Packing Tips

Properly Packing Cameras To Avoid Damage In Transit

Photographers like to be ready for anything, I get that, I know that, I have lived that for many years … but when packing cameras in bags that may go under a plane, including being ‘valet checked’ while boarding a Regional Jet or Turbo Prop, packing gear properly makes far more sense than packing it…

Keeping Business Attire Neat & Pressed While Traveling Light

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27/03/2009 – Keeping Business Attire Neat & Pressed While Traveling Light When heading out for a quick day trip for business it can seem like a challenge to keep your clothes neat and pressed while carrying everything you need for work in a single bag. A few years ago keeping…

Space Saving Packing Tip : Choosing Your Travel Laptop

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : Choosing Your Travel Laptop Lets face it, we all like a larger screen to view our photos, movies, and graphics or to multiple spread sheets.  Between my two laptops I find my 15″ Apple PowerBook is great for editing due to the space…

Space Saving Packing Tip : Shorten Your Lens Hood

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 26/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : Shorten Your Lens Hood Since the late 1990s it has seemed that the size of ‘longer lens’ lens hood have been growing in length.   I have always ignored the longer lens hood to save space, often opting for the ‘older’ metal screw in…

Space Saving Packing Tip : International Plug Adapters

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 25/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : International Plug Adapters When traveling internationally it is often essential to pack an international plug adapter. Sometimes you need to pack more than one adapter depending on where you are headed, but whenever you need an adapter it means one more ‘thing’ you…

Space Saving Packing Tip : Choosing A Battery Charger

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 24/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : Choosing A Battery Charger All “AA” battery chargers are created equal, right?  Well no, not really. Some chargers are slow, some are fast, most charging units are about the same size…however some are considerably easier to pack due to the size of their…

Space Saving Packing Tip : Extra Electrical Outlets On The Road

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 23/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : Extra Electrical Outlets On The Road A simple fact that all traveling photographers face (and most business travellers as well) is the need to access multiple electrical outlets. Life was simpler when I first started to travel with my camera equipment and I…