Sun'n'Fun Air Show Part 2: F-18

 Some more photos from the Fun'n'Sun Airshow in Lakeland FL in April 2025

Sun'n'Fun Air Show part 1: F-35A Lightning

A few weeks ago I attended the Fun'n'Sun Air Show in Lakeland Florida as a guest of KelbyOne, complete with media credentials.

This was the first time I had attended an air show, and therefore the first time I photographed one.  In fact I had to buy a new 150-500mm lens for the occaision.

Despite my newbie-ness I managed to get a few shots I am pleased with.  I'll post them over the next few posts, but for now I'll start with the F35A Lightning.

Thanks to Erik Kuna for giving us an excellent breakdown on how to shoot air shows.   If you want to shoot your own show, check out their excellent classes at kelbyone.com on the subject. 

Mirror: My favourite image I've ever made... so far.

 I have recently been looking at some of my past work.  You can find it at http://studiodave.ca if you want to look at it yourself.

While I've made a lot of images I am proud of, this one here is the one that still makes me smile and grateful I had the opportunity and skills to make it happen.

A quick peak behind the scenes. I took shots with the model looking into the camera:

Then generated a fantasy scene using MidJourney.

Combining these two, along with some light reflection textures, and some other tricks of Photoshop led to a great image.

You can see my Photoshop process in this Speed Edit video:

Suit of Armor - An Early 3D Printed Model

A long time ago, just after I got my first resin 3D printer, I printed off this character of an empty suit of armor.   I had plans to make an image out of it, like I do, but it ended up sitting on my shelf... and it sat there for years.   How many years?  Well, this suit of armor character was an early COVID 19 lockdown project... so... yeah.

This past week I needed a quick project, so I decided to finally do something with that suit of armor character.   This is the result:

... and a look behind the scenes:

Nazgul Photoshop Speed Edit

 The Photoshop Speed Edit video from my Nazgul image is here!

The image:

Black Rider

Black Rider.   Don't want to see this fellow coming at you on a moonless night in the Shire.
 

Preview of a Black Rider

 A bad photo of a cool model.  The basis for one of my next photos.