I love intimate weddings where the guests revel in festivity. In the mountains of Northern California, hours away from the nearest town, nestled at the bottom of the valley, you’ll find the River Rest Resort. The family owned getaway was the perfect backdrop for Evony and Clay’s family to all get together and spend a weekend laughing, dancing and celebrating with their newly extended family.
Check out the Whats In My Bag video http://youtu.be/0fCvuvQ3iMs on what I was able to pack inside this bag. On recent day hikes both for pleasure and work, I took out the Pelican U160 as my main camera case. During these expeditions, we went off trail a lot and I was climbing over deadwood, through the forest, wading through rivers and streams. I mean you name it I trekked it. But with everything secure especially the dividers holding the camera gear snug, I was never thrown off balance with the pack on my back.
Most of these trips I was carrying two bodies, a couple of lenses, a full set of change of clothes and my food/water for the day and one of our tripods. So you could imagine how much weight I had on my back. But the padded back, waist strap and chest strap helped alleviate all the weight off my shoulders. When we did stop for lunch or breaks, I was able to sit on the bag without crushing the camera gear inside (=
If you’re a photographer or videographer going out for a day hike and you are bringing camera gear that needs the ultimate protection, definitely check out the Pelican U160.
You can get it here at The Pelican Shop's website : http://tinyurl.com/PelicanU160
I’ll be here for the week in the NOVA/DC area for a couple of meetings, shoots and hiking trips. As I woke up this morning and looked out the window, I found rain and lots of it. So today is going to be workday and I show you in this video, my ‘temporary work station for the week’.
This is the second bag we got from ThePelicanShop.com to use for several hiking trips in the New Hamphire and California. The Pelican S130 is one of three camera bags offered by Pelican and offers maximum protection to its contents. The S130 has a top compartment that can easily fit an extra outfit, first aid kit for day hikes or like what Chris did, it can fit an arsenal of audio gear. The key feature with the S130 is waterproof laptop compartment that can fit most 15” laptops and some 17”.
Chris has already flown with this bag to Georgia, Las Vegas and Canada fully loaded with video and audio gear. This weekend we are taking it to the top of Sugar Loaf and Old Rag which are highest peaks in Maryland and Virginia. So stay tuned to the blog to see the footage from the hikes!
We’ve been working with Manfrotto tripods for over 10 years and theyve haven’t failed once. Whether we were shooting in the desert or shooting on top of a kayak in the middle of the ocean, they have done its job supporting our cameras. Here we show our latest lineup of tripods that we use on a daily basis.
If you have questions or comments, please leave them below so we can help you choose your next tripod.
(Left to Right)
MANFROTTO 290/293
Maximum Height : 4.54
Minimum Height : 11.81
Max Load : 8.82
Folded Length : 17.32
Weight : 3.31
MANFROTTO O55PROB
Maximum Height : 70.28”
Minimum Height : 3.94”
Max Load : 15.43lb
Folded Length : 25.79
Weight : 5.29
MANFROTTO 055CXPROB3
Maximum Height : 69.7
Minimum Height : 2.56”
Max Load : 17.6lb
Folded Length : 24.2
Weight : 3.92
MANFROTTO MVT502
Maximum Height : 61.8
Minimum Height : 24.8”
Max Load : 33lb
Folded Length : 29.7
Weight : 8.8
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We picked up another UNU usb battery pack because they are just that good. Last year the 11000mAh version lasted us a full week backpacking southern Spain and Germany. It kept two iPhones and an iPad mini charged since that was the only power source. When we got back to the states and unpacked, the battery pack still had 3/4 bars lit!
Recently on Groupon, the 14000mAh version popped up for the same price, $39.99 and we had to jump on it. Especially with these upcoming hiking trips, it should keep our group’s phones and tablets charged. They don’t offer it anymore on Groupon but they still have them on Amazon (link below). Keep an eye out since they go on sale quite often.
This is a must for anyone who travels alot where there isnt always a power source available.
UNU Battery Pack on Amazon
We just got this case from ThePelicanShop.com to use for several upcoming hiking trips in the New Hamphire and California. The Pelican U160 is one of three camera bags offered by Pelican and offers maximum protection to its contents. Im going to test it out on a 10mile roundtrip hike tomorrow fully loaded with camera gear, an extra outfit and a tripod on the side. Check out the video to see how I packed the U160 for the trip (=
If we are filming any behind the scenes, gear reviews or small video projects, this case always goes with us. It includes everything we need to film and if we need better lighting or audio, we bring the light or audio cases along. There are no chargers or extra cables since this is a "run and gun" setup, we need this case to be as light as possible especially since the Pelican 1550 doesnt have wheels.
- Pelican 1554 (Pelican 1550 w/ dividers)
- Canon 5D Mark III w/ 24-105IS
- GoPro
