Posts Tagged ‘Travel’
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
What a lovely telephone call I just had! Seems I might be going back to Australia sooner than I thought. A deal could be in the making and it might bring me back there in January. Interviews, movie making, love stories… Stay tuned! Kangaroos I will see you again soon!

Tags: Australia, oz, Travel
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
A long ride to a foreign land. rolling through the sky looking at landscapes filled with mountains and rivers I’ll never cross. it seems as if this continent must have been connected to California looking at her from this viewpoint. I see fire and smoke burning up the mountain side, clear skies and a spralling metropolis up ahead. the weather feels warm. looking forward to landing and skipping into the country as seemlessly as possible.
We arrive – wander through the city with the help of my iPhone GPS – easy. Japanese dinner with good company – see a new friend up ahead and invite her in.
4am tomorrow we are off again. To yet a new land.




Tags: blogging, Travel, wandering, world
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Before you go on a trip, especially one that won’t allow you to rent gear, you need a check list. A packing list, and a bag that you can carry on the plane. Checking your gear and trusting airport baggage with expensive equipment is a bit foolhardy. If only I could Fed-Ex it all so it arrived before me. But I don’t even trust that. So – I thought I’d let you all into my ritual of organizing before a photo excursion by posting my check list.

iPhone snap of Holga back
- 1. Holga w/Polaroid Back. I don’t leave home without it!
- 2. And that means – 10 packs of Type 85 Pos/Neg
- 3. Sodium Sulfite (hmm… airport security… wonders to myself)
- 4. Polaroid Bucket
- 5. 2 Nikon FM
- 6. Nikkor 50mm
- 7. Nikkor 105
- 8. Red Filter, Orange Filter, Yellow Filter
- 9. 20 BW Kodak Tri-X 35mm 400 Speed
- 10. Rollei
- 11. 20 BW Ilford Delta 120 400 Speed
- 12. 20 BW Kodak Tri-X 120 400 Speed
- 13. The last stash of Kodak Portra
- 14. My last roll of Kodak Color Infrared
- 15. Film Cooler for Infrared Film
- 16. Diana Camera
- 17. Pano Holga Camera
- 18. 4×4 silver/white reflector
- 19. Polaroid film protectors
I’m debating on taking my Speed Graphic 4×5. I know I’ll want it at some point but the terrain is going to be rugged and traveling light seems like that will give me the most freedom. Not only would I have to tote the 4×5 around but boxes of Type 55 too. So it’s not sounding too adventurous at the moment. Thinking about renting something while I’m there for a day so …
- 20. i545 Polaroid Back
- 21. 1 box of Polaroid Type 55
Yeah – I kind of have to shoot 4×5 – at least one day. Even though it will be insanely cumbersome, it will probably be worth it.
I have a few days yet, trying to think of more crap I can fit into a carryon seems exhausting. If only I just needed clothing.
For those wondering what the prize is going to be… I’ve decided to give whoever guesses where I am 2 movies I made to music of my photography mailed to you.

Tags: 120, 35mm, 4x5, back, camera, check list, diana, filters, ilford, kodak, nikkor, nikon, packing, polaroid, rollei, sodium sulfite, speed graphic, Travel, Video
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