm without the image becoming distorted.
Knowing this, I generally wait until the planes fly in closer.
Taking photos at this closer range, gives me the opportunity to crop the photo without losing pixel quality.
When learning how to take great photos of planes in action, it's important to know the limitations of the camera you're using.
While taking pictures of the vintage planes up close, attempt to keep the sun at your back, and stage your shot to include other objects, such as birds in the sky, other planes nearby or people.