Bryan Bristow of Longhorn Helicopters

This semester I am in a visual journalism class, and the first half of the semester was focused on still photography, and the second half is video.  Before spring break, I had to turn in my final photo project which was a photo story.  I chose to follow around Bryan Bristow at Longhorn Helicopters.  Here are a few of the shots I turned in, as well as some others that I had to edit out against my will because of the assignment requirements.  While aviation isn't something I had originally set out to photograph, I really do enjoy it and am lucky to know people in the industry that let me take photos like these.

While he was on that flight, I cruised around the hangars.  Always some interesting things to get shots of out there like this one.

 I went back later that night to get some more photos of Bryan with a student.

This one is my favorite from the day.

After the student was done logging the hours, it was my turn to go up in the helicopter. I've been flying with Chris a few times, but never Bryan.  He is a great pilot.

This flight resulted in my first ever aerial shot, and a night one at that.  One thing I learned that day is that I need to upgrade some of my equipment!  Even though I was using a very wrong lens for something like this, I was very please with the result.

Reflection of the hangar in the helicopter, always gotta get creative!

Now this wasn't Bryan, this was another pilot, but I love these photos.  Just not something you get to see everyday.

Bryan pushed in the helicopter, and closed the hangar doors and my photo story was complete.

My teacher went pretty nuts over these photos, so thank you Bryan for letting me follow you around!