Night Photography & Airplanes

This past Thursday evening I had the most amazing experience yet with my Night Photography students. We meet at Island Home Airport and was given total access to a really cool hanger filled with airplanes and equipment. The hanger and plans belong to a wonderful organization called Remote Area Medical, an organization totally committed to helping others. If you don't know about all the different projects this organization is into you really need to check out their website; they are directed to the famous Sam Brock (remember Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom? That's the guy.) These folks are into everything from provided eye and dental care to building runways on mountain tops. If you're looking for an organization to help...this would be an amazing place to start looking. Our hosts for the evening was Judy and Tom Dandridge...these folks went way out of their way to make sure that we had a super experience. Thanks Judy and Tom for giving so much of your time to help us, you guys totally rock!

My colleague Kortney Jarmin and I arrived at the hanger around 5:00 and started setting up lights and getting things ready for the students to arrive. Students began to arrive very early for this shoot, a sign that they were really excited about the possibilities of the evening. Once everyone arrived we talked a bit about the lights we were going to use that evening and about things to watch out for.

I've got to say right up front...this folks are just wonderful. They are not afraid to try new stuff and they are so very eager to learn and help each other. I'm so thankful that I've had the opportunity to make friends with this super group of photographers. I'm looking forward to our next two sessions together...see you on Thursday!