This is shot from Dockweiler beach in Los Angeles directly under the path of departing flights between the hours of 5-7pm, when light from the setting sun illuminates the bottoms of the planes.

In the background, the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa. I shot this between 6-8am, when there is a rush of departures to all over the world.

This is the original image which was supposed to be a proof-of-concept for the series. It was extremely successful and convinced me to expand the project to airports around the world. This image shows a day's worth of takeoffs from LAX's south runways, though some aircraft have been omitted due to redundancy - i.e., we don't need to see 84 737s!

Due to a complicated noise abatement scheme, Zurich Airport actually uses runways oriented in different directions depending on how light or heavy the winds are. This made for a very interesting photo when combined with the idyllic Swiss countryside that surrounds the airport.

This image was shot during the morning arrivals rush at London Heathrow as flights from Asia and North America descend on one of the busiest airports in the world.

Amsterdam's Schiphol is surrounded by quintessential Dutch canals and plenty of green grass. Some stormy weather provided an interesting background for the image.

This image was shot from the end of the runway as planes land during the morning rush hour.

This image was shot in July of 2015 when mainland Europe experienced some once-in-a-decade storms.

It took THREE trips to London to get these images. The weather there is no joke. It was very difficult to get a full day of clear skies, and even though the day I shot this image on was threatened by clouds, I got lucky and there was no rain or heavy shadow. It made for one of my favorite images of the series.

Planes depart from DXB's runway 30R - with a background of ominous clouds over the neighboring Emirate of Sharjah.

Shot from a chartered fishing boat on Tokyo Bay. This one was quite the logistical headache due to needing utterly perfect weather and wind. By using a long telephoto lens I was able to show the iconic Mt Fuji behind the airport, even though it was over 60 miles away from my shooting location.

A farm in the foreground provided a nice touch of yellow to contrast the blue sky and predominantly KLM departures.

Planes depart over Botany Bay and Sydney's Central Business District from Runway 34L at Sydney airport.

Auckland Airport is surrounded by an amazing landscape - complete with farm!

Planespotting is really big in Europe - and an activity enjoyed by families all the time. When an airport is set in such a beautiful place, why wouldn't you want to watch these amazing machines in action?

Father and son planespotting!

Wingtip vortices are visible as planes fly through an amazing weather front that loomed over Frankfurt. This image was shot in July of 2015 when mainland Europe experienced some once-in-a-decade storms.