Keep Your Photo Gear Safe While Traveling Internationally

To aid photographers in getting their gear through the airport and safely onto the plane, especially while traveling internationally, Think Tank Photo has posted a free article entitled "Fear for your gear while running through the airport." Filled with advice from noted photojournalists, this article can be found at www.thinktankphoto.com/airport

Santa Rosa, CA (PRWEB) May 8, 2007 -- To aid photographers in getting their gear through the airport and safely onto the plane, especially while traveling internationally, Think Tank Photo has posted a free article entitled "Fear for your gear while running through the airport." Filled with advice from noted photojournalists, this article can be found at www.thinktankphoto.com/airport

Written by Think Tank Photo founder and lead designer Doug Murdoch, this 13-page article presents the best strategies leading photojournalists employ to get through the airport quickly and onto the plane with their most important gear always near them, based upon current world events. It answers the following important questions:

• How to deal with the many size and weight restrictions of different airlines, especially on extended trips to different countries, flying multiple legs on multiple types and sizes of aircraft.

• Which countries are the most challenging to travel to and the best tactics for carrying your gear there.

• The role of the perceived size of your roller/backpack/shoulder bag, and the aesthetics of your carrying solution on your ability to navigate airports successfully.

• The best advice for photographers who have little experience flying with their gear internationally.

• The best strategies for not getting your bag checked.

• The biggest mistakes a photographer can make when traveling by airplane.

Those providing travel insights are a who's who of photojournalism luminaries, including 2005 Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice, USA Today's Robert Hanashiro, Getty Images' Donald Miralle, Al Bello, Sports Illustrated's Peter Read Miller and Bill Frakes and Sports Illustrated freelancer Brad Mangin, the New York Times' Vincent Laforet, and USA Today's Bob Deutsch.

About Think Tank Photo

Headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, Think Tank Photo is a group of designers and professional photographers focused on studying how photographers work and developing inventive new carrying solutions that meet their needs. They are dedicated to using only the highest quality materials and design principles, and employing materials that are environmentally benign.

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