Ever since I was a little kid.
One of the earliest photos of me that exists has me standing out on the front porch, pointing at an airplane.
Because of this, the greater Seattle Area is an excellent place for me to live. Because we have a major airport and quite a bit of manufacturing, as well as a great deal of history with airplanes.
All of this means sights like this are not uncommon:
Well, other than the (mostly) blue skies. But that's another subject for another day, I think.
This area is also home to the Flying Heritage Collection. I managed to snap a few shots a few months back - and learned a bit about photographing airplanes in the process:
- If you don't include something in the background, it'll look like a toy.
- If you don't slow your shutter down, then the propeller will be "stopped" and will look odd, which adds to the "toy" look.
- Remember that objects in shade are 3 stops brighter than objects in the sun. The bottom half of an airplane in flight will nearly always be in shade.
I snapped a full roll and a half of film and a couple of dozen digital shots. I don't have all of the film processed, yet, but this is the pick of the digital shots:
I'll let you know if any of the film turns out better. And - by the way - this is the sky I'm used to seeing in this area.
