Professional Aviation Photographer In Dayton Ohio

Photographing The Blue Angels As a lifelong aviation enthusiast, few experiences compare to watching the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and their F-18 Super Hornets perform at my home airport. In 2024, they headlined the CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show at Dayton International Airport, just minutes from where I live. Growing up so close to the […]

My 2nd Visit To Udvar-Hazy We took our annual trip to Baltimore, Maryland, and made a detour to the Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum. This aviation museum is in Virginia, just outside Dulles International Airport. I had visited a couple of years earlier to photograph the airplane exhibits and the space shuttle. This time, […]

Photographing A Total Solar Eclipse On April 8, 2024, I was fortunate enough to be at home during the total solar eclipse. I live in Dayton, Ohio, which was right in the path of totality. We experienced nearly the entire duration of the eclipse, making it an unforgettable event. The next total solar eclipse will […]

Photographing Commercial Aircraft At CVG When I’m in or around Cincinnati, I enjoy visiting CVG (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport) in Hebron, Kentucky, to photograph airplanes. There is a fantastic plane-spotting location at CVG airport. It is a small park overlooking the cargo terminal, runways, and aircraft taking off and landing. The park is thoughtfully designed […]

Where I Photographed Planes At O’Hare Concert photography is one of my favorite ways to spend my free time, and aviation photography is another passion of mine. Some may consider it nerdy, while others might find it boring, but I find it incredibly calming and relaxing. I absolutely love the smells, sounds, and visuals of […]

Photographing Chicago Air And Water Show From A Skyscraper During the summer of 2024, I spent a weekend in Chicago going to Metallica concerts and photographing airplanes at O’Hare.  When researching other things to do, I discovered the Chicago Air And Water Show would be happening that weekend.  I immediately bought my ticket to 360 […]

In June 2024, I was hired to photograph a United States Air Force retirement ceremony at the National Museum Of The United States Air Force at WPAFB.  The husband of the retiring Senior Master Sergeant wanted to capture this important moment in his wife’s life.  In the Cold War Gallery at the Air Force Museum, […]

In late 2023 I was hired for a commercial photography job at a local airport. OnFlight Aviation hired me for the second time to photograph the Embraer Praetor 500 aircraft and ground operations. They are a charter service out of Cincinnati’s Lunken Airport. They are preparing to become the local Embraer Authorized Service Center, and I hope to be back to capture that as well.

In September 2023 I traveled to Los Angeles for a weekend of tourist activities and sightseeing.  For more than 10 years I have wanted to spend a weekend in LA touring Hollywood studios, going to the beach, and visiting tourist attractions.  Additionally, I wanted to combine the trip with my love of plane spotting. On this trip, I accomplished both.

Anytime I travel, I like to photography any air and space museums in that city. For my latest endeavor, I spent a few hours at the Palm Springs Air Museum. I am an aviation photographer and felt perfectly at home here photographing vintage aircraft. One of the highlights of my trip to this aviation museum was watching a vintage WWII propellor plane take off in front of the mountains.