Tag: plane

  • Claes Axstål

    Claes Axstål

    So many photographers (even pros) do the same photo again and again, forgetting that they could use their own ingenuity to build their own pictures. Claes Axstål made a giant move when he decided to use Flash to do aerial photography. This made his photographs distinctly different. Nothing technically impossible, just a LOT of work…

  • A gun to protect your photo luggage

    photo credit: Tanozzo This is the surprising advice given by Bruce Schneier about how you could protect your photo luggage when traveling: Pack a starter gun in your luggage. This is definitely considered as a weapon by the TSA and other flight authorities (but it is not dangerous and you don’t need a license to…

  • More about photo travel

    photo credit: garryknight It seems that I was not the only one to be worried about traveling as a photographer. I found this interesting article from Photofocus (Traveling? Better Get a UPS Account). Things keep changing but I noticed three interesting advices or comments: If you are flying from outside the USA to the US,…

  • Pantsbomber consequences on photo travel

    Now, you all know that a recent Amsterdam-Detroit flight was very near to being blown out of the sky by a Nigerian named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. This individual apparently tried to blow some penthrite by washing it in some acid. There were many reactions to this event, but overall -as could be expected- security measures…

  • Going through Customs with a photo bag

    When you’re traveling far in order to satisfy your complementary needs for exoticism and photography, you will have to go through the Customs and/or boarding controls of the airplane. A few things would be good to keep in mind in order to ensure this is a better experience. Here are mine: Pack everything really fragile…

  • UK: Kingdom of low-flying plane photo

    Did you know that the United Kigdom is certainly the country where photography of low-level flying military airplanes is the most developped? Hundreds of enthusiastic amateur photographers catch amazing pictures of flying planes seen from above on a background which is no longer the usual bright sky. Why United Kingdom, would you ask? Because this…