Make sure you don’t fly on a 767 though, as there is no seat back TV on these.

Do you know if this is the same for the 767s that are used on domestic flights, as we would be flying on one between JFK and SFO?

Also, what are AA’s MD-80’s like, as we will also be travelling on one of these when travelling between SFO-LAX, in order to get our return flight back to LHR?

Also, I am aware that CO charge $5 for each alcoholic beverage, does AA do the same and if so how much do they charge?

Seeing as you haven’t flown AA before I would definately give them a try, my trip report has some more detail about my flights :).

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=71297

Yes, it would be good to fly on an airline that I have never flown on before, however, CO operate the 757-200w on the LHR-EWR route, which happens to be my favourite aircraft.

Decisions, decisions…:o

Firstly, you need to crop to a 3:2 or 4:3 aspect ratio if you want to get accepted on the likes of JP. “Letterbox” cropping looks unnatural. Personally I prefer 3:2.

Forgive me for asking what is probably a stupid question, but what do you mean by ‘aspect ratio’?:o

I assume you have the 18-55 lens?…Stick to whole body shots until you have a longer lens.

Indeed, I do have the standard 18-55mm lens, however I do also have a Tamron 70-300mm lens as well (it came with the camera as a package from Jessops!), all of the pics were taken using the latter of the two!

With regards to the LCY shots, try to get the sun behind you. I know the spot well and it’s excellent for spotting, but horrible for photography…

I agree, its a great spot as the view across from the water is amazing, and you get to see far more activity than you do if your stood by the side of the terminal. I only had an hour or so at LCY, so I did not bother trying both locations this time, but I will bear the sunlight issue in mind for the future.

One last thing, on the editing software you’re using…

Well this is where I feel I need the most help to be perfectly honest. Besides cropping the images, I have not edited them in anyway; the software I used is Corel MediaOne, which comes with Paint Shop Pro Ultimate that I recently purchased. I do not even know how to use the full Paint Shop Pro program to even begin to edit my images…I have so much to learn its sometimes overwhelming and on occasions my motivation weakens because I am anxious to be out there taking even more photos!:(

And of course, thanks for sharing! Hope this advice is good for you!

Well thank you for taking the time to look and comment.

At this stage, any advice/feedback is invaulable because like I said in my initial post this is my first real attempt at aviation photography using a digital SLR camera.

I really need and want to get to know how to use my camera properly, as I am currently in the process of establishing a part-time photography business, and in order to make money from it I am going to have produce photos to a much higher standard.

I feel that taking picture of aircraft is a good starting point to get to know how to use the camera because its quite challenging, and hopefully once my confidence increases I’ll soon begin to produce some better quality images; never know some might end up on A.net or JP; that would be a great achievement!:)

Anyone else got any advice/feedback they wish to share, please feel free to post below or even PM me if necessary.