by Jason on February 8, 2010
Over the weekend in between packing and moving boxes, I spent a little time with the Twitterverse and had a chance to get some fun dialogs going. One of the questions posed was “Camera body aside, what are the must have essentials for you in your camera bag?” My answer was my two filters, the polarizing filter and the ND filter for the wide angle (10-22) and telephoto (70-200) respectively. I got some great responses from people that I thought would be interesting to share here on the blog today. Here’s the responses from each twitter name:
- tcrpmg: Charger, extra cards, batteries bug spray and hand sanitizer
- DIYPhotography: SB800, trigger, gridspot, flash clamp
- playleimagery: extension tubes, reflector, filters, and a Cokin p350 hood (plus tons of batteries)
- steelersnm: batteries, charger, cleaning supplies and business cards
- pwscott: Giotto Rocketblower
- kevin_mullins: My lucky feather
- lesault: 430EX, diffuser, wireless trigger, hair ties
Batteries seem to be a common favorite accessory, which makes sense because you never wanna be without the juice! What about the rest of the reading audience? Any personal favorite accessories you take along with you when shooting? Sound off in the comments! Oh yeah, and if you’re not following me yet, jump on board and you too can sound off in real time, as well as see your Twitter account up in lights (well, maybe not in lights, but at least mentioned when I do these questions from time to time…)
In the meantime, keep on shooting – this month the contest theme is Height and the Flickr thread is open for entries through the last Friday of the month – midnight mountain time as always is the deadline. Happy shooting and we’ll see you back here tomorrow for more photo goodness!
by Jason on February 6, 2010
As Friday draws to a close, lots is going on here – we’re packing up!
That’s right packing things up and rolling on outta here! Naw, not the blog, or the podcast – always here, but with my return to a full time position we realized two things: 1. We were kind of living beyond our means a little, and 2. The current house is pretty far from where work is for both of us.
Since Tracy is used to the RTD system now (and gets it free with her job) it just made sense that we consider looking in areas that are closer to where I am working so…the house is going on the market! All this means that much is being packed up into boxes, furniture being moved out to give a minimalist staged look to the house. (I guess all my photo gear “just looks like clutter” according to our realtor!)
So, the podcasting PC is being packed up, as is much of my photo gear. I am keeping the barest of essentials, one desktop and my laptop though – so blogging will continue – once all the rest of this gets organized, boxed, labeled, and cleared into a storage facility…(man I need a studio!). What that has meant is a light blogging week. The podcast that I recorded with Rich Charpentier last week has finally been spliced together and is being uploaded to the folks at PLM right now. It might not be available before midnight, but here’s the show notes anyway:
1. Industry News
- Apple announces the iPad – I know so last week, but we’ve got some unique perspectives to share on how it could be used…
- Canon announces it’s now made 50 million EF lenses (we are assuming they are also including the EF-S line) – congrats to Canon!
- National Archives is prohibiting cameras – find out why!
2. Printing Pictures – dynamic range, papers, color spaces, printer gamuts, and lots more…
3. Listener Questions and Answers
Check out the show over at Personal Life Media (in about an hour – so slightly after midnight)…also don’t forget the February Giveaway is under way – Rich has generously donated a canvas print for the lucky winner! Stop over at his blog to thank him, then check out his website with some of the most amazing HDR work I think I’ve seen! Happy shooting all, have a great weekend, and we’ll see you back here on a more minimalized and organized Monday!
