Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@fishfoto.com 07/01/08 – Protecting Your Equipment While Traveling Using The Art Of Disguise! There is a sad fact about flying with your camera equipment as checked baggage. No it’s not that it may get crushed by a Ramp Tug (as one of my Lowe Pro Pro Roller II bags was) ,…
Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 30-December-2007 : Some Items That Make Traveling Just A Bit Easier This post is a following up to my post on my “Staying Organized………Three Essential Items.” This post is not essential items, it is simply about some things I travel with that make my life a little bit easier on…
Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27-November-2007: “I Need To Travel In One Light Weight Legal Carry On Bag, Pack Two Lights And I Hate Backpacks” Following my Blog entry about packing a full kit of gear and lights in one single carry on bag (The All In One Camera, Lights, Computer Carry On Bag) I…
Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@fishfoto.com 21-September-2007 : Need A Quick Lighting Set Up And Hate To Check Your Bags? I’ll admit it, I often over pack my lights. I like to be as prepared as possible for whatever my client may throw at me. I have shown up to a job that should be a…
Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@fishfoto.com 16-September-2007 : Don’t Get Separated From Your Gear In Transit! With a recent rash of photographers having their equipment stolen I wanted to write about ways to protect equipment from easy theft. The first and most obvious way is to keep an eye on your gear. I know this is…
Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@fishfoto.com 4-June-2007 : Just When You Think Carry-On Restrictions Can’t Get Any Worse So, there I am at 5:00am standing at the U.S. Airways check in counter at my local airport, New Haven,Connecticut (HVN), when I glance over at the Pan-Am Airways check in counter. Right below the check in counter…
Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@fishfoto.com 18-March-2007 : Can I Get This On Board? A big unknown to many travelers, not just photographers is “can I bring it on board?” Many flyers seem to think there is a non-conformist rule between airlines regarding carry on policy. Overall this is not true. The published carry on allowance…
Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@fishfoto.com 8-February-2007 : A Case You Can Torture And Have Your Gear Be Just Fine (And It’s A Carry On!) An area of frequent concern for photographers traveling is how to carry their equipment with them and not have it get wrecked by the ‘Ramp Apes’ (also known as the Airline…
The photography and airline interwebs are abuzz with a scathing blog post by photographer Jess T. Dugan claiming that on the 18th of December 2012, flying between Chicago O’Hare and Boston Logan, on JetBlue flight 922, the airline stole her camera gear. There are lessons to be learned here for photographers from Ms. Dugan’s unfortunate…
What might seem like common sense for one traveler may be an unknown topic for another. Walk through any airport at any time of day you’ll see people breezing through check in and others struggling to understand the process at the counter. Step into an airport security screening checkpoint and you’ll see some pros zip…
