Welcome to the Air Show Journal!

The following reports are under preparation and will be posted (hopefully) soon.

• Edwards AFB Air Show, October 28, 2006.
• NAF El Centro Air Show, March 10, 2007.

• Camarillo Air Show, August 18, 2007.
• Oklahoma Air Show, October 27, 2007.

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Q: Photo ... doesn't have a button. How can I purchase a print of it?
A: Not all photos are available, because of technical quality issues, or due to legal rights issues.

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Q: I tried to print/save an image off your website, and it got chopped up. What gives?
A: You got caught by the copyright protection system. Please read the legal terms, available at the bottom of every webpage! May I remind you that prints are available for purchase?

Q: Is this what you do for a living?
A: No, I only do air show photos part time, when my regular job allows.

Q: Can you come to the ... air show in ...?
A: Maybe, tell me about it. I can't attend everything because of fiscal and schedule realities, but I'm open to suggestions.

Q: What cameras do you use?
A: I use Canon EOS digital SLR cameras and lenses. I have a 13 megapixel Canon 5D and an 8 megapixel Canon 1D Mark II, and I have also used the 6 megapixel 10D and D60. As for lenses, I use the Canon 17-40mm F/4L wide angle lens and the 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS telephoto zoom. Always handheld. Exposure times are ~1/160sec for props, ~1/60sec for helos, and ~1/1000sec for jets. It's difficult to get sharp images with props and helos so I take lots and lots of images and pick out the sharp ones. I exclusively use RAW mode for my images, anyone who shoots only to JPEG is wasting their time. Images are processed in Phase One's Capture One software. I shoot anywhere from 500 to 2,000 images per day at a show.

Q: Tell me about this webserver. How many visitors do you get?
A: This website is hosted on a Celeron 2.0GHz 256MB managed dedicated server, running Linux. All pages are plain static HTML, to keep the server load reasonable. The website as a whole gets up to 25,000 visitors (people) per day, generating over one million hits and 20GB of traffic on a peak day after a major show!