Lightweight Travelling
The skill of travelling light is to realise that you can live without most things. This realisation generally comes from experience of being on the road and the gear above that I am taking with me to Budapest has been hammered down and minimized over about 7 months of solid travelling over the last couple of years. [...]
Manfrotto MAXIMA 84 ML840H LED Light Review
Manfrotto MAXIMA 84 LED Light Review Disclaimer: I am currently sponsored by Manfrotto through their Local Heroes Program. In return for the sponsorship I will be honestly reviewing their products and featuring Manfrotto on my Blog. Under no circumstances have I been forced to or paid to write any positive reviews. Anything that you read on this blog is 100% [...]
10 Low Cost Travel Photography Essentials
When travelling I like to keep my gear concise, lightweight and durable. Here is a list of ten low-cost simple items that I would deem essential for my travel photography gear in no particular order: 1) WD Nomad Case – One of the toughest decisions for travel photographers to make is how they plan to back-up [...]
Will the Nikon D600 be the ultimate travel camera? Pre-Review
I’m not normally the type of person to sit here writing about cameras that aren’t confirmed yet because…well I have better things to do with my life. However when I saw the pictures of the rumored Nikon D600 today I just couldn’t help it. For me the D600 seems like the first full frame camera that [...]
Travel Packing List
Everybody knows the nightmare of packing for any trip. I was exactly the same when packing for my current 4.5 month trip to SE Asia. It’s the balance of taking everything and packing ultralight. After 2 months on the road there is a few things I would have taken out and a few things I [...]
The Art of Packing – The Backpacking Photographer
I’m not going to lie, travelling extremely light for me is a near impossibility with a decent set of camera gear, however I see packing as a compromise. My aim when packing for this trip was to keep the weight to an absolute minimum for my ‘non-camera’ gear and tripod. This includes items like clothes, [...]