Regional Photo Journals?

[BizPilot]

Does anyone have any "photo journals" or "day in a life of a regional pilot" photo pages?

Could someone take a digital cam and create a daily photo journal?

Just thought it might be fun/educational.

Thanks.

 

[328dude]

There is a guy at our company that has taken some amazing photo's over the years at our company. He does it more or less for fun, but some of them are extremely good.

However, I won't post the link unless I know it's ok with him. When I see him, I'll ask.

 

[Bluto]

Try: http://orbit.spaatz.org/movies/ for a video "diary". They're not exactly documentaries, though, more like music videos. Not exactly what you asked for, but they're not bad.

 

[DashTrash400]

It's not really a photo journal, but I occasionally post pics on my regional FO blog at fl250.blogspot.com.

Right now I have a Nikon N65 SLR, so I scan in pics once I they're developed. It takes fabulous pictures, but they don't scan in that great. I need to get myself a digicam - just waiting for 5MP range to come down a bit in price

 

[Airpiraterob]

dashtrash, i was about to buy an N80 to replace my old FTn....but changed my mind. Now I'm trying to seel a medium format 645slr to go slr digital (d20 would be nice)....i'm in the same prediciment friend.
be careful with the piuctures you take. Pictures from our vantage point are pictures not too many people get to have a chance to take. I've taken some AMAZING pictures just because of this position 'up-front' or on the 'other-side-of-the-fence'. But the reason i speak of being careful is because stock photography is an industry that has a BIG black market (in this country yeah but HUGE over seas). and if your best picture is on the internet somewhere and its a big full nice sized picture, it could wind up in a stock photo market in another country somewhere, being sold and published in their trade mags and you miss out on that $100+ they sold it for. (and multiply that by the number of times they sold it for.)

im paranoid.....ya think?

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

my oh my, all these inspiring websites

FCNelson is missing out on some serious fodder here

 

[DashTrash400]

dashtrash, i was about to buy an N80 to replace my old FTn....but changed my mind. Now I'm trying to seel a medium format 645slr to go slr digital (d20 would be nice)....i'm in the same prediciment friend.
be careful with the piuctures you take. Pictures from our vantage point are pictures not too many people get to have a chance to take. I've taken some AMAZING pictures just because of this position 'up-front' or on the 'other-side-of-the-fence'. But the reason i speak of being careful is because stock photography is an industry that has a BIG black market (in this country yeah but HUGE over seas). and if your best picture is on the internet somewhere and its a big full nice sized picture, it could wind up in a stock photo market in another country somewhere, being sold and published in their trade mags and you miss out on that $100+ they sold it for. (and multiply that by the number of times they sold it for.)

im paranoid.....ya think?

I agree about posting large-format digital photography online - it's begging to be stolen. Lower-quality scans or digital photos around 640x480, I think you're generally safe. Anything more is just hogging bandwidth anyways. If somebody finds a picture *so* fascinating they just gotta have one to frame, I guess I can arrange for that....but mainly I want a medium-format digital camera for personal use. I don't consider my photography to be professional by any stretch of the imagination.

You know what aggrevates me to no end, though? It's very hard to get a decent picture through the glass of the cockpit windows. Even if you can eliminate all the glare, the picture quality still suffers.

 

[Airpiraterob]

you want a medium format digital?
jesus youll need alot of overtime to pay for that. the body is one thing, but the digital back is anywhere $30k for 50mp's! and from what i understand it needs to be hooked up directly to your laptop as one shot would fill up one single memory card

but i did see a review on that new canon 16mp (i think its the 1DS mk2)...it beats 200 speed film in clarity now. so we have found our replacement! (for 6 grand tho)

 

[DashTrash400]

you want a medium format digital?
jesus youll need alot of overtime to pay for that. the body is one thing, but the digital back is anywhere $30k for 50mp's! and from what i understand it needs to be hooked up directly to your laptop as one shot would fill up one single memory card

but i did see a review on that new canon 16mp...it beats 200 speed film in clarity now. so we have found our replacement! (for 6 grand tho)

LoL...I misspoke, I'm looking for something around 5+MP, not medium-format. I should've said a medium-quality...don't need the 8+ MP professional digital SLRs, but I don't have much use for a 2MP "easy-shot" type digicam either.

 

[Steveair]

Try: http://orbit.spaatz.org/movies/ for a video "diary". They're not exactly documentaries, though, more like music videos. Not exactly what you asked for, but they're not bad.

Good Stuff!

 

[User546]

I need to get myself a digicam - just waiting for 5MP range to come down a bit in price

Keep an eye out on eBay, I've got my last two digital cameras on there (brand new) for well under book price. In Novemer I bought a 5MP, 40X Zoom, 512MB memory card for $350 +shipping.

Theres some good deals out there if you just keep an eye out.

 

[FlyingSig]

Try: http://orbit.spaatz.org/movies/ for a video "diary". They're not exactly documentaries, though, more like music videos. Not exactly what you asked for, but they're not bad.

Agreed...good stuff...somebody get that kid a HD camera for the Alaska stuff!

 

[cr7driver]

Good stuff!! I guess these films remind me of the real reason i got into aviation....and that was 11 years ago.

 

[LoveGun]

Do328Dude called me and told me about this thread. I couldn't resist posting a link.

Enjoy.

http://www.pbase.com/rbndave/pictures_from_my_job

 

[Airpiraterob]

dudes got a nice cannon powershot S30 to play with.

 

[flighttime]

lovegun

those are some great pictures.

 

[ebaybob]

These are a lot of fun for those of us on the outside looking in...so to speak...keep taking great pics!!!

Thanks!!

bob

 

[Superpilot92]

Great Pics and videos. Keep em coming!!

 

[Iceman21]

When do you guys have time to take pics?

Alot of the pics I have seen look like they have been in the terminal area when things can get busy.

Have you guys ever had any problems with a crew member when trying to take pics?

 

[BFE]

When do you guys have time to take pics?

Alot of the pics I have seen look like they have been in the terminal area when things can get busy.

Have you guys ever had any problems with a crew member when trying to take pics?

Get more time, fly a plane with an autopilot, have two crewmembers (pilots) and/or a jumpseater and one day you'll understand.

 

[sandslob]

Great pics! - anyone else?

 

[cforst513]

i believe that www.jetcareers.com has a few "day in the life" feature articles. they are more geared towards telling people about average trips more than being a photo documentary. but you might want to just check them out anyway.

 

[stillflyn]

Good stuff.....

 

[DairyAir]

I use a Nikon D70 on the road. I also have a D1X that is for sale, want the new D2X. The D70 is awesome. It is 6mp with tons of features. Do not be fooled by snappy camera that is 5-8mp's. The glass in the lens is crap the meter white balance blah blah blah is all just good enough for pictures at grandmas dinner party. A D70 grey market brand new will cost 600-800 bucks with a lens. BTW the new Nikon VR (vibration reduction) lenses are awesome. Just bought a 70-200 zoom F2.8 AF-S IF ED VR. Pretty spendy but worth every penny. I can shoot down to 1/15th of a second exposure handheld at 200 mm, which is 300mm equivlent for 35mm film cameras. i almost forgot, the reason the quality is for a casio 6mp and a SLR 6mp is the size of the CCD or CMOS sensor. Go for the SLR it is worth it. I have some shots taken in the cockpit at night with a tripod and a super wide lens I will try to post them later. Cheerio