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Yeap, I do travel a bit. Approximately six months out of the year I’m on the road shooting. Doing that for a long time, this packing thing is pretty much 2nd nature, doesn’t take a ton of thought. The exception is when I’m going on a specific project with specific goals under very specific conditions. What you’re seeing here is the gear that was packed for a two float trip in AK a couple of years back on the Kongakut River. As I pack to hit the road for a month on two different trips, I thought I would explain how I go about it in the thought it might give you some ideas.<\/p>\n
When taking off on long projects, I make a written list, starting to write things down a month or more prior to leaving. Things I should have keep popping in my head so I keep writing them down. A couple of weeks out I go through the list and anything new that’s been acquired for the trip is tried out and tested. This gives me time to acquire new if the tests fail. A week out, everything on the list is gathered and laid out. Two days prior to departure everything is packed and weighed. Having done this so many times, items that I know I will need that I know won’t go in the check-in if FedExed to the location.<\/p>\n
My trip in 10 days to AK I know I’ll be camping the whole time, working out of vehicles and planes so weight and electricity are a concern. More testing is done with this comes into the equation. Batteries, how many are needed and how to recharge them consumes time because in this day and age, you just can’t be without power and work. All of this has to go through the thought process.<\/p>\n
Are there any tricks? Yeah, there are! The main one is to think through and write down what your photographic goals are for the project long before you buy airline tickets. With those goals written down, look at them, think them through and ask yourself, “What possible problems might I face photographically to reach these goals and who do I solver them?” You can never guess at them all, but the more you think about it, the better prepared you’ll be. Just simple things like your tent can make or break your success. If you’re going somewhere for example where you know it’s going to rain alot, is you tent big enough to house you, your gear, a place to work (ie download images, clean gear) and dry out clothing?<\/p>\n
When it comes to gear, you can see what camera gear I generally take listed here<\/a><\/strong>. What if you’re new to travel and never gone on a project, where do you start? Well, while you’re reading this, I’m on a plane to WI for the big AirVenture and will be camping with a couple other guys out of a Cessna 210. I’ll the be there to talk with friends and clients, photograph planes and R&R. This is all new to me so once I knew I was going I started to make preparations. For example, the Cessna 210 can only take so much weight and only has so much space so going over everything I was taking and weighing it was really important. Tent, sleeping bag, ground pad are all bulky items. Next, I was working as a digital photographer, how would I recharge batteries and work? Lastly, how would I get myself and my gear around this giant place in 95degree heat and work? To answer the last question, I went to a place that was that hot, took the gear I thought I would use in WI and walked it around for four hours. I learned that while the gear I had did the job, the sling bag I owned didn’t worked so I bought a new one and then tested it out to make sure.<\/p>\n The airlines have pretty much taken and romance out of travel so it’s up to us to think things through, take what is needed to get the job done and be comfortable and safely pack it so once we’re on location, we’re good to go. Hopefully the little of my process I’ve written here and what’s available on the link will help you make the most of your travels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [swf]http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/swf_imgs\/cgl.swf, 585, 391 [\/swf] Yeap, I do travel a bit. Approximately six months out of the year I’m on the road shooting. Doing that for a long time, this packing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-16130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-new"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Podcast.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&quality=100&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"amazon":{"key":"amazon","url":"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Podcast\/B08JJQC1GR?ref=a_pd_item-n_c0_bc&pf_rd_p=1da7ab30-c785-4a0e-a160-4a7e7077b353&pf_rd_r=EEDMYHQM3DZ05FPRTHMJ","label":"Amazon","class":"amazon","icon":"amazon.png"},"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2fRA9VaVfSdQMKf1ipxr0tipxr0t","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"itunes":{"key":"itunes","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/moose-podcast\/id1107405746","label":"iTunes","class":"itunes","icon":"itunes.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/moose-podcast","embedCode":"How Do I Pack?<\/a><\/blockquote>