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Photography

Keep Your Knives Sharp

The Photographer's Ephemeris releases integration with what3words.

Clothing

These Boots Are Made For Death Valley

When I say “fairly lightweight,” I mean they feel like you are wearing ordinary running shoes.

Clothing

Speaking of Cold . . .

The Camosun exceeded my expectations. It is incredibly well-made, comfortable, and reasonably lightweight for its capabilities. It is nearly windpr...

Clothing

Cold Weather Camera Operation & Gloves That Work

It's not easy working camera controls in the cold. I often give up on gloves and mittens, and simply use my bare hands. But when the wind chill is ...

Clothing

Crampon, Crampoff!

Not the "lash-them-to-your-body-Edmund-Hillary-style-so-you-can-hang-upside-down-like-Luke-Skywalker-in-The-Empire-Strikes-Back" good, but good eno...

Clothing

Not Nancy Sinatra's Boots

I have old man feet. A bunion on one foot, flattening on the other. So long as I hike with a light load, mass-produced boots will generally do me j...

Equipment

Photography Backpacks: F-Stop or Shimoda?

This is not a photography equipment website, and most of my visitors are unlikely to be in the market for any of the gear I am going to discuss tod...

Equipment

"Which Camera Should I Buy?"

I get asked this question a lot. And I realized today that I have been giving enough of the same answer that maybe I should post the information an...