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[Vince Raia]

Just been looking at the front page this month, and another superb job by Dave, with some fantastic photos Neil of the current jet scene, Neil is certainly getting to grips with his new camera but it's more like the expert eye and the bloke on the button

I bought a new expensive camera when I was doing the journal but my photos were crapp compared with Neils, so well done mate.

[Dave Parry]

Hi Vince, glad you like the website front page it is always nice to get some positive feed back, yes you are right it is the skill of the man behind the camera, Neil is one of the best, I hope to be working closely with him this coming show season now that I am also editor of the Journal, a job you did very well yourself not so long ago I remember.

[Vince Raia]

Thanks Dave, don't miss the hard work though

[Neil Hutchinson]

Hi,

Thanks for the nice comments, guys - they're always appreciated. It does take a fair amount of time sorting pictures out. Many may think it's just a case of download, re-size & put the pictures on the forum/Journal - nothing could be further from the truth, even with an expensive camera set up. I use Photoshop CS4 to clean up & improve all my pictures (I should say a special thanks to Laurie 'lozza' Hughes & Ali Machinchy - I think I must've bored them both to tears with all my early efforts). So a good camera & lens is about 60% of the way to a good picture & cleaning up the picture etc - that's about 40%.

I think we should also thank Dave for all the effort he's put into getting the web site standard up. Now many fliers are seeing their models on the site & in the Journal they're giving me a lot better 'angles'. By that, I mean more Farnborough type passes, rather than just flying across the 'start/finish' line straight & level. The former makes for much better pictures (don't forget I'm not the only photographer, there are many people in the crowd with cameras, too). Two examples of what I mean below - The 1st, Farnborough pass & the second straight & level.

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One other thing - don't forget my other partner in crime - Dave Walker who that's all those superb videos.

Looking forward to a great season - all the very best for 2011.

TTFN,
Neil

[Alan Cantwell 1131]

stunning pictures of a stunning design, thanks for your efforts