Photographing a Model Airplane
Below are a few quick tips and suggestions when taking photos of your aircraft.
Visually, this photo looks great, but we want to see as much of the aircraft as possible.
Pay attention to the background, it can make all the difference. Naturally this background would be busy and distracting, but by blurring the background the now subject pops. To achieve this shoot ideally you need to shoot with a longer-focal-length lens.
Most cameras operate best when shooting outdoors. While features like white balance tend to work more in your favor outdoors, try to minimize shadows.
Faking it never hurts. With the help of others you can capture subjects that would be too dangerous, or maybe impossible, otherwise.
Pay attention to your resolution. Often people will try to edit their photos on their computer using editing software. Unfortunately many programs will export your photos at a low resolution causing the quality to suffer. Please send us your unedited and uncropped photos, let us do the editing.
Other Tips: You may submit a photo that includes you with your model, but please do not send in photos that depict other members of your family or your friends. We prefer to show the model and the builder/owner or the model itself.
Material of a questionable nature will not be considered
We will accept glossy color prints from 35mm cameras, slides, and digital photos. If your camera has a date-stamping feature, please turn it off. Do not mark on the backs of the photos with felt-tip markers or ball-point pens. The ink may bleed onto the emulsion of the next photo in the stack, and this cannot be removed.
Understand the actual photo you submit may not necessarily be used on the cover of Model Aviation. If you win, we can help you reshoot your aircraft to meet the print standards of Model Aviation.
Content and photos provided by Mark Lanterman of Airborne Media.
Visually, this photo looks great, but we want to see as much of the aircraft as possible.
Pay attention to the background, it can make all the difference. Naturally this background would be busy and distracting, but by blurring the background the now subject pops. To achieve this shoot ideally you need to shoot with a longer-focal-length lens.
Most cameras operate best when shooting outdoors. While features like white balance tend to work more in your favor outdoors, try to minimize shadows.
Faking it never hurts. With the help of others you can capture subjects that would be too dangerous, or maybe impossible, otherwise.
Pay attention to your resolution. Often people will try to edit their photos on their computer using editing software. Unfortunately many programs will export your photos at a low resolution causing the quality to suffer. Please send us your unedited and uncropped photos, let us do the editing.
Other Tips: You may submit a photo that includes you with your model, but please do not send in photos that depict other members of your family or your friends. We prefer to show the model and the builder/owner or the model itself.
Material of a questionable nature will not be considered
We will accept glossy color prints from 35mm cameras, slides, and digital photos. If your camera has a date-stamping feature, please turn it off. Do not mark on the backs of the photos with felt-tip markers or ball-point pens. The ink may bleed onto the emulsion of the next photo in the stack, and this cannot be removed.
Understand the actual photo you submit may not necessarily be used on the cover of Model Aviation. If you win, we can help you reshoot your aircraft to meet the print standards of Model Aviation.
Content and photos provided by Mark Lanterman of Airborne Media.
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