Packing List | Winter Wilderness Gear Tips
Five gear tips
Wrap a few layers of duct tape around your lighter. You’ll find all sorts of uses for the duct tape, from reattaching a broken eyelet on a fishing pole to crafting makeshift band-aids to patching ripped pants.
To take every opportunity you can get to dry your wet clothes and socks. If it’s not raining, you can strap wet clothes to the outside of your backpack and they’ll dry out while you’re hiking. At night, you can slip a pair of wet socks or underwear into the bottom of your sleeping bag and they’ll dry out while you were sleeping. When dealing with wet boots, pull out the insoles at night and place them in or under your sleeping bag. Removing them from your boots allows the moisture inside of the boot to evaporate faster.
A great way to stay warm at night is to fill your water bottle with hot water and keep it in your sleeping bag with you. Handwarmers work well for this too.
For when camping in areas where you need to be extra vigilant, stormy weather, etc. sleep with your headlamp around your wrist like a bracelet when you get startled awake or your tent collapses under the snow you don’t need to fumble around looking for it.
If there’s a chance of snow where you’re camping don’t leave your cooking gear and other odds and ends laying outside stashed under a tarp in your tent vestibule. There’s nothing worse than kicking around in freshly fallen snow looking for a spoon that got covered under 12 inches of powder.
Gear that I work with
Professional film stock I work with https://imaging.kodakalaris.com/photographers-photo-printing/film/color
I keep my camera in a Lowepro camera bag
When I am photographing landscape images I use a Manfrotto tripod
A lot of my film portfolio was created with the Nikon N80 and Nikon F4
The Nikon D2H and Nikon D3 were used to create many of the digital images on this site https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond3 https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond2h
Two lenses I am using all the time are the 50mm f1.8 and the 17-40mm f4
Some astrophotography and documentary video work was created with the Sony A7r
I am currently taking photographs with a Canon 5D
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I am Billy Newman, a photographer and creative director that has served clients in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii for 10 years. I am an author, digital publisher, and Oregon travel guide. I have worked with businesses and individuals to create a portfolio of commercial photography. The images have been placed within billboard, print, and digital campaigns including Travel Oregon, Airbnb, Chevrolet, and Guaranty RV.
My photographs often incorporate outdoor landscape environments with strong elements of light, weather, and sky. Through my work, I have published several books of photographs that further explore my connection to natural places.
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