Post by Admin on May 9, 2017 18:37:14 GMT
Hey guys
We have great weather in Southern California this weekend, Saturday 5/13/17, and we are meeting at Catalina Island KAVX for Air to Air photos, product giveaways and lunch at the airport cafe.
Location: KAVX, Catalina Island
Date: Saturday 5/13/17
Time: 11am at Airport Cafe in the back tables, finished by 1pm.
Some logistics below.
- Keep your eyes on the right wing tip of the photo plane. No need to look around for traffic or terrain etc. The lead ship is your eyes and ears looking out for Area Traffic, Talking to Center, Talking to CTAF, etc. You have 1 job: Hold altitude, fly the plane and be safe.
- The best photo look is a cross control. Left wing tip down and full right rudder. Looks the best, if you are comfortable. Example here
pilotportraits.com/qo0qlhpd0e0lv428ya0h49cd99h1mr
- A flat flying attitude is fine but the photo will not be as dynamic looking. Example here
pilotportraits.com/fqzf74i9g315jb9h1cwc3an19yhk3g
- The formation flight itself. How do we do this? My standard procedure with 5-6x photo ships goes like this. Ship #5 departs first, Goes to a VOR or intersection point and climbs up to say 5,000'. Holds in a Standard Right turn pattern. Ship #4 departs behind #4 and does the same 4,000', and so on and so on. Everyone is listening on our FF freq 123.45, everyone can turn off their TCAS and transponders as well. We will take care of everyone with traffic and let center know what we are doing. Photo ship/Lead/#1 departs and calls out on 123.45 "#2 drop down" #2 is flying along the shoreline, mountain ridge, etc and #1 forms up along their left side. Within 5-10mins we will be done with the photos! Very easy. Sometimes takes longer if we are having issues forming up, but otherwise its quick. At this point #2 can land back at home base and wait for the group to finish and debrief with us, advised. Otherwise, Its nice to say "#2 all done. Go home!"
- Debrief on the ground tomorrow. If you can stay, please do so. We can all learn from each other after a good talk about the flight.
- I will send some 1-2x samples to everyone right after the shoot and post them here.
>> ADDITIONAL INFO >>
For $250 each, we can only meet with a group of 3-5x pilots at a time. The price includes travel, 2nd plane, photography (about 15-20mins with each pilot) and photo deliverables. Some pilots have been happy to pay more so we do individual shoots with them.
The photo shoot
- we will capture about 400-500x images per pilot
- we are able to shoot Video and Cockpit Audio of each pilot as well, please inquire if interested
- pull selects, edit in the studio and deliver via FTP/Dropbox
The deliverables
- 10x Selects with Retouching on images (size 1924x1280)
- Images can be used in any non-commercial purpose
Options/Add-Ons that other pilots have asked for
- Edited Video
- Printed Photos and Framed Photos ($75 for 17x22 print)
- High Res Images for printed posters at conferences, etc ($100 for high res download folder)
- Archive of All Images (Photoshopped and Retouching on all images)
- Commercial use for online/print /advertising
Post all your questions here, happy to help
p
We have great weather in Southern California this weekend, Saturday 5/13/17, and we are meeting at Catalina Island KAVX for Air to Air photos, product giveaways and lunch at the airport cafe.
Location: KAVX, Catalina Island
Date: Saturday 5/13/17
Time: 11am at Airport Cafe in the back tables, finished by 1pm.
Some logistics below.
- Keep your eyes on the right wing tip of the photo plane. No need to look around for traffic or terrain etc. The lead ship is your eyes and ears looking out for Area Traffic, Talking to Center, Talking to CTAF, etc. You have 1 job: Hold altitude, fly the plane and be safe.
- The best photo look is a cross control. Left wing tip down and full right rudder. Looks the best, if you are comfortable. Example here
pilotportraits.com/qo0qlhpd0e0lv428ya0h49cd99h1mr
- A flat flying attitude is fine but the photo will not be as dynamic looking. Example here
pilotportraits.com/fqzf74i9g315jb9h1cwc3an19yhk3g
- The formation flight itself. How do we do this? My standard procedure with 5-6x photo ships goes like this. Ship #5 departs first, Goes to a VOR or intersection point and climbs up to say 5,000'. Holds in a Standard Right turn pattern. Ship #4 departs behind #4 and does the same 4,000', and so on and so on. Everyone is listening on our FF freq 123.45, everyone can turn off their TCAS and transponders as well. We will take care of everyone with traffic and let center know what we are doing. Photo ship/Lead/#1 departs and calls out on 123.45 "#2 drop down" #2 is flying along the shoreline, mountain ridge, etc and #1 forms up along their left side. Within 5-10mins we will be done with the photos! Very easy. Sometimes takes longer if we are having issues forming up, but otherwise its quick. At this point #2 can land back at home base and wait for the group to finish and debrief with us, advised. Otherwise, Its nice to say "#2 all done. Go home!"
- Debrief on the ground tomorrow. If you can stay, please do so. We can all learn from each other after a good talk about the flight.
- I will send some 1-2x samples to everyone right after the shoot and post them here.
>> ADDITIONAL INFO >>
For $250 each, we can only meet with a group of 3-5x pilots at a time. The price includes travel, 2nd plane, photography (about 15-20mins with each pilot) and photo deliverables. Some pilots have been happy to pay more so we do individual shoots with them.
The photo shoot
- we will capture about 400-500x images per pilot
- we are able to shoot Video and Cockpit Audio of each pilot as well, please inquire if interested
- pull selects, edit in the studio and deliver via FTP/Dropbox
The deliverables
- 10x Selects with Retouching on images (size 1924x1280)
- Images can be used in any non-commercial purpose
Options/Add-Ons that other pilots have asked for
- Edited Video
- Printed Photos and Framed Photos ($75 for 17x22 print)
- High Res Images for printed posters at conferences, etc ($100 for high res download folder)
- Archive of All Images (Photoshopped and Retouching on all images)
- Commercial use for online/print /advertising
Post all your questions here, happy to help
p