I hold with Weston, who (I think it was him) said: "If it's more than 500 yards from the car, it's not photogenic". And he lugged LF equipment. The only concessions I make to mother nature: bug spray (when appropriate), a silver hip flask filled with water, a hat with a wide-ish brim, and tennis shoes.
Dan Scott wrote:
Mostly I just take my camera gear and film in a daypack, empty ziploc bags, a reflector, along with either the monopod or the tripod, some M&Ms or hard candy, water, extra set of batteries, a field guide, B&L 5X pocket magnifier, pen and paper, and my hat. And I always have my wallet with a CC and some cash, my keys and a knife with me.
If I were to really get off the beaten path I'd take my hiking kit, too: REI backpack (circa 1976), SVEA 123R stove, fuel bottle, water bags, TP, trowel, bandaids, tweezers, deet, aspirin & antihistamines, various freeze dried munchies, a reflective ground cloth, parachute cord, a little bit of soap and my mummy bag. I'd probably borrow my wife's cell phone if there was a chance cell phone towers were in reach.
Dan Scott
On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 10:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've put a pocket sized survival kit and a mini sized survival kit together
based on stuff from the equipped to survive web page, http://www.equipped.com/
-- based on John Wiseman's SAS book, etc.
Sort of fun.
Sometimes I go pretty far off the beaten path taking landscape shots. Since
I'm getting older and my knees and other things are getting older too, it
seemed like a good idea. Normally this stuff is just aimed at backpackers, etc.
But, hey, photographers can walk around a lot too!
Just throwing the idea out there for your enjoyment.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
