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Riding Donuts!

Start your day with a donut! A Cheat Day anyway at Cheat Day Land!

Cheat Day Land is the celebration of food and experience. An Immersive pop-up museum. An experience lending its energy to the idea of treating yourself with a cheat day; because you deserve it. Your cheat day begins October 1, 2018 in the Arts District of downtown Los Angeles. Check it out at https://cheatdayland.com and “Donut Worry Be Happy”!

All my fitness and bodybuilder friends; this is where you want to come have fun and shoot those selfies! This is a must do! From pizza dresses to ice cream to burgers and fries, no telling what you might find in this huge Museum of food fun!

From my ad photo and video shoot for Cheat Day Land with kids and families all day. Here with the immensely popular and beautiful Russian actress, model and television host Anna Oris and her daughter Ameliya. Looking good riding a donut!

A Big Thank You to my photo shoot team; Estee Lauder featured Makeup Artist Blanche LeBeau, and my assistant for the day, the very versatile and talented Shauna Toerner.

Photo shoot notes… Hasselblad digital camera system, Broncolor lighting, video on Fujifilm X-Series cameras. Thanks!

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | September 5, 2018 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: ad photography, advertising photography, Broncolor, Cheat Day Land, cheat food, cheat meal, fitness diet, FujiFilm X-Series, Hasselblad, Hasselblad photographer, HasselbladBron, pop up museum | 2 Comments

Flying By With the Sigma 150-600mm Lens

Some more photos working with the Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | S lens. On my Canon 1DMkIV. The flying photos were shot at 600mm and only 1/200th shutter speed. It was mounted on an Induro monopod and a Foba ball head.

The slower shutter speed is to capture the prop blur. It is indeed a beast of lens and mounted to a I series Canon body makes for a big heavy package. Panning with this at 600mm will take some more practice. Also I will try it handheld. Right now I am thinking this has some real possibilities. Love the color fidelity and reach of this lens. At 600mm on that body it is the equivalent of 780mm.

The aircraft at the Palm Springs Air Museum; a Red Tail P-51 Mustang “Bunny” dedicated to the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. And the C-47 “What’s Up Doc?”.

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | September 3, 2018 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: aviation photographer, aviation photography, C-47, C-47 What's Up Doc?, P-51 Bunny, P-51 Mustang, Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs photographer, PSAirMuseum, Sigma 150-600mm, Sigma Lens, Sigma Photo | 1 Comment

Sigma 150-600mm Lens

I have been trying out the the Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | S lens. On my Canon 1DMkIV. And a no fail serious camera strap from Vulture Equipment Works.

Just worked with it for the 2nd time. Yes it is sharp and the color fidelity is beautiful! You might look at the lettering on the prop and say it is blurry. Actually that is exactly how it is on the prop. This was at 150mm. The aircraft is at the Palm Springs Air Museum; a Red Tail P-51 Mustang “Bunny” dedicated to the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | September 3, 2018 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: aviation photographer, aviation photography, P-51 Bunny, P-51 Mustang, Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs photographer, PSAirMuseum, Red Tails, Sigma 150-600mm Lens, Sigma Lenses, Sigma Photo, Tuskegee Airmen, Vulture Equipment Works | 1 Comment

The Fastest Motorsport In The World

Hey everyone! This is for me… Off to the Reno Air Races very soon with the Palm Springs Air Museum. We are racing our “Red Tail” P-51 Mustang “Bunny” dedicated to the famed and heroic Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. And… the very rare P-63 Kingcobra “Pretty Polly”, one of only four flying in the entire world!

This is the big one, the Indy 500 of air racing, the fastest motorsport in the world. And this is the last few days of my crowdfunding for it. Yes I am asking you for money. This has been really successful so far and I am very grateful. To be honest, it makes me look good too! But I am asking your help to make this finish with a big bang.

Thanks to so many of you who have jumped in so far. If you add on in, that would be wonderful too. For those of you who have been just watching, come on in! Join with me! There are great perks from team T-Shirts to actually flying!

We have group and business sponsorships too. Don’t see something that exactly fits what you might like for your company; just send me a note and we can chat. Ian@PalmSpringsAirMuseum.org

Anyway this is the last few days, so please jump on in. We are preserving a great part of history and it is fun! Or if anything else, do it for me! Thanks! Here is the link, check it out… https://igg.me/at/RedTailsReno2018

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | August 28, 2018 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: aviation photographer, Bucket List, P-51 Bunny, P-51 Mustang, P-63 Kingcobra, Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs photographer, Reno Air Races, Tuskegee Airmen, warbird flights, warbird racing | 2 Comments

Flight Of Two

Yesterday shooting photos and video on board the Palm Springs Air Museum C-47 “What’s Up Doc?”. Fujifilm X-H1 camera.

August 19th is National Aviation Day in celebration of the development of aviation. We celebrated with a “Flight OF Two” on August 19th returning from the Wings Over Camarillo Air Show. Aircraft that were pivotal in the history of aviation. Flying in our own World War II C-47 “What’s Up Doc?” and across from us, the CAF Inland Empire C-53 “D-Day Doll”. Take a minute to watch and listen and enjoy some the experience of flying in these amazing 75 year old Warbirds.

The holiday was established in 1939 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with the Presidential Proclamation designating the anniversary of Orville Wright’s birthday to be National Aviation Day. Orville Wright, born in 1871, was still alive when the proclamation was first issued.

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | August 20, 2018 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: aviation photographer, C-47 What's Up Doc?, C-53 D-Day Doll, Fujifilm X-H1, FujiFilm X-Series, National Aviation Day, Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs photographer | 1 Comment

Shauna Naked And Restless

I think Shauna Toerner does naked and restless very well indeed. Her dilemma helped with Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle. An extra series on Fujifilm Instax instant film from our photo shoot at FD Photo Studio in downtown Los Angeles. Thanks!