Hi all….:)

Not sure if he’s old enough for that yet!:D

Lol i’m 22 but look about 16 lol:eek: , so i’m gonna have to take some i.d with me:D

Just a tip for PLH, if you get hungry nip into Marjons for a snack and a cheap pint. Much better than the snack bar in the terminal. Look forward to your photos.

Not sure if he’s old enough for that yet!:D

Just a tip for PLH, if you get hungry nip into Marjons for a snack and a cheap pint. Much better than the snack bar in the terminal. Look forward to your photos.

The Finepix is a good wee camera, 5 MP ,is not too shabby for a snap camera.
You may find it a bit stretched for shots if you are planning on going to Plymbridge road at the crash gate, should be excellent for shots on the ramp from the fence in the car park to the left of the terminal building.
Good luck with that.

ah ok i know where that is thats right by the leisure center, thanks for the advice.:cool:

Good luck with the camera mate.

Some tips, hold it very still and ensure the shutter speed is fast enough to “freeze” the action. If you can shoot around F8-9 and get a shutter of 1/400 or above you should be doing OK.

Enjoy and post the pics.

ok thanks for the advice going to pop up to the airport on monday and get some pics:D

Welcome,

As the tips are being passed around, here’s one more.

Take a breath and hold it before pressing the shutter. You’d be surprised how much the camera moves, especially if you’ve zoomed in on something.

(This is only if you are holding the camera close to you. NOT applicable if it’s on a tripod)

And just remember to start breathing again !!!!!:rolleyes:

Matt

Good luck with the camera mate.

Some tips, hold it very still and ensure the shutter speed is fast enough to “freeze” the action. If you can shoot around F8-9 and get a shutter of 1/400 or above you should be doing OK.

Enjoy and post the pics.

It will be good to see the results of your photo’s, Plymouth is rarely snapped by people, probally due to it’s lack of commercial operations.

let’s just hope my camera is up to the job as i only bought it last week lol:rolleyes:

The Finepix is a good wee camera, 5 MP ,is not too shabby for a snap camera.
You may find it a bit stretched for shots if you are planning on going to Plymbridge road at the crash gate, should be excellent for shots on the ramp from the fence in the car park to the left of the terminal building.
Good luck with that.

For tips on the technical side there are some very expert people in the photography forum here who i am sure would be glad to help.

Hi PLYM
Welcome aboard.
It’s all common sense really, 1st goldenj rule to remember is you have no divine right to be on airport property (which can extend quite far from the airport perimeter), if you read the very small print on signs around airport detailing the byelaws you will find only persons flying from/to, those collecting/ sending them off, and people on business or employment are allowed on the property, it is technically a courtesy extended to others to hang around airports, but, fear not, no police/security usually enforce these bye laws (except maybe LHR) they quote them if you are being a bit smart with them.
don’t infringe on private property without permission, Comply with requests from Police/security. Try to avoid climbing up perimeter fences (also, standing on the roof of a car parked very close to a fence gets security folk sweating!) if possible contact the police at the airport you are visiting and just make them aware you are around (lots of people phone airport police when they see a spotter/photographer loitering at a fence)
Also, be wary of what you are actually photographing… fort instance, i was taking shots of a royal flight 146, as the queen was boarding it, and found myself surrounded very quickly by cops!and was asked to delete some shots from my camera which included government security range rovers, i don’t shoot the royal flight a/c now..until any pax are well out the way.:)
Lets see those shots soon.

Seems overkill especially given the news channels carry footage of their number plates! In NI we are more relaxed about that sort of thing…

There are some bits of the roads over here you can box them in even when in a convoy and PSNI wont do a thing about it! LOL

Thanks for the reply’s guy’s hoping to get up to the airport on saturday, i just hope the weather is good:D it will probley only be a few shots of the air southwest dash-8 that come’s in but at least i can say i’ve posted some pic’s lol:) let’s just hope my camera is up to the job as i only bought it last week lol:rolleyes:

Hi PLYM
Welcome aboard.
It’s all common sense really, 1st goldenj rule to remember is you have no divine right to be on airport property (which can extend quite far from the airport perimeter), if you read the very small print on signs around airport detailing the byelaws you will find only persons flying from/to, those collecting/ sending them off, and people on business or employment are allowed on the property, it is technically a courtesy extended to others to hang around airports, but, fear not, no police/security usually enforce these bye laws (except maybe LHR) they quote them if you are being a bit smart with them.
don’t infringe on private property without permission, Comply with requests from Police/security. Try to avoid climbing up perimeter fences (also, standing on the roof of a car parked very close to a fence gets security folk sweating!) if possible contact the police at the airport you are visiting and just make them aware you are around (lots of people phone airport police when they see a spotter/photographer loitering at a fence)
Also, be wary of what you are actually photographing… fort instance, i was taking shots of a royal flight 146, as the queen was boarding it, and found myself surrounded very quickly by cops!and was asked to delete some shots from my camera which included government security range rovers, i don’t shoot the royal flight a/c now..until any pax are well out the way.:)
Lets see those shots soon.

Hello PLYM-SW,

Welcome to the forum. I’m afraid I’m no help with the photography, but I wanted to say hello anyway. I look forward to seeing your work.

1L.

Welcome lad …try the lads on commercial you’ll probably have more success