I flew into LaGuardia Airport this summer with a great view of the Manhattan skyline and the airport from my seat on the left side of the plane. The Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges span the East River visible between Brooklyn…
Category: aircraft photography
Earlier this year I was photographing the new Rosenbauer Panther ARFF units at LAX. It was just after lunch and I was in front of ARFF 80, the airport fire station midway between parallel runways. Three Airbus 380 planes crossed…
Traveling yesterday between Chicago and St. Louis, my view from the window seat offered some beautiful imagery, beginning with a sunrise glow and ending with Chicago’s south side at night.
On assignment today in Florida brought me to the St. Pete/Clearwater International Airport which is also home to the US Coast Guard Station Clearwater. Although my mission was to photograph a new ARFF unit, I couldn’t help myself from frequently…
Here are two images from an on-scene patient pickup in Arlington Heights (IL) after a serious motor vehicle accident. The medivac is from Flight for Life based in McHenry, IL. The ability to take helicopter photos at night is dependent on…
Here’s another series of helicopter photos showing a model BK117 run by Lifestar Chicago making an on-scene pickup of a person injured in a motor vehicle accident. This incident in Elmhurst (IL) involved a semi that rolled over resulting in…
While vacationing in Maui … I heard a low flying helicopter making several passes nearby and couldn’t spot it. I grabbed my camera with a 70-200mm lens and ran for the beach. These helicopter photos were taken during a water…
Some helicopter photos of a Loyola Lifestar BK117 B2 taking flight from an on-scene pickup in Lincolnshire, IL at the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD station. The company name is currently Lifestar Chicago, which is managed by Air Methods. Once again, center spot focusing…
Here are a few helicopter photos of the Chicago Police Departmetn Bell Jet Ranger as it was flying overhead. Even after shooting these images with an exposure adjustment of +2/3 stop, they still needed to be lightened in post production because…
Here’s another series of helicopter photos. These were at an on-scene pickup of the victim at a motorcycle accident near Mundelein, IL. This Air Angels medieval pilot put it down in a small strip center parking lot. Their normal unit…