Preventing those vacation camera memory card miseries

Spring has come to most of the US, and vacation plans are being made. I always know that it’s spring when I hear from travelers asking about the best places in US national parks to get those “special” landscape and sunrise/sunset photographs there....

Airplane safety equipment disabled for safety's sake?

If you haven’t yet heard, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), apparently in consultation with Homeland Security, required all US airlines to disable their lavatory oxygen generators to “eliminate a potential safety and security vulnerability.” The...

Cruise safety and personal responsibility

In 2009, a 14 year old youngster, Taylor W., couldn’t sleep. Taylor left the cabin she was sharing with her parents on the Carnival Freedom and went alone to an upper deck of the ship to write in her journal. It was there, that a Carnival cruise line employee,...

Eight deadly travel photography hazards

When we travel, there are hazards which can prove deadly to digital cameras, and even modern day film cameras. Away from home, we need to exercise our “street smarts” to keep safe and secure, as well as, keep our photography equipment safe and sound. Virtually all...

Applause for TSA's new full body scanner software misplaced

This past week, TSA Administrator John Pistole trumpeted TSA’s new software for their MMW full body scanners saying, “We believe it addresses the privacy issues.” Senator Susan Collins (Maine), the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...