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[evangilder]

Thanks. That's my daughter, whose birth I announced here about 15 months ago. Man, where did the time go...

 

[Matt308]

Tell me about it.

 

[evangilder]

Flying aircraft gallery added to the "Best of 2006" section. Enjoy!

Van Gilder Aviation Photography, Photographer's Pix of 2006- Flying aircraft

Next gallery will be air to air.

 

[Pisis]

Man, where did the time go...

Yes, very true. Gosh... I remember you announced her birth like it was yesterady. She grows nicely, you must be proud and happy parents.

 

[evangilder]

Yep, very proud.

Air to air gallery now posted.

Van Gilder Aviation Photography, Photographers Pix of 2006- Air-to-air

After some deliberation, I picked my favorite picture of 2006. It was tough, but This is it...

 

[evangilder]

Selected shots from last weekend...

 

[lesofprimus]

NIce shots and great weather...

 

[evangilder]

Thanks. The weather was nice, but we had a bit of a marine layer, so that's why the shots from the sky are a bit hazy. I am hoping for clear weather next weekend. The Point Mugu show is next weekend and I hope the weather is much better than last time. 2 shows in 2 days next weekend. So I should have a whole bunch of new stuff.

 

[lesofprimus]

Awesome, lookin forward to them..

 

[trackend]

A usual terrific shots Eric thanks for letting us see them I get a lot of pleasure from every one, I'm very much obliged to you.
I don't fly much but I do when looking at your pictures.

 

[evangilder]

Thanks guys! I have opened up my full store at CafePress now and am in the process of stocking up some items featuring some of my pictures. They have a pretty broad selection of products to choose from and I am looking at what will be the most popular. Obviously, T-shirts and calendars. I am putting together coffee mugs right now and will be doing sweatshirts, hoodies, baby onsies and women's tank tops, etc. Feel free to have a look around. I welcome any suggestions for images and products.

Van Gilder Aviation Photography Store : CafePress.com

 

[evangilder]

New article posted about the CAF SoCal Wing. A more behind the scenes look at warbirds and what goes into making them fly and keeping them flying.

Van Gilder Aviation Photography, A day with the CAF

Here is the banner from the article page for it.

 

[Wildcat]

Nice tribute to the volunteers Eric

 

[evangilder]

Make that three days of airshows... Last night, I was invited to the military family show at point mugu! So I will be there for the afternoon to shoot the Raptor, the F-18, F-15, AF Heritage flight and the Thunderbirds. I will be back at Mugu on sunday with a comp'd VIP pass. I will get to be in the COs chalet. SCORE!

Now let me ask you, how many of you read online reviews of products? I am baffled by one particular review of the Nikkor AF28-80/F3.3-5.6 lens. I read so many people complain that the focus is soft, or the colors are misrepresented. I have shot a bunch of pictures with that same lens and have not seen any of those issues. Do that many people not know what they are doing, or did I just get the exception? The shot below is an example of the quality I get from the lens that consistently gets crappy reviews...

 

[lesofprimus]

Shot looks great to me... Sometimes I find an item I own which works flawlessly gets poor reviews as well.... Maybe we got lucky on the inspector...

 

[evangilder]

Must be! Here are some shots from today. I was fortunate enough to have a good friend on the base that invited me out for his retirement party. Funny how that fell on practice/family day!

 

[Wildcat]

Excellent!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice photos!

 

[Matt308]

Great shot of the lower bays on the F-22. I've got a pic somewhere with each of those two bays with an AMRAAM and 4 small diameter bombs. Gives the F-22 a decent loadout with no external stores.

 

[evangilder]

Thanks guys! Three days of shooting and 400 miles of driving have me a bit tired, but it was worth it. The Riverside airshow galleries are now up and at:
Van Gilder Aviation Photography- Riverside Airshow- March 31, 2007

Here are some teasers from the section.