Wright Brothers Memorial Flyover
Every year, to celebrate the first flight on December 17, there is a fly over at the Wright Brothers Memorial in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. I went to photograph some of the planes with Dan Beauvais, who is a wonderful aircraft photographer. He gave me some pointers about shutter speed; if the shutter speed is too fast you do not see the blur of the props and the photo looks static. It’s a lot harder than you would think to follow the planes, use the right shutter speed, expose correctly, keep everything in focus, and keep the plane framed in the shot. This is the best shot I took of the day. The planes were too high to capture the Wright Brothers Memorial and the plane in the same photo and still have the plane look large enough to see well. It was a lot of fun but judging from the number of discarded photos I took, I need a lot more practice.
Thanks, Dan Waters
