2012 Thunder Over the Valley, Santa Maria, CA

The annual Thunder Over the Valley show at Santa Maria, CA brought out everything from Ospreys to Hornets, from Eddie Andreini and his Stearman and Mustang to John Collver and War Dog, and a lot of stuff in between. Here's three days worth of photos from the event.

A special shout-out to the guys from Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Seven (VFA-137), the "Kestrels", from NAS Lemoore, CA. Had a blast hanging with those guys and chatting with them throughout the weekend.

Click on the thumbnail and enjoy the photos!

James :-)

LAX Spotting

My main purpose for this trip was shooting the Endeavour flyover (see earlier album), but I also ended up shooting some arrivals and departures from LAX in the late afternoon light. Thoroughly enjoyed this experience and hope to do it again soon. I was able to cross off two of the four "must shoots" off my airliner lists...the 777 and the 747. All that's left for me to do now is bag an A380 and a 787. All in good time, I suppose.

Anyway, click on the thumbnail and enjoy the photos!

James :-)

Major update coming soon

Hey everybody, Just wanted to let everybody know where I stand as far as editing goes. Well, all I can say is prepare for a massive blitz of albums in the coming days and weeks. I have some more action from Santa Barbara Airport, the 2012 Thunder Over the Valley show in Santa Maria, California, and some non-aviation stuff as well. I also have shots from the 2012 MCAS Miramar show coming down the pipe as well, but it'll be a while for those...Rome wasn't built in a day, and over 6,000 photos weren't edited in a day either...LOL. Anyway, stay tuned, bear with me, and get ready for what I hope everybody will consider some pretty decent work.

James :-)