Broken Star Photography

03/04/2026

This evening's beautiful sunset over Granite Mountain from the Bar Triangle Ranch in Williamson Valley.

27/03/2026

The last of my Luke Days photos! Thanks for all of the very kind comments from y'all! I hope you enjoyed my photos as much as I enjoyed being there in person. These last two are time lapses of passes made by the Thunderbirds. The second one is of their signature breaking pattern they call the Fleur-de-Lis.

27/03/2026

This is the second to the last post of the Luke Days air show pics. This one covers the THUNDERBIRDS!!! While the Blue Angels seem to be the household name everyone recognizes, the T-birds are every bit as good as a demonstration team. They're also photographically a better team to take pictures of. Red, white & blue jets against a blue sky!!! How can ya go wrong? Therer's a lot of pics in this post, so enjoy the show!

The last post will follow in a bit, and will only be time lapse reels.

26/03/2026

26/03/2026

Today's first group of photos from Luke Days highlights the aircraft from our military that don't have the WOW factor of supersonic fighter jets. Yet they play as big a role as any fighter jet out there. The C-17 Globemaster III and of course...The A-10 WARTHOG!!!

If you don't love the Warthog, then you don't know what is does. This very old design has been a big part of our military forces because there is nothing else in the world made to do what it does. It is designed to give close support to troops on the ground. When the call goes out needing help, soldiers pray for a Hog and the famous BBBRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTT sound of their rapid-fire 30mm GAU-8/A Avenger armor-piercing rounds. The A-10 is also known for it's specialty of taking out tanks! I'll include a cool shot of the business end of an A-10 from a previous air show. This image makes a STUNNING black & white photo. I have it hanging in my office walls!!!

Tonight's finale...The Thunderbirds!!! Stay tuned...

26/03/2026

Next set of shots from Luke Days...BLUE ANGELS!!! A short time lapse in the last image.

25/03/2026

The first post of today's pics from Luke Days will be of non-military aircraft that were flying at the show. There was a big variety of civilian and former military stuff in the air. One of my all-time favorite vintage warbirds is the P-51, and the Red Tail "Bunny" tops that list! Gonna see what that looks like printed out later this week.

25/03/2026

A few more of the F-35's to close out the night. Also threw in a short time lapse of one of the passes.

25/03/2026

I've been working on going thru the 2000+ photos from Luke Days on Saturday. So without further delay...Here's the first dump of photos. I think I will try to put groups of similar aircraft in each of the following posts. Probably two posts a day until I get through them all.

I feel like it is a good thing to start out with our military's most formidable fighter jet...The F-35A & B! This thing is a BEAST. This is something you don't want to see coming at ya if you're an unfriendly type!!!

24/03/2026

Monday evening's sunset over the site of the ghost town of Simmons, AZ did not disappoint! It's hard to beat Prescott sunsets.

12/11/2025

What an amazing night!!! The aurora borealis is putting on a once in a lifetime show tonight! If you are up, go outside and look north. They're very visible to the naked eye. At about 9:45pm the went nuclear! These are the first set of images from this evening. I'm heading back out in a few minutes to see what else happens. This is supposed to stick around through tomorrow evening also!!! These were all taken in the area of Chino Valley.