Great show gentleman and lady. Looking forward to another on this topic. Is there an YT channel you'd point me to with more aviation centric photography discussions? This seems to be a very lightly touched topic.
I am unsure, I do not do that type of photography, Id suggest finding a few people on IG and FB that you love their work and see where they follow for pro tips - this was a very high level video tips for starting out
great video and input.. i just went to an air show this weekend and unfortunately i dont own a dslr as of yet.. but i do have a canon sx530 point and shoot that did decent. im trying to pratice with manual mode and stay away from auto.. how do i keep fro. having so much blue in the picture.. if you have a way for me to show some pics i can send them for any advise .. thank again great video
Great tips on this video. I shoot with a Canon 7D mount and a Tamron 150-600mm. I tend to use my mono pod for warm up take off and landing then detach for the display. Catching the disk and getting clarity at anything below 1/200 i find very difficult.
How do you balance slow shutter speeds (1/60th) with a 200mm lens when I thought the general rule of thumb was use a 1/200 shutter speed with a 200mm lens? Thx
Great tips! I filmed lost of aviation videos in my channel. Also taking photo shot as well. Any advice on aviation filming, camera , lens, tripods, how to, etc? I subbed!
I dont do much creative video out of the studio - although I can email our guest Robert and ask him - I know he did mainly video for a big portion of his job - just not sure if he has done aviation videos!
I'm going to an airshow for the first time at the end of August to see the air force thunderbirds and a bunch others. I'm just a beginner with a Nikon d3300 and my biggest lens is a quantaray 70-300mm tele-macro. Is that an okay setup for someone's first air show with little experience or should I try and rent a different type of lens?
too late for the answer but, I hope you got more focal length I cant really afford lens and use 135mm for my local airport shoot :D that sucks and for the airshow you really need good lens
@@nazgul_53 yeah to my surprise I actually got to try out different cameras and lens. For the propeller planes I used my dslr, but for the f-22 raptor and the thunderbirds I got the opportunity to use a canon d80 and a canon mark iv both with a really nice 70-300mm lens with vr. Got some lovely shots with them.
Camera bodies are made for specific types of shoots - Sports or portraits, consider ones for sports so the frame rate is faster! 7Dmk2 by Canon, GH9 By Lumix, etc.
Shooting Wings Over Pittsburgh next week and looking forward to it after a 7 year absence. USAF Thunderbirds will be there as well as an F-22 an a (static) F-35. Shot the Blue Angels in Latrobe, PA two years ago on a Nikon D7000. This year I'll be using a Nikon D500 so I'm expecting even better shots since it gets really sharp images. I will use a 70-300mm which worked well for me before. I may try my Tamron 200-500mm lens. My D500 will not time out and slow down because it uses a fast (440mbs) XQD card. Some interesting info here, wish there was more, with some demos.
I went to my local air show & did ok, I was watching videos to try to get an understanding of setting before hand. Your video must not have mentioned anything about F stops. Thanks for asking
Debi Allen Depends on what you're shooting. Anything with props or rotors your priority should be shutter speed. Generally nothing faster than 1/20. Jets, shoot as fast as you want.
Sat through 3 minutes of intro and sponsorship stuff only to have them say that what I was really interested in, (air to air photography) isn't even going to be discussed at all. Fair enough it says "beginner" aviation photography in the title, but it would have been nice to talk about it. Would have been helpful for people who aren't experienced aviation photographers who find themselves in a situation where they are able to do some air to air shooting.
As you said this is mostly for beginners - so air to air is a specialized talk for the future and will be titled that when we can schedule robert in the studio again! Keep an eye out!
Thank you for your input, it is just one of the shows we do - in standard talk show format, like every talks show. Sorry its not for you - maybe our reviews or tips videos which are shorter format would suit you more?
Great video! I’ll be renting a Canon 7D Mark ii, should I rent the Sigma 150-600 Contemporary or the Canon 100-400 L ii? Thanks!
Excellent glad we could help!
Rent both and try it 😂
I ended up buying a 1D Mark IV before would have rented the 7D II, but rented the 150-600. Even that wasn’t enough reach for some shots though
Great show gentleman and lady. Looking forward to another on this topic. Is there an YT channel you'd point me to with more aviation centric photography discussions? This seems to be a very lightly touched topic.
I am unsure, I do not do that type of photography, Id suggest finding a few people on IG and FB that you love their work and see where they follow for pro tips - this was a very high level video tips for starting out
great video and input.. i just went to an air show this weekend and unfortunately i dont own a dslr as of yet.. but i do have a canon sx530 point and shoot that did decent. im trying to pratice with manual mode and stay away from auto.. how do i keep fro. having so much blue in the picture.. if you have a way for me to show some pics i can send them for any advise .. thank again great video
What zoom length are you shooting at - a point and shoot will have many challenges in this type of photography.
Great tips on this video. I shoot with a Canon 7D mount and a Tamron 150-600mm. I tend to use my mono pod for warm up take off and landing then detach for the display. Catching the disk and getting clarity at anything below 1/200 i find very difficult.
Thank you, Robert says he hand holds as well ...
Props are HARD! But it's a really fun rewarding time shooting planes in motion. Good topic!
+InFocus1977 yes its the how slow can you go (on shutter speed) as Robert said - practice practice practice!
How do you balance slow shutter speeds (1/60th) with a 200mm lens when I thought the general rule of thumb was use a 1/200 shutter speed with a 200mm lens? Thx
Sometimes using a monopod with a gimbal head helps to do that and takes the weight off of holding the lens all day
@@captureschool Thanks. I'll try that next time. Do you have any suggestions for reasonably priced gimbals? I do have a monopod.
Great tips! I filmed lost of aviation videos in my channel. Also taking photo shot as well. Any advice on aviation filming, camera , lens, tripods, how to, etc? I subbed!
I dont do much creative video out of the studio - although I can email our guest Robert and ask him - I know he did mainly video for a big portion of his job - just not sure if he has done aviation videos!
I'm going to an airshow for the first time at the end of August to see the air force thunderbirds and a bunch others. I'm just a beginner with a Nikon d3300 and my biggest lens is a quantaray 70-300mm tele-macro. Is that an okay setup for someone's first air show with little experience or should I try and rent a different type of lens?
too late for the answer but, I hope you got more focal length
I cant really afford lens and use 135mm for my local airport shoot :D that sucks
and for the airshow you really need good lens
@@nazgul_53 yeah to my surprise I actually got to try out different cameras and lens. For the propeller planes I used my dslr, but for the f-22 raptor and the thunderbirds I got the opportunity to use a canon d80 and a canon mark iv both with a really nice 70-300mm lens with vr. Got some lovely shots with them.
@@xXSarahSacrificeXx Nice!
I use 70D for everything and im moving to 70-300mm now
probably gonna add teleconverter.
80D is a decent one
Sorry for the late reply but renting expensive long lenses is the way to go! Glad you got to test a bunch out
do you recommend using a tripod to photograph prop planes? thanks.
In most situations, I prefer a monopod, but I can ask some of our guests!
So I'm going to an air show this Weekend...i still don't know what camera to buy
Oh and complete beginner here... But would like something decent. Around $500
Camera bodies are made for specific types of shoots - Sports or portraits, consider ones for sports so the frame rate is faster! 7Dmk2 by Canon, GH9 By Lumix, etc.
Shooting Wings Over Pittsburgh next week and looking forward to it after a 7 year absence. USAF Thunderbirds will be there as well as an F-22 an a (static) F-35. Shot the Blue Angels in Latrobe, PA two years ago on a Nikon D7000. This year I'll be using a Nikon D500 so I'm expecting even better shots since it gets really sharp images. I will use a 70-300mm which worked well for me before. I may try my Tamron 200-500mm lens. My D500 will not time out and slow down because it uses a fast (440mbs) XQD card.
Some interesting info here, wish there was more, with some demos.
Awesome to hear! We hope to do more in depth videos in the future! - Have fun
any notes about focus points? Use ALL or reduced amount?
Cusi uses a specific focal point or a smaller group and anticipate where it will be
Wish you would have talked about F stops
Did you have a specific question I can try and get the answer for you!
I went to my local air show & did ok, I was watching videos to try to get an understanding of setting before hand. Your video must not have mentioned anything about F stops. Thanks for asking
Debi Allen Depends on what you're shooting. Anything with props or rotors your priority should be shutter speed. Generally nothing faster than 1/20. Jets, shoot as fast as you want.
F stops don't really matter. Go with f/8 for decent depth of field. Shallow won't do anything since the background is usually white or grey
Sat through 3 minutes of intro and sponsorship stuff only to have them say that what I was really interested in, (air to air photography) isn't even going to be discussed at all. Fair enough it says "beginner" aviation photography in the title, but it would have been nice to talk about it. Would have been helpful for people who aren't experienced aviation photographers who find themselves in a situation where they are able to do some air to air shooting.
As you said this is mostly for beginners - so air to air is a specialized talk for the future and will be titled that when we can schedule robert in the studio again! Keep an eye out!
Lost the will to live at about 1min in. Sorry guys this format DOES NOT WORK.
Thank you for your input, it is just one of the shows we do - in standard talk show format, like every talks show. Sorry its not for you - maybe our reviews or tips videos which are shorter format would suit you more?
Wow these guys are even more boring than pilots
Sorry for boring you, hope we can do better next time