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Tell a Story

March 21, 2016

A photograph should be able to tell a story today and in 20 years time, hire a professional, don't settle for anything less

To check availability for 2017, call now

Tel: 07584900938

Email: neil.graham0071@gmail.com

Website: www.neilgrahamphotography.com

Q & A from a Twitter follower

February 6, 2014

Hi Neil,

Many thanks for your mention on Twitter this morning. Just had a quick look at your web site you have some fantastic photos. I was at the air show in Duxford last year my photos look nothing like yours – such clarity.

keep up the fantastic work.

Thank you Tony a Twitter follower, @tonysalephoto . Below I explain the approach I take with my aviation photographs and refer to a 2013 blog.

Hi Tony.

The Duxford show was the Flying Legends Show on Sat 13th July 2013.

Anytime for the mention on Twitter, it's great to have contact with new aviation photographers.

My photos are taken with a borrowed Canon 7d and my EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L IS USM All of the photos were hand held and taken in a Raw format. That day was around 34c and the light was hard and unforgiving. I find it always hard to obtain a good exposer in aviation photography coupled with a low shutter speed, but in the 34c heat plus the lighting was something else this year.

Other than a small crop,adjusting the exposer, highlights, shadows,vibrancy, clarity and sometimes adding a vignette in Lightroom 4 it's straight out of the camera. Having an L lens from Canon helps, but over 300mm the 100-400m does go soft.

Have a look the rest of my photos, over on YouTube in a slideshow format. Part 1 & 2 Duxford and Dunsfold park part 1 & 2.

http://youtu.be/jrXvEgmsQ9g Duxford Part 1
http://youtu.be/-zB-tWuD_Jg Duxford Part 2

Also, you can head over to my website blog and read an article I wrote last year. It has all my camera settings from the Duxford Airshow and post processing in adjustments in Lightroom 4.

http://www.neil-graham.squarespace.com/blog/2013/8/23/duxford-dc-53d-dakota-airshow-photograph-review

I am attending, “The Flying Legends” Show this year on the Saturday and hoping to meet up with a few other photographers.

Thanks for the feedback and if you have any tips I can use, I would be happy to chat on the phone.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Regards
Neil

Again, thank you Tony for the feedback . If you have any feedback or questions, you can contact me on

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Wings and Wheels at Dunsfold Aerodrome

January 2, 2014

This year saw me attend the Wings & Wheels at Dunsfold Aerodrome. With the rich history of aviation at Dunsfold the scene was set. Unlike many other Air shows around the United Kingdom, this show mixes aeroplanes, cars, motorbike, re-enactment groups plus a big show ground with static displays. The ticket pricing is also reasonable at £45 for 2 adults + 3 child, compared to £35 for 1 adult at this year’s Duxford Flying Legends show.

I attended Wings & Wheels last year and shot at 1/500 upwards which stop the propellers dead. This made the aircraft in mid air look like they have suffered an engine failure, and on the ground parked up, so this season I have improved my techniques and lowered my shutter speed down the 1:50-1/125. Now slow shutter speeds brings it’s own problems with sky shots of aircraft. It is very difficult to obtain the correct exposure in bright light with dark aircraft and this is something you have to adjust whilst the display is occurring.

Hawker Hurricane. Click on the image to view more

This season I have been concentrating on the propeller spin of the classics - Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane and with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, visiting Dunsfold was a great opportunity to improve on last seasons photographs.

Hawker Hurricane, Avro Lancaster and Supermarine Spitfire from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

With the cloud slowly lifting and the sun growing stronger you can start with 1/40 f18 100 ISO (as I remarked earlier) you're know straight away, to capture the aircraft without an ND filter in bright sun would be next to impossible with that amount of light flooding onto the camera's sensor. (Memo to self- buy an ND Filter for next season). Along with many other photo shoots this year, after a while you hit the sweet spot of the shutter speed + F stop + ISO in the camera setting. You can shot in manual mode on the canon 60d to maintain and keep on top of the changing conditions i.e- sun, clouds, blue sky, dark and lightly coloured aircraft, plus if a jet or prop plane. Some photographers choose to shoot in shutter priority or Tv on Nikons mode. The choice is yours, which ever mode you feel comfortable with. As you progress through your levels of photography skill you will quickly realise that there is more than one way to take a picture, in fact there are several.

As you can see from the photography contained within the blog, once you have got the propeller spin in your photos the older aircraft came alive. With a mixture of propeller, fast jets and gliders that flew at Wings and Wheels 2013 you will have to keep adjusting your camera settings all day long. With the 2014 season fast approaching I think it's time for me to attend a different Airshow. Check out the 2014 calendar over at -

Hawker Seafury from the Royal Navy Historic Flight

The equipment for Wings and Wheels 2013 was a Canon 7d with a Canon EF F/4.5-5.6L IS USM 100-400mm and a Canon 60d with Canon EF f2.8L 70-200mm IS USM.

If you have any questions please email me at neil@neilgrahamphotography.com or call on +44 (0) 7584 900938

Another great resource for aviation photography is a gentleman called Moose Peterson Aviatin Photography . Check out his wonderful work at http://www.warbirdimages.com