Photographer Killed After Backing Up into Airplane Propeller

A photographer has died after she backed up into an airplane propeller while taking pictures.

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2024-10-29 21:00

Airplane Kissing the Solar Eclipse Wins Inaugral Photo Competition

Kolari Vision has unveiled the winners of its inaugural 2024 solar eclipse photography competition with an artistic shot of an airplane skimming the celestial event taking home first place. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-6-21 17:52

Airplane Forced to Land After Windows Were Melted by Video Lighting

Photo and video lighting can get very hot, as evidenced by a near-catastrophic incident on an Airbus A321 that departed from London's Stansted Airport on a chartered flight to Orlando, Florida. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-14 22:56

Incredible Shot of Airplane Crossing the Sun Was Captured by an Astronaut

Astronaut and astrophotographer Don Pettit captured a "lucky shot" when a commercial airplane flew through the frame as he was capturing images of the Sun. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-2 19:44

Photographer Lines Up Great Pyramid, Moon, and Airplane in One Epic Shot

A photographer captured a "once in a lifetime" photo of the Great Pyramid of Giza with an airplane silhouetted against a full Moon above it. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-5-31 17:00

Shooting the Aurora Out of an Airplane Window

Andy here, checking in from cloudy and chilly London. Here for work for a week or so but had a pretty epic flight over, as you’ll see in a second. I had a few friends with systemwide upgrades expiring on American Airlines soon and they were generous enough to upgrade me to business class for […] petapixel.com »

2020-2-7 20:22

Photographer Captures ‘Invisible’ Northern Lights Out His Airplane Window

Photographer Pierre T. Lambert got very lucky on a flight from Chicago to Seoul, South Korea recently. While flying near the arctic circle, he decided to just… try taking a photo out of his airplane window. petapixel.com »

2019-10-12 19:56

Photographer’s iPhone Recorded Its Own Fall from Airplane Over Iceland

While on an aerial photo tour over the Icelandic wilderness late last year, photographer and pilot Haukur Snorrason dropped his iPhone 6s Plus out of the plane’s window and onto the tundra below. petapixel.com »

2019-10-3 21:20

Shooting a Milky Way Moonrise from an Airplane Seat

A couple of weeks ago I was blessed with a sight that truly left me in a state of awe. Shortly after leveling off onboard United 534 from Honolulu to Los Angeles, I tried my luck with some astrophotography over the crisp Pacific Ocean skies. petapixel.com »

2019-5-9 21:18

Photos of Night Skies Full of Airplane Light Trails

Airports is an ongoing project by photographer Pete Mauney, who spends hours shooting long exposure photos near airports. He then combines the photos to create mesmerizing composites in which the night sky is filled with airplane light trails. petapixel.com »

2019-1-4 21:10

This is What a Drone Strike Would Do to an Airplane

As drones continue to explode in popularity, there have been more and more stories of operators flying way too close to airplanes. Now new research is revealing just how much damage a direct drone strike would do to an airplane’s wing. petapixel.com »

2018-10-8 19:03

Camera Drone Safety Tips from an Airplane Pilot

I hold a private pilot certificate, as well as a remote pilot certificate; I am also a photographer. I just wanted to share with you some advice from a budding pilot who comes from the much larger world of flying that is general aviation. petapixel.com »

2016-11-8 22:43