
Hanging out: Kay's shoots often take place in hangars, like this work for Air Canada's new livery.

Calm under pressure: His portraits of Air Canada crew capture life on the flight deck.

Art in motion: He sees aircraft as "sculptures."

Magnificent machines: Kay crops his pictures to bring out the beauty of the planes.

Living it up: It's a hard life, photographing private jets.

Avgeek forever: Kay has loved planes since he first stepped on a Boeing 747 as a child.

The mechanics: Welcome to the work of private jet maintenance.

High life: He spent a day photographing private jets.

Big bird: His pictures pay homage to the people who make and design planes.

Flights of imagination: His design background means he does creative work, too.

Up all hours: Airlines typically fly him in, give him a day to acclimatize, and then do a sunrise-to-sunset shoot.

Dreamliner: He does straight shoots too, like this takeoff of a Virgin Atlantic 787.

Vertigo: Changing his lens hanging over this Lufthansa A380 caused some concern for Kay.

Head for heights: For these shots, Kay was put on a cherry picker and hoisted above the aircraft.

Design aesthetic: Kay's tightly cropped pictures on Instagram drew airlines to him organically.

Man v beast: Kay hard at work on a Lufthansa shoot.

Behind the scenes: He got to see where the magic happens at a Gulfstream factory.

Final destination: The Gulfstreams once they come off the production line.

Team work: Normally he works alone, but avgeeks often volunteer to assist him.

Flying high: His creative shots pull on his background in design.

Retro style: His pictures bring back the glamor days of aviation.

Sexed up: His high glamor shots are down to his desire to make planes "sexy."

Regular travelers: He's also worked for airports, such as this shoot at Winnipeg.

Gallic charm: This A220 is fresh off the Air France production line.

No skin in the game: He loves the looks of "skinless" planes, like this Air France A220.

Pink delight: Kay traveled to Quebec to shoot Air France's new fleet of A220s being made.

Cheers: One job involved shooting life on a private jet.


