Gallery Update: Messing Around with Camera Settings

A new camera means taking the time to mess with the various settings to get the ideal photos. I spent the day today volunteering at the Legacy Flight Museum and during a lull in business (I know right? What "business" during winter operations???), I went out into the hangar and took some photos while messing around with some of the camera settings.

Legacy Flight Museum 2015 Revisits (Updated)

Preview:

A unique view of the P-63 Kingcobra.

The Howard DGA-15 was tucked away to the side but that's okay because it's still a "Damn Good Airplane!"

A good view of the T-28C Trojan.

Gallery Update: Preliminary Photo Mission

As I try to get used to using my new camera, I am hoping for more opportunities to go out flying and taking photos. I got my chance today when I went flying with uncle in his Mooney out of St. Anthony. It was a pretty overcast day but we got airborne anyways. We first flew up to Ashton and Ashton Hill and looked for signs of wildlife, particularly wolves because they have been causing trouble killing all the elk. After flying a few passes over the Ashton Hill with the limited altitude we had, we flew down to Rexburg and did a few touch and goes before returning to St. Anthony. During the course of the flight, I took a few aerial photos and I was quite impressed with how they turned out. Here are the links:

St. Anthony (U12) 6

General Aviation Wings (Updated)

Preview:

N9716M. This is one of the first aircraft photos I've taken outdoors with my new camera.

Aerial view of Ashton, ID.

Overflying St. Anthony's Stanford Field en route to Rexburg after overflying Ashton.

Turning onto short final for Runway 17 at Rexburg-Madison County Airport.

Aerial view of Brigham Young University-Idaho campus and surrounding apartment complexes.

This impromptu, preliminary photo mission was a complete success, based on how well these photos turned out. Had it been clear day, I'm pretty sure I would've gotten improved results but beggars can't be choosers. And I'm saying "photo mission" because I've got a few things planned in the near future for my aviation photography. The next thing I need to practice is photographing aircraft in motion!

Gallery Update: Return to the Museum!

I'm back in Rexburg, Idaho for one more semester at Brigham Young University-Idaho and I just got through the first week. Being back in Rexburg meant only one thing: time to go back to volunteering at the Legacy Flight Museum! I was kind of looking forward to this day because I got a new camera for Christmas and I've been dying to take aviation photos with my new toy! I never thought the first photos I would take with my new camera would come from the Legacy Flight Museum. Generally, I was pleased with the results. As I am volunteering again, this new photo album from my museum revisit will be updated as time goes along. Here's the link:

Legacy Flight Museum (2015 Revisits)

Photo Preview:

The museum made a new acquisition while I was away; a North American T-28C Trojan (N328AK).

Another angle of the museum's T-28C.

Of course, "Ole Yeller" and the "Mormon Mustang" caught my eye, as always!

The Beechcraft Staggerwing, Boeing Stearman, and Grumman S2F-1 Tracker all in one frame.

The Bell P-63C Kingcobra, lookin' good as always!

And of course, the only un-airworthy aircraft still at the museum is the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.