It might not sound like much fun, but there’s a bunch of people ignoring the in-flight movie and taking photos out of the window of planes.
On our (delayed) way back from Chicago to Albuquerque a few weeks ago, I realised I had my camera and lenses at my feet, and gave it a go.
Here are a couple of the results, which I have to say I like, but I realised I just scratched the surface of this topic.
Alexis Gerard has a good introduction in JPG magazine, and there’s (of course) more than one Flickr group devoted to the subject.
You’ll no doubt have to do some post-processing to counter the haze and shooting through the greasy window (or take a more abstract approach instead), but you can really get some interesting images.
And since you’ll no doubt have your camera with you (unlike poor Matt Mullenweg), why not give it a try. Consider it a reward for barging to the front of the Ryanair queue and nabbing a window seat.
