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Checking Off Your Photo Bucket List - Gear Needed for 5 Specific Shots

Checking Off Your Photo Bucket List

In his Outdoor Photographer article, photographer/ author Ken Sklute describes the gear he packs for 5 must see situations for photographers. Here's what he recommends for each shot:

- Hot Air Balloon

     

• Two camera bodies (I use a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and the 1DX Mark II)
• A wide angle lens like the EF 16-35mm f/2.8 III
• A telephoto lens like the EF 70-200mm 2.8 IS L lens or the EF 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 IS L lens
• Spare batteries
• Extra digital media
• Lens cloth
• A headlamp for the dark hours

- Aurora Borealis

• Wide Angle, fast lens such as the Canon EF 14 mm 2.8, EF 24 mm 1.4 or the EF 16-35 mm 2.8 III
• Sturdy tripod and head
• A cable release or intervelometer
• GPS
• Hand warmers
• Extra batteries

- Volcano 

• Two camera bodies
• A wide angle lens like the Canon EF 16-35mm 2.8 or the 24-105 mm f/4 IS L lens
• Telephoto lens such as the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
• A Photographers vest to keep everything handy
• Extra camera batteries
• Extra digital Media
• A lens cloth in case of moisture on your lens (it is Hawaii, land of Rainbows

- Monsoon Storm

• Multiple camera bodies
• Wide angle lenses like the Canon EF 14mm 2.8, 16-35mm 2.8 or 24mm Tilt/Shift
• A sturdy tripod (or two)
• An intervelometer or cable release
• Lightning trigger
• Lens cloth and a blower bulb (to keep your lens dry and clean)
• Camera back pack (rolling back packs do not do well in the desert)

- Milky Way

• Wide angle lens like the EF 14 mm 2.8
• Sturdy tripod
• Cable release or an intervelometer
• No UV or skylight filter in front of your lens
• Use Tungsten white balance
• 30 second exposure
• 2.8 or faster lens
• 6400 ISO

https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/checking-off-photo-bucket-list/

Share Two and Critique #2

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/travel/turning-your-vacation-photos-into-works-of-art.html

Turning Your Vacation Photos Into Works of Art

Enlarging your own photographs for home decoration has many more options than it has in the past. Between online sites such as shutterfly, professional photo shops, and larger chain stores such as Costco and Walgreens you are far from short on options when deciding to develop your own photos. Between scanning your photos yourself and paying to have them scanned (scanning your own can save you hundreds and is the easiest way to shave the price of off a project), developing your own pictures could be the most satisfying part of the whole process. There is also a variety of venues that you can choose to print your photographs on, such as wood prints, metal prints, and fabric prints. All aspects of the process are covered clearly by Stephanie Rosenbloom in her New York Times ArticleTurning Your Vacation Photos Into Works of Art.