Photographing aeroplanes, in one sense, has never been easier, and with a £400 digital SLR and a £400 lens, you are well set up to get punchy, ‘fill the frame’ detailed air-to ground images. With a bit of practice most people can do it.
When the season starts, we will again see threads galore from Old Warden of the old favourites banking round the crowdline, which is all well and good, but creatively, that particular lemon has been squeezed pretty dry
The old rules still apply ie compostion, effects of light, appropriate shutter speed/focal length,such that the photographer is involved in a creative process, rather than just recording what he sees. If the subject is newsworthy, that is even better, but also, what is commonplace now, will eventually have great nostalgic interest.
Sometimes, one can find that one wants/needs to be in a location which is not neccessarily officially sanctioned. That is a matter for personal judgement and the less said the better, but it would be disingenuous to pretend that it does not make a difference.
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