It used to be the case that the prime lens was king when it came to sharpness and contrast. Whilst you travel, keep one on you at all times, and another in your checked luggage to protect you from thieves. My advice is to always have at least two external backup drives and either use Lightroom or Photo Mechanic to import your cards to both of them, or use Carbon Copy Cloner to mirror the drives every evening. Both of these drives have a built-in Thunderbolt cable which is great, because that’s one less thing to have to remember. I’ve been using these things for over a decade, and even though some of them have dents that make them look like they’ve been to war, they just keep on ticking.Īt the moment I’m using a Rugged RAID, which has a pair of drives inside it, and also a Rugged Thunderbolt drive. Go straight for something which is built to last, and for me that means using the excellent LaCie Rugged drives. Once again, if you’ve spent the money to get somewhere there’s no point in trying to save a few bucks by buying the cheapest drive you can find. It goes without saying that you’ll need a way to backup your images on the road.
Bookmark this list for reference before your next trip!
It might seem like a pretty long list but thankfully many of the items are simple, small and inexpensive. When you’ve booked the photography trip of your dreams, or a client has sent you halfway around the world to shoot your next assignment, you won’t want to be without these essential items.