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Designed on a Desk… Proven in the Sky

Some people collect fridge magnets… others casually design bits of fast-moving military hardware and then photograph it like a proud parent at a school sports day. For those that do not know… I designed the tail on “Talon” the Hawk. Yes, that Hawk. The one that slices through the sky with the subtlety of a V8 Supercar and the attitude of a RedBull-addicted Bird of Prey. And late last year, …

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Blink… and It’s Gone. African Harrier-Hawk with a broken leg

Photography isn’t about fancy gear, golden light, or having “a good eye”… it’s about never switching your brain off, even when you’re knee-deep in emails and stuck on a phone call you don’t want to be on. Because the moment you relax… the universe drops something ridiculous on your neighbour’s roof, gives you 90 seconds to react, and then vanishes like it was never there.

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Painted Into Flight: A Full-Circle Moment

Two years ago, I was that designer… waiting to hear if a drawing born from caffeine, obsession, and far too many late nights would actually land. And it did. Not on a screen. Not on a render. But hand-painted onto the tail of an 85 Squadron Hawk Mk120 fighter trainer. Yeah. Painted. By humans. With brushes. On a jet. Fast-forward to now: the aircraft has a name… Talon! There I …

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