Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:54 am
Eric Presten wrote:While we are bragging, 14 of the pictures tha Mike posted above were taken out of my 1949 Piper Clipper photoship.
So they were!
Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:37 am
A2A photography - How not to do it.
Shortly before departing the UK for Oshkosh 1985 I had purchased a further Exacta Varex camera from a work colleague , a slightly later model to my 'trusty' friend of 15 years with its superb Zeiss lens.
This was pre Zoom lens technology/availability and it was quite usual practice to carry a standard and a telephoto on separate interchangeable bodies.
Early morning at Oshkosh the opportunity came to re-acquaint with the Spitfire Tr IX, now owned by Bill Greenwood. This was to be a gentle 'trundle around' with a couple of Mustangs and David Price in his Mk XIV Spitfire.
With space at a premium for control swing, seat and parachute harnesses on, no accessible pockets and zero stowage I opted for just the one camera, the new one but with the Zeiss 50mm lens. Just the one of roll film, 34 frames on, as changing film and or lenses with caps would be fraught.
The shot I was after was the mass of parked aircraft under the obvious Spitfire wing and roundel plus the Mustangs and Spitfire if they were sensibly close.
We took off and I captured a couple of shots and then click....the trusty old Exacta had a mechanical film counter 1-36. On the newer Exacta it was reversed, counting available frames down from 36-1.
A really dumb mistake, possibly assisted by the general excitement of flying in the Spitfire again.
PeterA
Shortly before departing the UK for Oshkosh 1985 I had purchased a further Exacta Varex camera from a work colleague , a slightly later model to my 'trusty' friend of 15 years with its superb Zeiss lens.
This was pre Zoom lens technology/availability and it was quite usual practice to carry a standard and a telephoto on separate interchangeable bodies.
Early morning at Oshkosh the opportunity came to re-acquaint with the Spitfire Tr IX, now owned by Bill Greenwood. This was to be a gentle 'trundle around' with a couple of Mustangs and David Price in his Mk XIV Spitfire.
With space at a premium for control swing, seat and parachute harnesses on, no accessible pockets and zero stowage I opted for just the one camera, the new one but with the Zeiss 50mm lens. Just the one of roll film, 34 frames on, as changing film and or lenses with caps would be fraught.
The shot I was after was the mass of parked aircraft under the obvious Spitfire wing and roundel plus the Mustangs and Spitfire if they were sensibly close.
We took off and I captured a couple of shots and then click....the trusty old Exacta had a mechanical film counter 1-36. On the newer Exacta it was reversed, counting available frames down from 36-1.
A really dumb mistake, possibly assisted by the general excitement of flying in the Spitfire again.
PeterA
Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:40 am
DAVEYMAC,
A good method for 'buffering' your flash is to use a piece of preforated white hand wipe towel, hard to describe but kinda along the lines of a disposable very thin microfiber towel (CLOROX sani-wipe?) rubberbanded over your positionable flash head (one that tilts from straight ahead to straight up) will, with some playing around (and using the cameras built in metering) give pretty good results inside. A former workmate of mine @ BADWRENCH (sorry, ATS now) was also the company photog and he used the technique to capture interior pictures for completed interiors, it fills the flash area but will cut the bounce back and glare from reflecting surfaces as well as the 'burn' from the center of the frame. I believe I mentioned in an earlier post the day after the FHC opened in June '08 that having worked in that hanger, and being there opening day that the place was a real b!tch for lighting and shadows because of skylights and hanger walls blocking sidelighting.
As of yesterday, FHC has installed one of the copies of SPACESHIP 1 (original @ NASM and one copy hanging in the M o F @ KBFI) in the hanger and plans to display the trophy next to the spacecraft.
A good method for 'buffering' your flash is to use a piece of preforated white hand wipe towel, hard to describe but kinda along the lines of a disposable very thin microfiber towel (CLOROX sani-wipe?) rubberbanded over your positionable flash head (one that tilts from straight ahead to straight up) will, with some playing around (and using the cameras built in metering) give pretty good results inside. A former workmate of mine @ BADWRENCH (sorry, ATS now) was also the company photog and he used the technique to capture interior pictures for completed interiors, it fills the flash area but will cut the bounce back and glare from reflecting surfaces as well as the 'burn' from the center of the frame. I believe I mentioned in an earlier post the day after the FHC opened in June '08 that having worked in that hanger, and being there opening day that the place was a real b!tch for lighting and shadows because of skylights and hanger walls blocking sidelighting.
As of yesterday, FHC has installed one of the copies of SPACESHIP 1 (original @ NASM and one copy hanging in the M o F @ KBFI) in the hanger and plans to display the trophy next to the spacecraft.