Glynn Farrar Research // Making Tracks

I have researched Glynn Farrar, who is a semi-professional aviation photographer. He's a pilot and photographer at Netherthorpe airfield, near Worksop. 

The photographs below are images provided by Glynn Farrar through email.

This image shows a plane front-on, central within the image after having recently taken off. The propeller at the front of the plane is blurred to showcase the movement of the plane rather than a static shot in mid-air. The colours within the image are very prominent, which makes the image more striking.  

This image is very powerful, due to how the picture has been taken. As the picture has been taken through panning the camera to follow the plane and keep it in focus, whist the background and propeller are blurred to show speed and the element of movement. The plane is central within the image, though slightly tilted this makes the composition of the image another element of the photograph striking.

This image is incredibly striking due to it being formation flying, with the choice of background used to make the planes stand out. This image has been taken from the air, above the planes he is taking the picture of to get the green background of the ground for the image. The white trails behind the planes stand out due to the background and are an important part of the composition within this image with them creating lines. Also with each plane fitting slightly different third of the image it creates for another compositional element due to the rule of thirds. In taking a shot like this, the skills of the pilots and the preliminary safety briefing are critical to achieving this kind of result.