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Published Aviation Photographer. Sometimes do Wildlife as well. Multiple award winner of several Aviation Photography competitions

Published Military Aviation Photographer

Multiple award winner of the RAF photo competition

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“Catching moments, not just planes.”

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04/11/2026

Regarding my last post, I thought I’d share a photo I most definitely took last year whilst out and about and is most certainly real 😂

I’ll be annoyed if this post does better than my others 😂

Like I said, AI has gone too far. Someone out there will think this is real 😂

04/11/2026

Just seen a page that posts only AI generated “images” of scenery etc. very bright, vibrant colours and although obviously not real at all you have people commenting nice photo and nice view etc 😭😂

More followers, more likes, more everything than genuine creators which is absurd! Maybe I should just start posting AI aviation photos and make them completely unbelievable to see how well they do 😂😂

AI is going too far..

04/11/2026

I think I got very lucky for my RIAT accommodation next year..

I was checking my emails regarding something totally different and then saw THAT email about 5 minutes after it had been sent out. I booked something cheap and quick within 20 minutes and now everywhere else even further out for a reasonable price, is selling out, even a place that is charging a lot of money to sleep in bunk beds! 🤣🤣

Good luck to anyone trying to book accommodation, I can't imagine how stressful it is right now and I would be stressing too if I was even 10 minutes later as I would've been still trying to find somewhere to stay..

I did see some places that were about an hour away which isn't ideal but isn't the end of the world, especially if you're travelling from quite far. I recommend looking further out first before they start to sell out. Good luck, and enjoy RIAT next year!

#2027

04/11/2026

Boeing CH-47 Chinook coming in to refuel at Headcorn International Airshow 2026!

To end an incredible day, the boys (and at at least 1 girl I think that was sitting towards the back) from RAF Odiham came in to refuel which was a brilliant sight to see! Many people ran towards them landing 🤣

Always love seeing my favourite helicopter!

01/11/2026

Just come out of the oven. Never baked properly before but wanted to make a lemon drizzle loaf!

Not quite sure how’s it’s turn out and I’m worried it might be soggy now from the amount of lemon juice I’ve poured into it but we’ll see 😂

If it comes out nice I might have to give up photography 😂🍋🍞

01/11/2026

Straight from the camera, and only in MP4 which means less resolution than what my camera is able to offer. I took this quick video of a very cute, sleepy looking Pigeon whilst testing out a few adapter yesterday.

Whilst the adapters aren't strictly for wildlife photography, and are meant more for aviation, there's no airshows on at the moment so I can't test them in the way I'd way to. You can even see in the video the exposure going up and down slightly. That's me turning a dial on the adapter just to test what it looks like in video as well as photos!

31/10/2026

I've been doing some Wildlife Photography over the past few days whilst testing out a piece of kit (not affecting this shot, these are just normal circumstances)

I like the framing of the background leaves / foliage in the first photo!

31/10/2026

I always wanted to see flames on a startup and that happened at Headcorn International Airshow this year! They're not the sharpest of shots sadly but I still thought they looked cool enough to share

30/10/2026

'Time passing by..'

Something a bit different, I got creative on this and spent time on all the little details to make it work as best as I can!

Taken at Headcorn International Airshow this year, I took a few shots of these people driving past in a jeep.

Yesterday I had the idea of making the background look old whilst keeping the jeep and people modern and separate. At first I didn't think it would work and would clash to the point where it looked wrong.

I was wrong.. It worked really well and I balanced everything nicely!

This is the fun with editing in photography, you can get creative and tell a story more in different ways such as this!

29/10/2026

One from inside the American Air Museum, at Duxford.

One aircraft I've not been fortunate enough to see fly is the F4-Phantom. There's a lot of history to this particular F4J that I know nothing of. All I know is it's served with the US Navy and RAF, and I believe it served in the Falklands war.

I liked bringing out the contrast in this shot and darkened the background which worked well with the white frame.

Who here has seen a Phantom fly? I bet most of you have! 🤣

Also, sorry I've not been posting for the past few days. I've been working and haven't been bothered to do anything outside of work recently.. Last night I had the most sleep I've had in ages so I must've been tired for a while, could be the seasons changing. I feel more refreshed now though!

In other news I have borrowed a few pieces of camera gear which should be arriving tomorrow! As no Airshows are happening at the moment to test them on, I'm going to do a bit of wildlife photography for a change to try them out on! I'm hoping I like the results I get because if I do, they'll help me in Aviation too!

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