Articles about gear and equipment
20th
Aug
Several years ago, while camping at Upper Lena Lake in Olympic National Park, I met a fellow camper who had a “ham” radio. We got to talking and he talked about being able to pick up signals from all the way back to the main highway. I realized this could be a really useful form […]
26th
Jul
As a hiking photographer, there are some great advantages to having a portable, photo editing tool. With the upcoming release of iPadOS, the iPad may, for the first time, become a tool that serious photographers can use as a significant part of their workflow. Features such as external drive support and direct import of files […]
26th
Oct
As many of you likely know, a couple months ago, I migrated my entire Lightroom Classic library to Lightroom CC for Desktop. For a little over two months, I maintained two separate workflows for my photography, one in the Lightroom CC ecosystem and one in Lightroom Classic, completely cut off from syncing with Lightroom CC. […]
27th
Sep
A year after my last update to my backpacking kit, and already things have changed significantly again. What’s perhaps most interesting, is in my last update, I’d transitioned to the Gregory Baltoro, in large part due to the heavy weight of my full frame DSLR gear. Although by the time I’d written that update, I’d […]
26th
Sep
Recently I posted about my quest for a new travel bag that would also work as a daily carry. Well, after much deliberation, I settled on the Boundary Supply Prima System. I just got that bag and have just started using it. I’ll review the bag eventually, but today is to show you how I’m […]
17th
Sep
I’m currently on a journey to find the right setup for my travels. I’m reaching analysis paralysis, so I thought I’d leverage my network and see if others have any opinions that might help sway me one way or another. So, without further ado, here is my dilemma. Current Setup At the moment, I do […]
6th
Jul
Photo credit: Lou Toni for the feature image above I’ve been using Fujifilm for just over a year now. About three months ago, after gathering dust, I finally sold my beloved Canon 6D an lenses. (I did keep my nifty fifty and Canon Elan 7NE. I couldn’t entirely give up Canon, and that is my […]
22nd
Jun
One of the early enhancements we made to our Cricket was a cell signal booster. We went on 26 trips in the first year of our Cricket. That’s every other weekend plus a few longer trips (4–16 days), and we continued going out throughout the cold winter months, so having a good cell signal allowed […]
8th
Jun
Update and WARNING: The solar setup described below has become problematic for several reasons: The panel that goes over the aluminum strip down the center of the roof interferes with the maintenance and weather sealing of that strip. The panels butting against the strip, while not preventing maintenance, do make it more complicated. Due to […]
25th
May
Now that we’ve had a few weekends to take out our Mantis camper from TAXA Outdoors, we’re finally ready for the grand tour of our new home away from home. We purchased the first generation Mantis. In fact, ours is #12, so among the first to hit the streets, so-to-speak. We love how open it […]