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FLY AWAY WITH ME

1. GET THE RIGHT FLIGHT

Firstly, take into account the time of day in which the flight will be traveling over areas you wish to photograph. I choose flight times that will give me the chance of getting the best images. Flights during the early morning for a glowing light or the late afternoon for the warm tones and dramatic light are ideal.

2. GET THE RIGHT SEAT

The first step is to research the flight path using an app. With this information, you will be able to choose which side of the aircraft your window seat should be for photographing a particular landmark or scene. For example, I used the Flight Tracker app on my smartphone to study the flight path and was then able to take photographs of Mount Fuji as seen in my book, The Window Seat, from both the inbound and outbound flights. For the flight from

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