Aviation Nation 2012

Eagles, Vipers, a Heritage Flight, and the final show of the season from the United States Air Force Thunderbirds after spending a chilly Sunday in November at Nellis AFB, Nevada shooting the Aviation Nation 2012 air show. Click on the thumbnail to view the album!

James :-)

California Science Center

A shoot at California Science Center in Los Angeles on the opening day of Space Shuttle Endeavour's display at the facility. Also included, a Lockheed A-12 and an F-20 and T-38 on display inside. Click on the thumbnail and enjoy the photos!

And for those of you just interested in seeing Endeavour, here's a link to a separate album:

OV-105 Endeavour on display at the California Science Center

James :-)

2012 MCAS Miramar Air Show

Action from the 2012 edition of the MCAS Miramar air show, featuring, among other things, Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Demo, a Raptor and some "Blues". This show is, by far, the top show in the western United States, and one of the best the entire country, and always makes for a fun shoot. Click on the thumbnail and enjoy the photos!

James :-)

Tragedy in Conneticut

Please take the time to say a prayer for the families involved in the tragedy that took place on 14 December 2012 in Newtown, CT. My heartfelt condolences go out to everybody involved.

James

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 :-)