Flying With Fish The Blog for Those Who Fly & Those Who Want to Fly Smarter

The iPad has a significant amount of potential for both professional photographer and amateur photographers. Once photographers get past the fact that the iPad will not handle a full version of Adobe Photoshop, there is no Apple Aperture Application and Camera Bits will not be introducing a Photo Mechanic App they can start embracing the [...]

Some time in early 2009 the world was introduced to a new term by flight attendant and blogger Heather Poole … the new term was a reference to people who shoot self-portraits of themselves in airplane lavatories. The new term was “Laviator.” Since the inception of the introduction of the term Laviator I have resisted [...]

One of the first topics I ever wrote about on Flying With Fish was the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) carry-on baggage allowance for photographers. This allowance specifically states that for Photographic Equipment “You may carry on one (1) bag of photographic equipment in addition to one (1) carry-on and one (1) personal item through the [...]

While I am just starting to embrace shooting video as a photographer, something that translated very clearly from still shooting to video shooting was the need for functional tools. While researching the equipment I needed to transition into shooting DSLR-Video I looked at more than a dozen shooting rigs that provided a multi-functional stable platform. [...]

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 4/11/2009 – Sesame Street Turns 40…and how it relates to travel & photography Today is Sesame Street’s Birthday; this morning as kids around the world tune in to watch their familiar friends, the show turns 40 years old.   You are probably wondering what any of this has to do with [...]

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 14/09/2009 – 5.11 Tactical Rush 24 Backpack : A Great Multipurpose Travel Companion For the past few months I have been traveling with a subtle, understated (except my pink tape) and deceptively small in appearance backpack, the 5.11 Tactical Rush 24. The Rush 24 was originally designed for deployment by [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 21/09/2009 – Guest Posts From My Favourite Bloggers : Jack Howard – The Voice Behind Adorama’s TechTock Blog & PodCast…and an all around nice guy As a photographer, traveller and airline industry geek there are a few blogs I read on a daily basis. With the broad range of readers [...]

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 25/08/2009 – The New Mountainsmith Endeavor : What If Fish Helped Design A Compact Shoulder Bag? Admittedly I am generally not a ‘shoulder bag’ photographer. I used to love shoulder bags, in fact I’ve previously been featured on the rear cover & inside of the Domke catalogs, but I primarily [...]