I’m nipping off for a few days for a short break. Possibly not going to be writing anything for a few days – unless something inspiring happens that I feel compelled to share! I will be back in a few days. Hope the deeply insightful stuff here will not be missed too much!!!!
Since it is the beginning of the year from an air show perspective, it is time to get the aircraft up and ready for the new season. The winter is a great time for maintenance to be undertaken and the great team at Warbird Heritage Foundation is no exception. A couple of their aircraft were recently up and about being wrung out after winter maintenance tasks and I was lucky enough to spend some time with them while they were undertaking some test flying.
The WHF team is always very welcoming but they are not alone. Jim’s team at Waukegan airport is also really helpful when trying to get in position to get some good shots of the aircraft as they are being tested. The two aircraft at work this time were the A-4 Skyhawk and the A-1 Skyraider. Two great looking aircraft. The weather is not always going to be cooperative at this time of year – not only from a photography point of view but also from a flying perspective. However, you make the best of the chances that come along.
What better way to spend a day than hanging out with a great team of people and photographing some unusual aircraft. What more can I want? Thanks Paul and team and also thanks to Jim at the airport.
Today marks the first day in a new phase for me. I have read and heard so many people saying that it is important to have a blog that the pressure has finally got to me. Here is the first installment of my new blog. As I write this, I find myself thinking many things. Do I have the capacity to regularly make entries in my blog? Do I have the imagination to create anything that is meaningful that might provide some interest for someone out there? Is this talk about the importance of blogging as short lived as the need for a website – something that is now seen as so common as to be irrelevant?
So, I am embarking on this at a time when everyone else is already far ahead of me and the chances are that blogs will be passé before mine has even really got going. However, I am always willing to be a follower rather than a leader so, while some of you out there are already plotting the next great thing, I shall start on the previous great thing.
Having made that step, I now find myself debating what to write. Am I going to be contemplative in this blog, factual, a diarist or just a periodic poster of my work? Am I going to strict this to me photography or branch out to cover my other work? Can the two go together or is it even advisable to discuss my other work in public? How will my clients feel about it?
I guess today is not the day to answer all of this questions I have. Today is the day to get the first post together and to start worrying about the second (and third etc.). As we progress, I imagine that some of the other issues will gradually fall into place. We shall see together – assuming there is anyone else reading this!