Air To Air Photography: Out Of My Archives

Shooting air-to-air photographs is something that has to be experienced in order to be fully comprehended. One of my first experiences involved a flight in a Cessna 172 facing aft in the left seat with the seat belt cinched over my knees. It was January, so I expected the temperature inside the cockpit to be quite crisp considering I was to spend the entire flight with the window open. Let's just say my winter parka was soaked, my legs and back ached from the awkward shooting position, and I seriously considered the sanity of taking air to air photographs--until I saw the photos. Here are some from that fateful day. Click on the photos to enlarge them. If you'd like to know what equipment I used, or what aircraft I was shooting, please shoot me an e-mail.--Reggie