When I was a photojournalist I always had my camera ready to go. I drove a Ford Mustang in the day and my camera was always on the bucket seat next to me. Today I travel with two camera's next to me on a bucket seat of my Chevy Equinox. I have read several posts here about securing your equipment in a camera bag and putting it in the trunk of the car. The photo below was of a recent Bobcat at Wakodahatchee, a rare site there. I was driving in early in the morning and my wife alerted me to the Bobcat that was walking along the side of the road inside a chain link fence. (when my wife is next to me my camera's are in the back seat directly behind me) I stopped the car, grabbed the camera, which is always preset for early morning light, got out of the car and shot two quick shots of it, then rested my camera on the split rail fence located outside the chain link fence and got this one. While this was happening a fellow photographer passed me and stopped just ahead, he had to unlock his trunk, get his camera out, put the lens on his body, and by this time, the Bobcat was gone. I know already what some will say, my equipment was not secured, but who cares, my camera's sit on the back seat facing forward, they are flat against the seat, they are very secure. I GOT THE SHOT, because I am always prepared.

When I was a photojournalist I always had my camera ready to go. I drove a Ford Mustang in the day and my camera was always on the bucket seat next to me. Today I travel with two camera's next to me on a bucket seat of my Chevy Equinox. I have read several posts here about securing your equipment in a camera bag and putting it in the trunk of the car. The photo below was of a recent Bobcat at Wakodahatchee, a rare site there. I was driving in early in the morning and my wife alerted me to the Bobcat that was walking along the side of the road inside a chain link fence. (when my wife is next to me my camera's are in the back seat directly behind me) I stopped the car, grabbed the camera, which is always preset for early morning light, got out of the car and shot two quick shots of it, then rested my camera on the split rail fence located outside the chain link fence and got this one. While this was happening a fellow photographer passed me and stopped just ahead, he had to unlock his trunk, get his camera out, put the lens on his body, and by this time, the Bobcat was gone. I know already what some will say, my equipment was not secured, but who cares, my camera's sit on the back seat facing forward, they are flat against the seat, they are very secure. I GOT THE SHOT, because I am always prepared.