Paul Swiech

OOPS! I guess a link would help…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/56323079@N06/sets/72157626220236032/

You are right in that the abstraction already exists. Sometimes it is serendipitous, as in the first image I posted. That was cropped out of a larger image, and number two was an experiment in shutter speed, that appealed to me. I used both as jumping off points into the abstract. The second and third […]

I like to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Often when I shoot I see a pattern or a shape or a perspective that, on its own is just there, but if given a chance, can be turned into something entirely different.

I’m diggin’ it.

Last year’s show was on a beautiful July day, and featured a B2 Bomber, an F-117 Stealth Fighter, an F-14, an F-16, and an F-22 RAPTOR! The headliner was the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird Precision Acrobatic Team in their F-18s. Then there were a mix of current and vintage propeller planes, both civilian and retired […]

The weekend of the show ended up being really hot and really humid, and the headliners got grounded, so I never went. I saw some folks who did go and they said it was miserable. You’re not allowed to bring in any food or drink and water was $4 (US) a bottle. They were burnt […]

Thanks for the tips and links. We’ll see what happens this weekend!

Thanks for the tips. I’ll give them a try and post up some results.

I like the composition in the third pic. It makes me feel like I’m trying to catch up to the subject and join her in waling into the lane between the trees. There’s a lot of cool elements in that one. The crowd of trees on the left versus the open spaces on the right. […]