Photography and Video need to become a part of your travel and not an interruption to your travel. Having the right equipment is a huge step towards making this possible.
What We Carry v’s what You can get away with..
US
YOU
- Sony A7iv with 20-70mm and 70-200mm lens
- Go Pro Action Camera X2 (hero 8)
- Dji Mini 3 Drone – Fly more combo
- Dji Ronin RS3 mini Gimble
ACCESSORIES
- Shotgun Mic
- DJI wireless Lapel Mic
- Spare batteries
- Spare memory cards
- Travel tripod
Go Pro ACCESSORIES
- Chest Attachement
- Helmet Attachment
- Suction Cup Attachment
- Go Pro ‘Shorty’ tripod/selfie stick
- The best point and shoot camera you can afford
ACCESSORIES
- Spare batteries or external charger/ power bank if your battery is not removable
- Spare memory card
- Small tripod such as a Joby Gorilla Pod
- Roll of duct tape
We choose to keep our main camera on a ‘point and shoot’ setting. Auto Focus on. High Resolution images. This gives everyone the best chance of capturing a great photo – including the kids. Don’t hesitate to hand over the camera when they ask – remember their perspective of any particular scene and of the world in general are very different to yours.
We spent time teaching our kids how to take great photos – but photos THEY think are great, if we dont like it we just take our own ‘great’ photos’.
As long as the strap is around their neck the kids have free reign of the cameras. The Go Pros are nearly indestructible and our Sony can be replaced if need be. They are responsible kids and understand that their actions have consequences – especially in the wild.
The drone, while not expensive, is a little easier to destroy and a little harder to replace so they kids get to sit in on flights and direct the video rather than take the controls.
Shooting raw video is also a learning process – the kids are great at shooting “shorts” and “reels” because that is their attention span. I am not going to ask Zara, our 9 year old to set up and shoot a Timelapse. Likewise I’m not going to get them up for every sun rise. In fact, this is a great time to get some quiet time and some beautiful landscape photos while they snooze.
On a tight budget
If you don’t have the latest and greatest with every bell and whistle you CAN still get great results. You just have to work a little harder. Replace the Ronin gimble with a borrowed skateboard. Swap the chest harness for some duct tape. Substituting a rock for the $500 carbon fibre tripod. It all works, it just takes more creativity and a little more time. 90% of your great photos will be handheld, so don’t panic.
Always shoot on the highest quality setting your camera offers – you never know when that ‘once in a million year’ photo pops up. Give yourself the best change of enhancing, enlarging and selling that photo when it happens – and it will happen, more than you might expect. Keep you camera accessible, but safe.
We have chosen a small and light (under 250g) drone as this makes it easier to fly in many countries with differing rules and regulations. We also chose a drone that is very quick to set up and fly – a great shot can be over and done in under 5 minutes making it far less intrusive, on nature, wildlife, locals and other travellers.