Oh, the dilemmas of packing…
My Sean and I are off on our Canadian Rockies road trip to Banff and Edmonton tomorrow. I’m making the effort to pack light but that’s never how it happens, right? I think packing for a female is tough to begin with, but being female and a film loving photographer turns me into mental person with too many cameras and not enough bags.
Yes, I am that grumpy, crazy lady lumbering around airports like a pack mule, holding up security lines and grimacing at toilet cubicle doors that aren’t big enough for my weighty saddlebags. After a lifetime of sub-par camera bags I will have shoulders so deformed that my own mother won’t even want to look at me.
The Canadian has already walked by the bed and commented on the seven cameras sitting upon it waiting to be stored securely into appropriate luggage. My only saving grace is that there are no airports involved on this trip. No lines, no security check points, no unpacking and repacking and no overhead compartments. Just one lovely big boot (yes, we Australians say boot, not trunk) for me to store my belongings.
So, while I am gone, I’ll be sharing a wonderful new What’s In Your Kit with another of my favourite photographers and hopefully will be able to check in from the road. With seven cameras, surely I will return with something pretty on film. If not, I know I will at least return with something pretty from here.
I hope I am not the only one that suffers from pack horse mentality. I am taking more cameras than shoes. Madness.
p.s. That cutie with the Canadian is the Canadian’s sister.
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i can relate… i always have too much stuff and when i have cameras and gear and bags of (instant) film, it’s no wonder that my shoulders are constantly sore… but in the end, we could never go without the camera :)
Love it! Glad you get to avoid the airport madness. I totally understand the multiple cameras dilemma. On our honeymoon we visited the Great Smokey Mountains National park and I literally filled a backpack with cams and film, and my loving fiance still humored me by carrying it :)
The results are always worth the hauling!!
*oops, meant to say husband! Still getting used to that!
Happy road trip!!! :)
oh god! i am the same way. i brought 3 of my 5 camera on my little trip to wales today. Glad it was trains and not airports! Taking several cameras on an airplane is so hellish! have a fantastic time in rockies, they’re stunning. banff is phenomonal!
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ME TOO! we took a short trip this past wknd to the white mountains. I too packed more cameras than shoes, it’s nutty. I hope i can pare down the travel kit for our upcoming trip to Vancouver! You should do a post on “what’s in you travel kit”. I’d love to see what other photog’s take on the go.
Mika, I think you are right. It’s worth the sore shoulders for the pictures. :)
Leslie, haha I think I may have said something similar to Sean when he commented on the 7 cameras. Isn’t that what they are here for? ;)
Thanks Amanda! haha yes, I really think I need one of those rolling cases just for plane travel.
ab, oh Vancouver is a feast for shooting so come prepared. :)
That’s a great idea for a post. Thanks for the inspiration.
it’s tough to not bring all your cameras. happy trip!
Oh ANTHRO!!! It’s a sin against fashion not to love Anthropologie.
Have a great trip, can’t wait to see what you see along the way.
Thanks Allyn..I know *sigh* I know. :)
Carmela, haha I like your style, lady.
I hope to see elk and moose and bears, oh my!
Have fun on your trip! I look forward to all the pictures you’ll be sharing with us!
I think that the fact that my left shoulder is lower than the right one when standing STRAIGHT, without a bag, speaks for itself.
sincerely yours, The Hunchback from Notre-Dame.
I know exactly what you mean! Every time I go anywhere I carry far to many camera’s. Not to mention all the clothes and ‘just in case’ items. I like to be prepared, but I think perhaps I take it a bit far sometimes… at least, the weight of my suitcases when I travel suggest that.