There’s a lot of variety in what I do. Commercial photography assignments come from all types of businesses and organizations, both big and small. I walk away from each photo shoot with just a little bit more knowledge about a particular industry, process or product that I otherwise would not have been exposed (no pun intended) to had I not been working as a freelance photographer.
About three weeks ago I received an email from a potential client interested in having some studio photography completed of his product. I was down in Great Smoky Mountain National Park at the time, but thanks to my iPhone I was able to return his email, just asking some basic questions about what he had in mind such as image usage, turn around time, etc., and then with answers to those questions I was able to email my estimate for the job. The following Monday we scheduled the product shoot here in my home studio in Centerville.
Ben Bosma, retired USAF fighter pilot, inventor and owner of Aerovation, came down from Tipp City to meet with me and drop-off the items to be photographed. It didn’t take long for me to realize what Ben had to offer was something very innovative - a unique product that often can only arise from the free-thinking entrepreneur and small business owner, unencumbered by the mind-numbing inertia so often found in just about every medium to large-sized organization.
The Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag and Trolley Bag with Removable Laptop Compartment are two products that are a must for anyone who travels regularly with a laptop and absolutely hates the cumbersome process of going through security screening. Eliminated is the need to remove the laptop from your carry-on and having to place it in a second, and sometimes third, plastic bin, and then having to deal with it on the other side while also stuggling with your shoes, belt, etc. so that you can get on your way to the gate.
With these carry-on bags you are able to keep the laptop secured, lay the entire bag on the conveyor and then pick-up with just one hand after it goes through screening. Because of the material used in making these bags, the x-ray machine sees the laptop as if it were on the belt by itself and not part of the carry-on.
Bingo-bongo - you’re on your way ! It doesn’t get any easier.
What was really unique about this particular product photo shoot is that Ben told me “to just keep the bags” after I was finished with the photography, in addition to paying my fee for the completed work. That was a first, and very smart. “Everytime someone travels with my bags I get at least a dozen calls.”
It’s encouraging to see something like the Aerovation products developed and sold locally here in Dayton. These items are starting to get national play in travel and computer magazines.
I know I will be another in Ben’s growing list of traveling testimonials the next time I’m standing in line at the checkpoint at Dayton International Airport.
Oh that reminds me - the wall photo of the Dayton skyline to the right of the checkpoint - umm, well, check the credit at the bottom the next time you go through, even if you’ve cut down the time it takes due to the convenient benefits of your new Aerovation carry-on bag.
Aerovation product photography by Jim Crotty
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