I might finally have started to think about getting out of this photography hiatus. Been going on for 2 years now, so it might be time.
I have some plans for next year if travelling will become easier. I might actually go to Scotland for a landscape photography trip. It’s been nearly 16 years now since I visited this magical place and have wanted to return many times.
I might also take a trip to London and shoot with some models, I have missed that and hopefully some will be touring next year, so I might have a chance of shooting a couple around here as well.
I will soon start to hike around here with camera and some hiking/camping gear since I need to get in better shape if I get to Scotland. I have no plans on doing any multi day hikes, more like day hikes, but we’ll see. I will have to buy some type of shelter for over night stay in the outdoors, since I don’t have that. I have most other things that I need.
I’ve been using F-stop’s Loka backpack for a few years. It is an amazing backpack, though at 37 litres it is a bit too small if you want to bring food, something to cook it on, extra layers of clothes and things like that, so I’ve ordered the 50 litre Tilopa from F-stop (of course), which I think will be perfect, even for staying out for a night or two. The last time I was in the U.K. I went on a trip from London to Cardiff in Wales, up to York and back to London again. I stayed at hotels but had clean clothes, MacBook Pro with hard drives, chargers for cameras, phone, computer and all of that. I left my suitcase at my hotel in London and only brought the Loka with me on that round trip, and while it worked, it was a bit small. I think that I will bring around the same amount of things on day hikes (not the same things though), but it will have a bit more room to breath, than in the Loka.
The backpack is set to arrive on Monday I believe and then I’ll probably write a review after using it for a few months.
I might also actually buy a new camera in a month or two (probably two). I don’t really feel like I need to “upgrade” my Fujifilm X-T2 for stills, but I want to start filming, a thought that has grown on me for quite a while. Since I do music, I want to shoot videos and make music for those videos as well, so I might buy the Fujifilm X-T4, I’ll come back to that later on.