(1) An extra tripod for wet work.
(2) Hip boots
(3) Light Tent
(4) Coats, hats, pullovers, etc.
(5) Maps, Water, sometimes food.
There you have it. How about you? Let’s hear (and see photos) of
what you go into the field with.
Windependent
Where I live, here in central Michigan, wind is almost a constant.
This is good for fresh air but tough on macro photographers,
especially if they want to stack focus. It is one thing to wait for the
wind to die down for a second and snap a shot but quite another
thing to wait for the wind to die down long enough to focus and
shoot 15-20 shots with no movement.
Because of the scarcity of calm moments I tend to keep my eye on
the weather channel as regards wind speed. Typically there is
sometimes a period of calm around dawn and just after, with the
wind picking up as the Sun rises and starts to heat the day. That is
the time for me to get outside and photograph because when the
wind is above say 4-5 mph I might as well forget stacking photos
and turn to single-shot images for a while.
Of course I can’t wait forever and so sometimes I carry a little light
tent with me although it is a bit of a pain to lug it through the woods.
However, it does the job and shuts out the wind. Since I seem to
need my photography fix almost daily, I have been doing a little
more in my make-shift studio and am eyeing doing more of that yet.
Flowerpod
A much better and more-intelligently thought out product is the
Flowerpod. It has a telescoping mini- tripod and a very short
articulated arm that can hold diffusers, etc. It not only can hold
things up but you can hang heavier things from it. I use it all the
time to support larger items like 22-inch diffusers and you can lean
even larger reflectors against the tripod and secure them with the
small articulated arm from above. The tripod effortlessly expands to
something like 45 inches. The Flowerpod (I have two) is available
here: