As a photographer I am always studying the light of any potential image and I am always looking for that special, unusual and rare light. The special light doesn’t happen very often and when I can capture it with a click or two I feel extremely lucky and privileged. Here are two examples of what […]
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Apr 21, 2012 | Categories:Color Images, Landscapes, The American SouthWest | Tags: American SouthWest, Aspen trees, autumn, Central City, CO, color, color photograph, Colorado, Continental Divide, D3X, fall colors, Fine Art Prints, Gilpin County, Gitzo tripod, independence Pass, landscape, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, photograph, Pitkin County, Snowmass Wilderness, storm sky, sunlight, Travel, USA, White River National Forest, yellow | 4 Comments »
Often, as a child, airplanes were referred to as the “big silver bird”. This description was aimed at civilian commercial airliners rather than military ‘planes (the military always applied camouflage schemes to make their aircraft less visible to the enemy). However, recently, with the restoration of old warbirds (such as the P-51 Mustang, B17 Flying […]
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Apr 16, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Warbirds | Tags: "Maid in the Shade", air to air, Arizona, AZ, B-25 Mitchell, black and white, D3X, Falcon Field, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Mesa, military aircraft, monochrome, Moose Peterson Workshop, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon, photograph, Richard King Photography, silver bird, T-6 Texan, USA, war plane, Warbird | 5 Comments »
The Black Diamond Jet Team are a rare commodity in our skies inasmuch as they are civilian owned. During the 2012 season they are fully sponsored by United Bank Card, Inc. Thank you United Bank Card, Inc. The Arctic Camouflage is a very bright scheme albeit in black, white and grey, but to me as […]
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Apr 11, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Warbirds | Tags: Arctic Camouflage, black and white, black and white print, Black Diamond Jet Team, clouds, D3X, Fine Art Prints, FL, Florida, Florida International Air Show, formation flying, L-39 Albatros, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Mig-17, military aircraft, monochrome, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, photograph, Photography, Punta Gorda, Richard King, Richard King Photography, Russian, United Bank Card Inc., USA, war plane, Warbird | 2 Comments »
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 G VRII AF-S Having made the decision to move away from shooting film in my Hasselblad “V” series cameras I spent over a year agonizing “do I go Hasselblad H4D or Nikon D3X?”. A key reason for choosing the Nikon path was that I could (eventually) get long lenses and return to Wildlife […]
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Apr 03, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Birds, Color Images, Gear, Warbirds, Wildlife | Tags: (Ardea alba), (Ardea herodias), Arctic Camouflage, Beechcraft, Black Diamonds, Blue Angels, Blue Sky, Boeing, clouds, color, Common Egret, D3X, dawn, F-4U Corsair, F/A-18 Hornet, F8F Bearcat, fine art print, FL, Florida, Florida International Air Show, formation, Golden Hour, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Great White Egret, Grumman, Korean War, L-39 Albatros, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, mating plumage, Mig-17, military aircraft, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, photograph, Photography, Punta Gorda, Richard King Photography, Russian, spring, sunrise, The Rookery, Trainer, Twin Beech 18, U.S. Navy, United States, USA, Venice, Vought, war plane, Warbird, WWII | 1 Comment »
Up in the air, bouncing around in the back of a Short Brothers’ Skyvan with the back door open, on a Moose Peterson workshop, and I think this guy wants to come aboard and join us! The air behind the Skyvan is very rough as it is not an aerodynamically shaped design – roughly square […]
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Mar 22, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, The American SouthWest, Warbirds | Tags: Arizona, AZ, CAF, color, Commemorative Air Force, Cripes A' Mighty, D3X, Falcon Field, fighter plane, Fine Art Prints, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, military aircraft, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, P-51, P-51 Mustang, Photography, pilot, Richard King, TC, USA, war plane, Warbird, World War II, WWII | 3 Comments »
This beautiful aircraft in polished metal finish just cries out to me BLACK & WHITE ! So here is the first crop (pun intended, although I don’t crop!) of the images for the T-6 Texan trainer. (Taken on an Air2Air workshop with Moose Peterson). Hope you enjoy!
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Mar 21, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, WArbirds, Warbirds | Tags: Air 2 Air, American SouthWest, Arizona, AZ, black and white, CAF, Commemorative Air Force, Commercial Use, D3X, Editorial Use, Falcon Field, Fine Art Prints, Licensed Use, military aircraft, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, photograph, Richard King Photography, T-6, T-6 Texan, TC-17EII, Trainer, USA, Warbird, Warplane | 1 Comment »
I arrived at Falcon Field in Mesa a day before my photography workshop began (another story to follow). To get a feel for the location I headed into the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) to look around and get some “static” images of their aircraft. I was surprised to see this Ural […]
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Mar 18, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8, American SouthWest, Arizona, Aviation, AZ, CAF, Commemorative Air Force, D3X, Falcon Field, Mesa, military aircraft, Museum, photograph, Photography, Russian, Ural Sidecar Motorcycle, USA, Warbird, Yak 52 | 3 Comments »
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