this week I'll give you seven tips for traveling with camera gear
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it seems as though airlines are always trying to clamp down on something,
be it baggage weight, baggage size, hand luggage or hand luggage size.
now I have many different bags from peli-cases, to big rucksacks and from smaller rucksacks
right through to laptop bags. Now my peli-case is rock solid.
It's a great case but draws a lot of attention and always gets weighed
so I tend to leave my peli-case at home ,
but I do have these 7 tips that I use every single time I fly
what you want to is try and do is scale your kit down
especially if you're traveling a lot I've recently bought the rx 10 mark 3
which has ridiculously good zooming capabilities and it considerably reduces
the amount of kit I have to carry, it's not what I would take on a professional job,
but it's great for recreational shooting and travel.
When packing your hand luggage there's a few things you can do to help you get through with all your kit.
This is what I do, with my A7Rii or A7Sii
I'll put the biggest heaviest lens on this
then I'll put the camera strap on this camera
the next heavy thing that I've got in here is the rx10iii,
so I'll put the camera strap on that as well.
If I get to check in and they ask to weigh my hand luggage
I'll put my bag down on the floor, get these two cameras out
and put them over my shoulders.
Then I'll hand them my bag if your bag is still over the limit that
the airline is set, there's a few other things you can do.
You want to wear a jacket with really big pockets in,
so you can see this one has huge pockets.
So if my bag was overweight I could take these pouches
and put them in.
You'll look a bit stupid because you'll have this big jacket on
and your pockets will be full, the two cameras will be hanging at your waist,
but as long as the bag is under seven kilos, you will get through.
Then if your bag is still over the seven kilos, maybe grab a lens and put that in your pocket....
....and I'm ready to check in!
one bit of kit that does take up a fair bit of weight is a laptop,
so what I do is bring a laptop bag,
this isn't applicable to all Airlines but you can sometimes get away with a
rucksack full of camera gear and a laptop bag.
Anything quite rugged like tripods and things like that should go in the hold,
this will save you a lot of weight in your hand luggage.
I put tripods, GoPro mounts, battery chargers and things like that in to the hold. into the hold.
I'll make sure I pack clothes around them to protect them but they pretty much last
and they'll take a beating.
Sometimes if you're late for a flight,
you'll find that as you get on
there won't be any more room for hand luggage and every now and then they'll
end up putting your hand luggage in the hold,
this is the last thing you want,
so try and make sure you get to your flight early and be one of the first on the plane,
then you'll have plenty of room to put all of your kit up above exactly where you're sitting.
As I get on the plane I'll put my hand luggage up above me,
and I'll take my camera out, I'll make sure I have a kit lens on
and then I'll have this in my lap.
I always try to get a window seat,
in-front of the wing is best,
but if you can't behind the wing, then you'll get an unimpeded view of the land beneath you.
First of all you'll see some amazing things and even better if you've got your camera in your lap,
you'll be able to capture these moments.
I've got some images that I'm really proud of that I took from a plane and I got
inspiration from one of my friends from the BBC Paul Williams,
he always takes his camera on the plane, if you go and look at his Instagram feed which I've
got in the description you'll see some amazing images he's a great photographer
now some airlines have less stringent rules, other airlines have very strict
rules when it comes to hand luggage, so you can use these hints and tips I've
given you above, to get through to these airlines
so do some research and find out which would be best for you.
And that's about it, remember there are always ways to get your camera kit onto the plane,
I've been on a flight where I saw a photographer with a 600 millimeter on his lap
and it was attached to a 1DX, so just be creative and confident
now if you have any other ways or hints and tips about getting your camera kit onto the plane
and to the destination, leave a comment below or drop me an email.
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