What makes you want to photograph airplanes?

[GrandAir Fan]

Up to now, I am still amazed to see these "metals" floating up in the air.

I am amazed of the airline logos, and the schemes that the arline company create for their aircraft.

I love photography eversince I was 6. Capturing a shot of this "floating metals" up in the air or in the ground is a real challenge to me.

[Top_Gun]

I'm one of the few around here that only shoots military aircraft. Since I was a kid growing up near a military base I've always loved fast aircraft with burners.

I travel across New England hitting all the shows and photography just revolved into a part of this hobby.

[Crunk415balla]

Well my whole life i lived in the hills above SFO so I saw it everytime i looked out the window or went outside. I remember I started taking pictures of planes when I was about 7, with disposable cameras. When i started, I knew about any sites such as this. What made me want to do that I don't know. . Living where i live in Millbrae,where SFO is really located, is great for spotters, you see planes from 3 commerical airports, several GA airports, and a NASA base filling the sky all day long. I wish I knew why i love spotting but I guess its something that just appeals to me.

[kukkudrill]

I'm one of the few around here that only shoots military aircraft.

I actually prefer military aircraft but I have to make do with whatever's available! Still, unless I break a leg or something (touch wood) I'll be going to the big airshow at Fairford in the UK this weekend.

[Mustang]

I have always found it fascinating to look at airplanes, but I never lived near a decent airport so it never became a passion...until 4-5 years ago when I started to travel all over North America for my job.
Flying, being in an airport, just looking at aircrafts became a passion. I really never had any interest per say for photography until I started subscribing to different magazines and visiting a.net and now jp.net. So a couple of weeks ago I bought a good camera ( Nikon D100 ) and I have been at YUL a couple of times to take pictures. So far there are really crap! I may never be good at it, but I don't care, I enjoy the heck out of it.

[chrisburns]

Damn, Aussieland must be a different place than here. j/k

But my magazine cover of a jet hasn't hurt my relations with the ladies.

I just like the fact that aviation photography is a fairly tight community, see another guy out at the runway, go over to him and you start speaking the same language.

Agreed, its like bikers, whenever they past one another they give each other the thumbs up arm out thingy, ours is just more intelligent.

[Leftseat86]

Absolutely nothing at the moment. I prefer areas that actually challenge me as a photographer.

[Simpleboy]

Agreed, its like bikers, whenever they past one another they give each other the thumbs up arm out thingy, ours is just more intelligent.

Its nice meeting someone at the airport then running into them 3 or so months later or even at an airshow!

[DJR]

Agreed, its like bikers, whenever they past one another they give each other the thumbs up arm out thingy, ours is just more intelligent.

Um well since my dad is a pilot, my grandfather was a marine pilot in WWII, and my cousin flys KC-10s in the airforce, ive prety much liked aviation all my life. And i guess just visiting sites like this gave me the bug of photography.

[janni-chan]

Just the rush of the engine noise, the blow of the engine and the fairly small community

Being female, I do get some attention too when I finally do go out spotting - despite the fact that I don't know much (to say the least), I've still amazed quite a few people that I do know SOMETHING about aviation- as it's not really a girl's hobby, I have the feeling a lot of guys are used to women just saying "errr...." or something similar when they tell them something aviation-related or look at them weird because they don't understand this enthusiam. That CAN be a minus too however, but I have yet to experience that

I'm not attractive, my photos suck and I'm not very intelligent, but I feel welcome in the aviation community anyway- so I keep on coming back to jp.net every day and at least trying to take photos

[Renato]

I just like the fact that aviation photography is a fairly tight community, see another guy out at the runway, go over to him and you start speaking the same language.

Exactly. What the UN is trying to do for decades, a DC-8 do it in seconds.

[medic1]

Fascination with aircraft since I was a little kid....especially military aircraft. And now, since I began photography....its a great combination