Boeing Photo Contest

Hey all...Boeing is having a photo contest, and I have decided that I'm going to try my luck. Problem is that I can only enter one photo. So if you have a Facebook account, you can help me decide which one it's going to be. I'm leaving it up to you guys to tell me what photo will make the cut. So, head on over to the Facebook page and check out the album. The one with the most "LIKES" gets in (leave a comment or two, if you so choose as well).

Photo must be submitted by 2359 hrs. (Eastern Time) on 31 August 2012 (2059 hrs. here in the Pacific Time Zone), so I will tally likes around midday on that day.

Here's a direct link to the album on the Tomcat Photography Facebook page:

CLICK HERE

Here's linkage to the photo contest website in case you're interested in entering one of your own:

CLICK HERE

Anyway, check out the photos, pick your favorite(s) and help me decide. Thanks a bunch!

James :-)

And one year has passed...

Wow. A year. And it's gone by like lightning. Yes, Tomcat Photography is now a year old, and I've gotta say...I have enjoyed every single second of it. Through the many air shows and rocket launches I've shot, a media tour or two, and just hanging out spotting at the airport, I've passed out many business cards, talked to and met a bunch of wonderful new people, and most importantly, I think I've come a long way from the first time I put my hands on that Canon 7D last year up until today, due to many fellow photographers that have been there to help me and show me the way. But as much as I've learned in my first year or so doing this, I've still got a hundred times that much more to learn in the future. That's the cool thing about this...you never stop learning. As I said, I've had so much fun with this over the past year or so. So much fun, in fact, that I want more. I've got some pretty cool things in mind as far as being a little bit more active in some more social media outlets, trying to get my work visible in more and more places, so stay tuned...should be awesome! Thanks to everybody who has checked out my work and who has supported Tomcat Photography over the first year. It's only gonna get better!

James :-)

2012 Piper Cub Fly-in, Lompoc Airport.

Every July, hundreds of yellow airplanes invading the skies over Lompoc can mean only one thing: the annual Piper Cub Fly-In. Always a fun shoot to do, great people to chat with, lots of action in the air, including the "flour bombing" competition, where Cub pilots (or their passengers) "bomb" bags of flour out the open window of their aircraft, in hopes of nailing a target hundreds of feet below them.

There's also other aircraft included in this album as well (especially the Stearman...I LOVE me some Stearman biplane action!), but the stars of the show are the Cubs. Click on the thumbnail and enjoy!

James :-)

La Purisima Mission, 2nd shoot.

I recently had the opportunity to shoot at La Purisima Mission once again when I took a very good friend of mine there for a visit :-) Can't begin to describe how beautiful, quiet, calm and serene this place is. I honestly never get tired of it.

As always, click on the ol' thumbnail and check out the photos!

James :-)

Tour of Vandenberg Air Force Base

Some of the landmarks and a visit to the Heritage Museum gives you a glimpse into what Vandenberg Air Force Base is all about.

This album also features the base's Minuteman III ICBM "gate guard" and the Korean War memorial with it's M-47 Patton tank. Enjoy!

James :-)