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Photography Decisions for Vacation

Yesterday, I packed up the rest of the choices I’d made for the photographic gear I want to take on our trip. It was a really hard, but choices had to be made.

My first decision was the bag size. I have back packs and over-the-shoulder bags of varying sizes, along with a sling bag. I decided on an over-the-shoulder bag, which is roomy, but not large, and is now carrying the following:

Nikon V3
1 Nikon 70-300mm
1 Nikon 10-110mm
1 Nikon 6.7-13mm
1 Nikon 10mm
1 Nikon 18.5mm
1 Nikon 32mm
Olympus OM-1n
Olympus Zuiko 50mm
Olympus Zuiko 35-70mm Close Focus
49mm yellow, orange, and UV filters
55mm ND filters

The OM system and the Nikon 1 system were chosen because they are small and lightweight, but deliver good quality.

I am also bringing 12 rolls of 35mm film, in black and white, and in color, ranging in speed. It’s still a toss-up between the XA4 and the Trip 35, but I am inclined to take the XA4 as it is more diverse, smaller, and has a covered lens. No medium format camera made it to the final mix. I may bring a tripod. I am also packing some art supplies and my Kindle. Some knitting, too. Headphones. Chrome Book. Plugs and cords and a power strip. Yeah, stuff. Clothes, shoes, and a toothbrush!

Rhythm

Autumn Morning

The other morning – the first of the time change – I headed out with my Nikon V3 (which took this picture), my 6×9 Voigtlander Bessa, and Olympus XA4. I used the Nikon to consider exposure, as well as to catch a few for here. The film will go in to the lab for processing later this week.

It was an incredible morning. The Chumash Trail is a trail along a corridor of native oak trees, which overarch the entire trail, spots and splotches of sunshine breaking through. The trees are hundreds of years old. In some trees, small flocks of black and white birds would land, and all of a sudden it was as if it were raining acorns. It was quite odd, but restful, like rain pattering on leaves.

Blues

Sunday morning we had weather! Like clouds in a normally cloudless sky. Rain. Chilly weather at 72F. And it was heaven.

So, loaded with film and with digital, I walked along the creek, about 50 feet above it on the Moonrise trail. For me, this is a bit of a sketchy trail because it’s a bit treacherous here and there, so always best with a friend. I shot a lot of panos that morning, and took a roll of film, too, with my Canonet QL17. Here is one of the panos of that exquisite morning sky. Click on it a couple of times to see it larger.

Enjoy!

A Morning in the Hills

The rains have arrived in California, easing a four-year drought. Brown has turned to green and the miracle of life returns. I took this yesterday morning around 7 a.m., heading west with the sun behind me. This is a pano of two images, using the Nikon V1 and 32mm lens.