Camera Gear In The Mule Creek Canyon
I took this image in the Mule Creek Canyon on the Lower Rogue. It’s a photo of a camera… But this is my digital set up that I carry with me while I’m backpacking. I like the cool blues in this image that come out from the dark rocks in the shadow of the canyon.
Carrying Camera Gear In The Mule Creek Canyon over rocky terrain can sometimes be problematic. I want to share some thoughts about taking photographic equipment into the backcountry. Landscape photography work often requires a photographer to travel off the trail and into the backcountry. I have had to carry heavy photography equipment down to peculiar spots to capture images and angles for many of the trips that I have done in the past to work on landscape photographs.
I have packed in 9 miles with a telephoto lens, tripod, and the camera body strapped around my front chest while my backpacking pack was on my back. Camera equipment that is used in backcountry work often takes more abuse than A studio counterpart. After a trip, I often have more dust spots in my lens frame.
In this photo captured in the Mule Creek Canyon on the Rogue River, I am shooting with a Nikon D2H digital SLR camera. This is a camera that I shot with for almost 5 years. Becoming familiar with how a camera and its controls work is an invaluable asset when taking pictures and working off of muscle memory. The tripod that I carried with me on this trip was a Manfrotto three-section foldable tripod. This tripod ended up being stolen from me in 2014 while I lived in Eugene. Now I have replaced it with the Manfrotto mag fiber 400.
The photograph that you see was taken with a film camera. I also carry with me a film camera to photograph things along with my digital equipment. This image was photographed with the Nikon FG 20 film camera.
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The Mule Creek Canyon is a stretch on the Rogue River where the river is very narrow in a rocky channel. Some parts of the channel are less than 15 feet across. The Rogue River Trail follows the rogue River above where this photo was taken. I camped here next to the river for two nights.
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