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Photo gear tips for a cold weather event

Photo gear tips for a cold weather event

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Photo gear tips for a cold weather event

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(crunching snow) - I just briefly want to talk about gear for a second. I don't like to harp too much on the technology, but what I do think is important is whatever your technology is, whatever your camera and lenses are is that you're very familiar with them. I've been fortunate enough to spend the majority of my life taking pictures. So, I've got a lot of practice and I feel very comfortable with the equipment that I have and when I mean comfortable, I mean you should just, it should be a part of your body, they should be part of your hands, and you shouldn't be looking all the time. I mean with these cameras now a days, you know, they're very tactile. I know exactly, you know, how many clicks I'm getting for my shutter, how many clicks I'm getting for the aperture. Familiar with your lenses, so you kind of know where the focus is going to be before you're actually pulling it up to your face. Also, when I'm walking around in to a situation, I'm usually making sure my exposure is…

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