JSJ Photography

JSJ Photography Jeff at JSJ Photography specializes in nature, weather, military, aviation, travel, & drone photos I'm Jeff at JSJ Photography. All Rights Reserved.

Featuring retail and digital photo art galleries of nature, weather and aviation photography on Fine art America and Pixels.com respectively:

https://jsj-photography.myportfolio.com/

Hi! I'm a retired military service member and Christian adventure photographer who has been taking pictures and entering them in photo contests as my wife Jenny and I traveled the world together for over 25 years.

We lived on 3 continents and have traveled to all 7 continents, so I have tried to capture God's amazing creation wherever we live and travel. I have focused on Bald Eagle photography for the past 9 years since I retired by photographing them in the Washington, DC area along the Potomac River and Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River near the Maryland/Delaware/Pennsylvania border. During our world travels as a geography major and photo enthusiast, I have developed a fascination with various cultures--but I also like to feature photos of nature, landscapes and weather phenomena. My favorite compositions include sunsets/sunrises, the moon, thunderstorms, bald eagles, unusual animals, rare birds and other wildlife. I usually keep to subjects that do not include humans, but I enjoy photographing man-made objects--especially military aircraft, patriotic flags, aviation, transportation, lighthouses, bridges, architecture, skyscraper buildings, skylines and other historic artifacts. Sometimes I make a few 'technical' photos in black & white or selective colors but I usually process my photos to match the real world--realism is important to me as a photographer, so I hope visitors to my galleries see the same moment in time as when I took the picture. We lived in Hawaii for four years, but we enjoyed the best sunsets and sunrises on Navarre Beach along Northwest Florida's Emerald Coast even more than Hawaii. During our time in Florida, JSJ Photography earned over 130 'Approver's Choice Awards' for my photo art as featured in the Photo Galleries of Weather Underground. My photos were also featured by hurricane expert Dr. Jeff Masters during his analysis of Hurricane Isaac in August 2012, and my photos have been selected six times as 'World View Photos of the Week' in the top ten photos of the world. I took on a major photography project in 2011-2013 by getting outside to shoot a series of sunset or sunrise photos every day on Navarre Beach, chronicling an entire year of 366 note-worthy landscape photos which I had made into a computer wallpaper software program that changes daily. Contact me directly for details on the 366 Sunrise/Sunset Wallpaper DVD. My awards include nature photos with several varieties of herons, bald eagles, pelicans, black skimmers, cedar waxwings, sandpipers, double-breasted cormorants, Muscovy ducks, turkey vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers and osprey. Other wild sea animals include dolphins, sea turtles, jellyfish and manta rays. I like to shoot flowers and small insects such as butterflies, dragonflies, walking sticks, bees and damselflies. My zoo and African safari animals include a baby silverback gorilla, lion cub, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, coatimundi, chimpanzee, zebra, giraffe, lion, leopard, water buffalo, tiger and black bear. My weather photography includes several lightning, tropical storm and hurricane series which have been recognized with both Approver's Choice and World View selections. My aviation photography includes the Navy's Blue Angels F-18 Hornet, B-25 Mitchell from the Doolittle Tokyo Raid, and the B-17 Flying Fortress. As a graduate student in geography, my goal has been to visit all seven continents and all 50 states in America by age 50. I've been to 32 countries and over 400 cities on 7 continents, along with visits to 41 of the 50 states as of July 2020 when the worldwide pandemic prevented quality travel to those remaining 9 states--but I was able to climb Mount Fuji, Japan in 2005 and Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in 2013 for my month-long military retirement trip, and take a photo expedition to Antarctica via Chile in February 2020 for my 50th birthday. I shoot on Nikon D850 full-frame and D5100 cropped-frame cameras with 16-35mm wide angle and 55-500mm zoom lenses and 1.7x or 2x teleconverters. With the encouragement of my wife Jenny, locals of Florida's Emerald Coast, and the world-wide audience of Weather Underground, I opened my first small business, JSJ Photography, in October 2012. I hope you enjoy your visit to my Fine Art America photography galleries or surf through my photos digitally on Pixels.com at https://jeff-jsj-photography.pixels.com/ and I look forward to hearing from you if you have any questions. NOTE: The Fine Art America watermark will be removed from all photos or products when purchased. LEGAL: The images on this website are exclusive property of the artist, JSJ Photography. They DO NOT belong to the public domain. All images are protected by the International copyright (c) laws. All Rights Reserved by JSJ Photography of Navarre, FL and Alexandria, VA. All artwork (and associated descriptions) in this gallery is the original artwork of JSJ Photography. Copyrighted to JSJ Photography and, as such, is protected by US and International Copyright laws. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the Artist is strictly prohibited.

Per my AI when looking up what OPP means: A simple glossary line would solve everything. Something like: OPP: FAA en‑rou...
06/29/2026

Per my AI when looking up what OPP means:

A simple glossary line would solve everything. Something like:

OPP: FAA en‑route radar sector in south‑central Alabama (near Troy, Elba, and Opp).

When the Blue Angels enter this sector, radio chatter becomes audible on scanners.

That one line would:
- Remove confusion
- Help civilians understand the inbound sequence
- Make the tracker more accessible
- Prevent misinterpretation (“OPP = Opposing Solo Pass?”)
- Clarify why OPP appears even when the jets are nowhere near the town of Opp, AL.

It’s a perfectly reasonable addition.

Just my 2 cents.

I'm retired military and had no idea what
"5:48 PM: Chatter in OPP, Alabama!" meant on the web page.

Also,
"5:22 PM: Ernie BERT10 landed at Virginia Beach NTU."
was confusing. NTU = Naval Training Unit but why did EARNIE (BART10) land at Virginia Beach NTU?

Then

6:20 PM: Ernie BERT10 Pensacola-bound, half way through North Carolina.

8:16: PM: Ernie BERT10 is approaching the Alabama/Florida line up North of our area.

8:35 PM: Ernie BERT10 landed on Runway 25.

So ERNIE/BERT10 took off from Virginia Beach NTU and landed at NAS Pensacola, but not sure why the stop in Virginia Beach NTU,

Recommend: Spell out all acronyms in your glossary so we all know what is going on.

Thanks!

SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2026: BEACH BUZZ POST
The Blue Angels are scheduled to perform their demo in Baltimore, Maryland at 1:30 PM Central time which put them back in our skies over the Pensacola Beach Pier between 5:59 PM-6:44 PM. Flight distance is 874 miles.
We are actively monitoring FlightAware and LiveATC for updates and will provide a journal below with realtime updates as we know them.
UPDATES WILL APPEAR ON OUR WEBSITE: (All Times in Central Time) https://blueangelspracticeinformation.com/2026/06/24/sunday-june-28-2026/
Bookmark this link and click refresh today.
Beach Buzzes are the term given to the Delta Formation flying from east-to-west low and slow with smoke-on, as the Blue Angels are returning from an out-of-town air show!
Locations for Buzzes are NEVER guaranteed and are decided by the boss ( #1) in-flight! Your best bet to view this is Pensacola Beach, by the pier/beachball water tower. Stated differently, if you’re serious about seeing this, go to Pensacola Beach! If you choose another location, you’re taking your chances and comments about how they “missed you again” will be removed.
Navarre Beach, FL routinely gets Buzzed each time but not always.
Orange Beach, AL seldom gets lucky and it’s not for certain.
Gulf Shores, AL does not get buzzed.
Please control your expectations today. Their fuel tanks have a range of approximately 1,000 miles, so I would expect a SHORT BUZZ. If you're serious, go to Pensacola Beach today.
Enjoy the Show!
For more information about Beach Buzzes, Practices, or the 2 Pensacola-Area Air Shows, please explore our website: www.blueangelspracticeinformation.com
Please note that this page is not directly affiliated with the Blue Angels. Do NOT address the Blue Angels or your comment will be removed. This page is run by a team of friends who happen to enjoy studying them and keeping track of what they’re up to throughout the season.

05/24/2026
Got front‑row, show‑center access on the Pensacola Beach Pier on 14 April 2026 at 10:45 AM after waiting over an hour wi...
05/22/2026

Got front‑row, show‑center access on the Pensacola Beach Pier on 14 April 2026 at 10:45 AM after waiting over an hour with my new Nikon Z9 setup to photograph an extremely rare sight: the Super Delta joint formation of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration teams. The last time these two teams flew a combined Super Delta was 30 October 2024, and this year’s opportunity came together because the Thunderbirds were already in the region after their Panama City show and NAS Pensacola was closed to non‑DoD cardholders during Operation EPIC FURY, preventing the public from watching the weekly Blue Angels practices. To give the community a chance to see both teams, leadership coordinated a one‑time flyover during the Blues’ Tuesday practice window. I ended up right at show center, shoulder‑to‑shoulder with the TV media crews and the Blue Angels’ advance team with radio comms. An unforgettable moment for any aviation photographer!

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