Traveling with laptop without iPhoto, How do I acquire older version like 8.1.2?
You say the camera is jammed, do you just need to move to make space on the camera?

Most logical answer is to buy a new card for the camera... or connect the camera, use the USB features to move the photos off.  You will still have them when you back home to use on the big iMac at home.

However, if you want the version just download 8.1.2.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL970