Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com -- E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com
30/10/2008 – Adorama To Host Flying With Fish Workshop Jan 29th
The details are still being worked out, but the 2-to-2.5 hours workshop will be on Thursday January 29th starting at 6:30pm at Adorama in New York City.
The following is the basic information for the evening workshop:
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Travel Logistics For Photographers : 101
Course Description:
Traveling as a photographer can be complex and frustrating with the constant change in airline regulations and security rules. With some basic knowledge about how to plan your travel, pack your equipment and find your way around specific baggage restrictions and fees, traveling with your equipment can be simple, easy and stress free.
During this course professional photographer Steven Frischling, creator of Flying With Fish (www.flyingwithfish.com), who has flown nearly 1,000,000 miles as a photographer during the past few years, will introduce you to detailed tips on how to travel as a photographer. Steven's information is relevant for amateur photographers going on vacation and professional photographers headed halfway around the world.
This workshop will focus on some choosing your equipment to save on space and weight; choosing the right style bag for your needs; basic packing techniques to maximize your space and reduce the potential for damage to your equipment; basic paperwork for travel in foreign countries; avoiding certain carry-on baggage weight restrictions; dispelling some myths about traveling with camera equipment and basic tips for reducing your likelihood of becoming a thief's target.
As every traveler has their own specific needs, participants are encouraged to bring as many questions as they'd like. The goal of the workshop is to have everyone go out into the world better informed on how to travel easier, safer and more stress free as photographers.
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The cost of the workshop (which should be around the cost of excess baggage for flying many US carriers) and the sign up details will be posted when made available by Workshops @ Adorama
If anyone has any questions drop me an e-mail.....otherwise, I hope to see you there!
Happy Flying!
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Showing posts with label travel photographer. Show all posts
30 October 2008
iPhone 'App' Of The Week : Google Earth
Web: www.fishfoto.com -- E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com
30/10/2008 – iPhone 'App' Of The Week : Google Earth
For quite some time people have enjoyed using Google Earth on their computers to check out various locations around the world.
I have been using Google Earth in conjunction with United Airlines as a fun way to search for fares, as I detailed back in January in this post: 09/01/08 - A Fun Way To Search For Airfare Specials
Google Earth is simple, you type in a location and Google Earth shows you an image of the area shot by satellite. I have used Google Earth for quite some time as a way to scout out locations. With Google Earth's ability to show you an area as broad as the entire planet and as narrow as local road makes it an ideal tool to map out where you are, where you are headed, where you want to go.
Having Google Earth on my iPhone allows me to stand in a location and get the big picture on angles I want to explore. Standing on a street corner in a city I don't know anywhere in the world, I can type in my location and find options for locations to create images. This new information found from Google Earth, in my hand, gives me a new perspective on images I can offer my clients.
For travelers who are just interested in where they are, or photographers seeking a real life, photographic image of the map in their hand, Google Earth is an indispensable tool and a vital iPhone App.
This is an iPhone App you should be downloading right now!
Below are six photos of Google Earth for iPhone locating the Eiffel Tower in Paris (its under all the blue boxes in the final photo)
Happy Flying!
--Click Images Below To Enlarge--
30/10/2008 – iPhone 'App' Of The Week : Google Earth
For quite some time people have enjoyed using Google Earth on their computers to check out various locations around the world.
I have been using Google Earth in conjunction with United Airlines as a fun way to search for fares, as I detailed back in January in this post: 09/01/08 - A Fun Way To Search For Airfare Specials
Google Earth is simple, you type in a location and Google Earth shows you an image of the area shot by satellite. I have used Google Earth for quite some time as a way to scout out locations. With Google Earth's ability to show you an area as broad as the entire planet and as narrow as local road makes it an ideal tool to map out where you are, where you are headed, where you want to go.
Having Google Earth on my iPhone allows me to stand in a location and get the big picture on angles I want to explore. Standing on a street corner in a city I don't know anywhere in the world, I can type in my location and find options for locations to create images. This new information found from Google Earth, in my hand, gives me a new perspective on images I can offer my clients.
For travelers who are just interested in where they are, or photographers seeking a real life, photographic image of the map in their hand, Google Earth is an indispensable tool and a vital iPhone App.
This is an iPhone App you should be downloading right now!
Below are six photos of Google Earth for iPhone locating the Eiffel Tower in Paris (its under all the blue boxes in the final photo)
Happy Flying!
--Click Images Below To Enlarge--
01 October 2008
Can I Carry My Tripod On-board My Flight?
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com -- E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com
1/10/2008 - Can I Carry My Tripod On-board My Flight?
What is the #1 question I am asked by nature and landscape photographers? "Can I carry my tripod on board my flight?"
There is good news for those of you who like to travel with your tripod, monopod or light-stand as carry-on, tripods are most certainly allowed as carry-on when flying within the United States, and for international travel to and from most countries.
Be aware that your tripod may be counted as a 'carry-on' item should it cause your bag to exceed the maximum carry-on size allowances set forth by your airline. Making sure that you do not exceed carry-on weight or size is very important.
Give that tripods must conform to airline specified carry-on requirements, it is best to remove the head and pack that in your carry on, and bring only the legs through security separately. For some reason tripods with the head attached cause more problems from misinformed airport security screeners than those with the head removed.
While I don't often fly with a full-size tripod, I do often fly with light-stands as carry-on. When I fly with a tripod, monppod or light-stand I generally attach them to the outside of backpack, or roll-aboard bag. I made sure the tripod stays as compact and conforming to my bag as possible. Sometimes this requires using a smaller bag to make sure I stay within the carry-on restrictions depending on my equipment needs.
In one trip earlier this year, in the span of 3.5 days, I passed through security in Providence, Philadelphia, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Incheon, Tokyo and Chicago with a Manfrotto 3373 light stand attached to a North Face Surge backpack and no one blinked twice at any security checkpoint.
So next time you wonder if you bring your tripod, monopod or light stand on-board, chances are your fine. Relax, make sure your bag with tripod stays under the carry-on requirements.......then go head to the airport.
Below is a photo my Manfrotto 3373 light stand attached to the outside of my North Face Surge backpack on the ramp in Providence, next to a United Express CRJ-700 regional jet.
Happy Flying
--Click Image Below To Enlarge It--
1/10/2008 - Can I Carry My Tripod On-board My Flight?
What is the #1 question I am asked by nature and landscape photographers? "Can I carry my tripod on board my flight?"
There is good news for those of you who like to travel with your tripod, monopod or light-stand as carry-on, tripods are most certainly allowed as carry-on when flying within the United States, and for international travel to and from most countries.
Be aware that your tripod may be counted as a 'carry-on' item should it cause your bag to exceed the maximum carry-on size allowances set forth by your airline. Making sure that you do not exceed carry-on weight or size is very important.
Give that tripods must conform to airline specified carry-on requirements, it is best to remove the head and pack that in your carry on, and bring only the legs through security separately. For some reason tripods with the head attached cause more problems from misinformed airport security screeners than those with the head removed.
While I don't often fly with a full-size tripod, I do often fly with light-stands as carry-on. When I fly with a tripod, monppod or light-stand I generally attach them to the outside of backpack, or roll-aboard bag. I made sure the tripod stays as compact and conforming to my bag as possible. Sometimes this requires using a smaller bag to make sure I stay within the carry-on restrictions depending on my equipment needs.
In one trip earlier this year, in the span of 3.5 days, I passed through security in Providence, Philadelphia, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Incheon, Tokyo and Chicago with a Manfrotto 3373 light stand attached to a North Face Surge backpack and no one blinked twice at any security checkpoint.
So next time you wonder if you bring your tripod, monopod or light stand on-board, chances are your fine. Relax, make sure your bag with tripod stays under the carry-on requirements.......then go head to the airport.
Below is a photo my Manfrotto 3373 light stand attached to the outside of my North Face Surge backpack on the ramp in Providence, next to a United Express CRJ-700 regional jet.
Happy Flying
--Click Image Below To Enlarge It--
10 September 2008
Get Up & Fly Workshops For Photographers Available Now!
Web: www.fishfoto.com -- E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com
10/09/2008 – Get Up & Fly Workshops For Photographers Available Now!
Looking to challenge your skills as a traveling photographer but don't have the time to get away for a week or two for longer workshops? Interested in pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone and learn how to travel quickly and effectively? Does overcoming significant logistics challenges, such as not knowing where you are headed, intrigue you?
If any of these catch your interest, then join one of the new Get Up & Fly Workshops!
Get Up & Fly Workshops are one-day experiences that will initially depart from select east coast and west coast cities in the United States and take participants to… Well I won't tell where, as we'll be departing for an undisclosed location!
By depriving participants the basic knowledge of destinations, attendees will be forced to immediately overcome basic and complex planning logistics to complete assignments throughout the day. Travel can be hard on the body and participants must overcome the desire to rest, pressing on for a long day of shooting and handling logistics.
Get Up & Fly Workshops will start long before the journey begins, directing each participant to adhere to rigid packing guidelines. These guidelines are simple: you must be able to physically carry everything you bring with you as you shoot. Packing must account for being on your feet for a full day of shooting. Packing light can be a challenge for photographers, and participants will learn to be confident in their choices before setting foot on the plane.
Throughout the day each participant will be given assignments. Each of these assignments will have a deadline that must be met in a limited amount of time. This exercise, while ideal for those interested in photojournalism, is designed to push the ability to work quickly and effectively without the benefit of any pre-planning. The skills learned from this kind of shooting exercise are excellent for location and wedding photographers who need to react quickly to uncontrollable, rapidly changing. The ability to ignore pressure while producing images can reduce a photographer's stress and allow more freedom to seek out desirable images while working around seemingly formidable obstacles.
At the end of the long day, there will be a critique of how each participant performed under the circumstances. Critiques will take into account the participants experience and skill level. This kind of critique is designed to educate and support everyone from novice to professional photographers.
The first Get Up & Fly Workshop is scheduled for November 7th, 2008, departing from New York's JFK Airport early in the morning and returning to New York's JFK Airport early the next morning.
The cost of the November 7th workshop is US$1,250 and is inclusive of all airline travel costs.
The second Get Up & Fly Workshop is scheduled for Los Angeles, departing late in the evening on November 13th from LAX, returning to LAX late at night on the 14th of November.
The cost of the November 13th workshop is US$1,250 and is inclusive of all airline travel costs.
Both Get Up & Fly Workshops require a minimum of four participants for the workshop to take off and fly, and there are a maximum of six seats available for each workshop.
Interested in coming along? Sign up by clicking the PayPal button below!
NOW GET UP…AND FLY!
Happy Flying!
10/09/2008 – Get Up & Fly Workshops For Photographers Available Now!
Looking to challenge your skills as a traveling photographer but don't have the time to get away for a week or two for longer workshops? Interested in pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone and learn how to travel quickly and effectively? Does overcoming significant logistics challenges, such as not knowing where you are headed, intrigue you?
If any of these catch your interest, then join one of the new Get Up & Fly Workshops!
Get Up & Fly Workshops are one-day experiences that will initially depart from select east coast and west coast cities in the United States and take participants to… Well I won't tell where, as we'll be departing for an undisclosed location!
By depriving participants the basic knowledge of destinations, attendees will be forced to immediately overcome basic and complex planning logistics to complete assignments throughout the day. Travel can be hard on the body and participants must overcome the desire to rest, pressing on for a long day of shooting and handling logistics.
Get Up & Fly Workshops will start long before the journey begins, directing each participant to adhere to rigid packing guidelines. These guidelines are simple: you must be able to physically carry everything you bring with you as you shoot. Packing must account for being on your feet for a full day of shooting. Packing light can be a challenge for photographers, and participants will learn to be confident in their choices before setting foot on the plane.
Throughout the day each participant will be given assignments. Each of these assignments will have a deadline that must be met in a limited amount of time. This exercise, while ideal for those interested in photojournalism, is designed to push the ability to work quickly and effectively without the benefit of any pre-planning. The skills learned from this kind of shooting exercise are excellent for location and wedding photographers who need to react quickly to uncontrollable, rapidly changing. The ability to ignore pressure while producing images can reduce a photographer's stress and allow more freedom to seek out desirable images while working around seemingly formidable obstacles.
At the end of the long day, there will be a critique of how each participant performed under the circumstances. Critiques will take into account the participants experience and skill level. This kind of critique is designed to educate and support everyone from novice to professional photographers.
The first Get Up & Fly Workshop is scheduled for November 7th, 2008, departing from New York's JFK Airport early in the morning and returning to New York's JFK Airport early the next morning.
The cost of the November 7th workshop is US$1,250 and is inclusive of all airline travel costs.
The second Get Up & Fly Workshop is scheduled for Los Angeles, departing late in the evening on November 13th from LAX, returning to LAX late at night on the 14th of November.
The cost of the November 13th workshop is US$1,250 and is inclusive of all airline travel costs.
Both Get Up & Fly Workshops require a minimum of four participants for the workshop to take off and fly, and there are a maximum of six seats available for each workshop.
Interested in coming along? Sign up by clicking the PayPal button below!
NOW GET UP…AND FLY!
Happy Flying!
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