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So... yeah. Married 10 years, together 17. Had our fist kid LAST July who is an absolute blessing. My wife has been having a very difficult time and keeps saying how much she hates being a mother and regrets having a kid. Soul crushing to hear those words. I spent a good hour tonight during...

2019 has been full of excitement and joy. New career for me that has been absolutely amazing. I can't wait for each day to start and actually look forward to Mondays! My wife and I had our first child in July and are now finally getting some regular (4-6 hours) sleep. I love my job but my...

I'm sorry this is so long... but I'm at such a loss for words or hope. I wish I was extroverted, but I'm painfully not. I tried a career in teaching, which ended up being a nightmare, thought I'd try working in the non-profit sector, which I LOVE but I just cannot keep track of everything. I...

Things are looking up for 2013. I've already had two aviation photos published and have requests from three other publications for an upcoming photo of a first flight, my YouTube videos are approaching a high enough volume to make my monthly car payments, and I'm trying my hand at a totally...

I have been racking my brain for the last three days, taking literally THOUSANDS of photos, trying to create consistent spherical panoramic photos. Today, FINALLY, after about 3,000 pictures have been taken in this amount of time, I was able to get some really good results...

... Not, "share your crazy conspiracy theories." I must have missed a an asterisk somewhere.

Flying Heritage Collection, the personal collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, fired up their Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat today, having mostly completed its restoration. As always, I was on hand to catch the moment both with video and photos. First the video, which is 14 minutes long. At...

This last Sunday, Jan. 13, was an absolute blast! My friend and fellow pilot James made a simple FB post early last week, stating that he wanted to do another mountain photo flight over the Cascade Mountains near where I live, and that he would prefer to have a couple planes in formation with...

On December 30, 2012, a friend and fellow pilot took a couple of us up for a,scenic flight over the Cascades. On the ground it was a pretty miserable, cold, gray day. But once we were able to takeoff through a hole in the cloud layer, we were welcomed by a spectacular view. Even though I am...

Simple rules, take a look at the post before yours to determine which letter comes next, and post a photograph representing that letter. Example: I am starting it, so I begin with the letter "A" and will post a picture of something that starts with that letter. Or, if you're lucky enough, it...

What happened? Now it's just people finding UFO's, and angels, and trying to explain away smudges on pictures. When I first joined here years ago there used to be lots of new posts daily. Now it's just, blah. We used to share pictures and talk about the actual art of photography, and discuss...

About 8 years ago I made the bright decision to change my pursuit of a career in aviation for becoming a teacher. Silly me, I thought teaching was something in relatively "high demand." LOL Gotta say when the job is there, I absolutely love it and all the challenges I face every day. It's the...

With only one more event left in Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection schedule, I can definitely say that this year has absolutely been the best. It all started in late 2011 with the surprising news of a restored Ilyushin Il-2M3 Shturmovik taking to the air following years of restoration...

I'm a newly certificated special education teacher and have been without full-time employment since June and this last Tuesday I FINALLY got an interview at a local district with four positions that had just opened up. I think I did well in the interview, but I really, really, really, am...

Normally I only shoot things with wings, but occasionally there are times when I'm bored and need something different to shoot. Last fall I had a few days like this and decided to play around with HDR mixing and other techniques. Image11a by fight2flyphoto, on Flickr Image8a by...

Sorry for the double post, my stupid computer kept saying there was an error...

I've decided to refocus my efforts from still photography to video for the upcoming flying season and was wondering if anyone in here has some experience shooting video at least semi-professionally. After viewing some of my videos, a local WWII aircraft museum has asked that I assist in an oral...

Saturday, August 6, 2011 was a historic day in aviation history as the worlds only flying original Focke-Wulf 190 flew in formation with one of only two airworthy Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-3s. The Focke-Wulf 190A-5 features its original BMW motor and was restored to the exact condition it was...

The worlds ONLY original FW-190 in flying condition has arrived at Microsoft co-founder Paul Allens' Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, Washington yesterday and has begun the process of reassembly (they trucked it up from Arizona). I went down yesterday and today after work to see the...

Great day for Mustangs!! The following P-51 Mustangs were present for Saturday's flying fun at Paine Field in Everett, Washington: P-51D Mustang "Val-Halla" piloted by Greg Anders, belonging to Heritage Flight Museum (Bellingham) P-51B Mustang "Impatient Virgin?" piloted by John T. Sessions...