{"id":88,"date":"2010-02-25T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/2010\/02\/25\/travel-reminder%e2%80%a6always-pack-your-camera-for-unexpected-but-great-photos-at-the-airport\/"},"modified":"2013-09-23T06:35:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T10:35:09","slug":"travel-reminderalways-pack-your-camera-for-unexpected-but-great-photos-at-the-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/travel-reminderalways-pack-your-camera-for-unexpected-but-great-photos-at-the-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel reminder\u2026always pack your camera for unexpected, but great photos at the airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Snow can produce some wonderful photo opportunities, but only if your camera is at the ready. Having your camera available while you travel is rule number one. Great photo opportunities disappear so quickly if your camera is packed in your checked travel bag. If you don\u2019t have room for your DSLR, at least always carry a quality point and shoot in your carry-on.<\/p>\n

If you are one of the thousands of travelers at Cleveland Hopkins Airport this morning, you are probably looking out at the falling snow and wondering how long or if you might be stuck. The typical traveler will go into a funk and curse the circumstances they find themselves in. The photographers in the concourse can take a different and loftier viewpoint, by considering \u201cWhat photographic opportunities does this snowfall present?\u201d<\/p>\n

Look around, photo opportunities probably abound.<\/p>\n

How about the schedule board? Nothing says \u201cWon\u2019t be home soon\u201d like a picture of the schedule board with all flights canceled. If you are a people person, how about some shots of those long lines of kindred spirits waiting to have their flights rebooked or buying out the magazine stand. Photo tip\u2026.keep your distance as some of them might be a little grumpy.<\/p>\n

Be aware of your surroundings. I was sitting in an airport restaurant, when I began to notice flashing red lights revolving around the walls. Looking over my shoulder I could see the commotion was beginning to unfold right outside my window. There below me, an obviously distracted refueling truck driver had come a little too close to his intended target, and crushed his truck\u2019s roof as he drove into an awaiting airplane. <\/p>\n

Look also for travel photo opportunities shooting photographs of the deicing experience. With the long-armed, monsterish looking machinery and the rising mist from their hoses, again, you can bring back some interesting photos.<\/p>\n

For a slideshow<\/a> of more photos, see my article on Examiner.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snow can produce some wonderful photo opportunities, but only if your camera is at the ready. Having your camera available while you travel is rule number one. Great photo opportunities disappear so quickly if your camera is packed in your checked travel bag. If you don\u2019t have room for your DSLR, at least always carry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_15245835_15245835":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,606,3],"tags":[144,118,3644],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news-blog","category-photography-2","category-travel","tag-airports","tag-photo-locations","tag-travel"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":"","rpg_gallery_thumb":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","gb-block-post-grid-landscape":"","gb-block-post-grid-square":"","et-pb-post-main-image":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":"","et-pb-portfolio-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-module-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-image-single":"","et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":"","et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":"","et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":"","et-pb-image--responsive--phone":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Snow can produce some wonderful photo opportunities, but only if your camera is at the ready. Having your camera available while you travel is rule number one. Great photo opportunities disappear so quickly if your camera is packed in your checked travel bag. If you don\u2019t have room for your DSLR, at least always carry a quality point and shoot in your carry-on. If you are one of the thousands of travelers at Cleveland Hopkins Airport this morning, you are probably looking out at the falling snow and wondering how long or if you might be stuck. The typical traveler…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Blog<\/a>, Photography<\/a>, Travel<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Doug","url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","author_meta":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Blog<\/a>","Photography<\/a>","Travel<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Blog<\/span>","Photography<\/span>","Travel<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Airports<\/a>","Photo locations<\/a>","Travel<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Airports<\/span>","Photo locations<\/span>","Travel<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 16 years ago","modified":"Updated 13 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on February 25, 2010","modified":"Updated on September 23, 2013"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on February 25, 2010 10:34 am","modified":"Updated on September 23, 2013 6:35 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p21Ejy-1q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15030,"url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/polarpro-trippler-is-the-ultimate-selfie-stick-and-travel-tripod\/","url_meta":{"origin":88,"position":0},"title":"PolarPro Trippler is the ultimate selfie stick and travel tripod","author":"Doug","date":"February 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When traveling, why carry a selfie stick when you can carry a camera grip, tripod and selfie stick all-in-one?\u00a0 Such is the PolarPro Trippler - a tripod, camera grip and four-stage selfie stick. 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