I have three bikes, but the steel rack I had sitting around would only fit my Mini Velo. So then it came to be that my bicycle tour would be on the Mini Velo I’d previously acquired in Korea. Endeavoring to do the overnight trip on a minimal budget, I used the motorcycle panniers I already had. This was only [...]
This week I get a little spiritual with my tripod. Thinking about your Tripod Karma can help you make better use of your tripod and ultimatly give you better shots. More in the video. How do you think your Tripod Karma rates?
I’ve been unable to get away recently but I was inspired by Alastair Humphreys when he said this on his blog: I believe that adventure is about stretching yourself: mentally, physically or culturally. It is about doing what you do not normally do, pushing yourself hard and doing it to the best of your ability. [...]
When I was living in Korea I partially sustained myself by teaching photography. I always enjoyed teaching the lessons but I could tell some people were just wasting their money. Having taught my self photography I became aware that the only way to get better is to take a lot of photos. Yes you should seek feedback and such [...]
We were lucky enough to get away this weekend for a bit of camping. We headed south with no real plan and ended up at the Tweed Coast on the boarder of Queensland and New South Wales (Australia). Beautiful weather was all the go concidering it was pretty much on winter in the southern hemisphere. Here is a bit of a media [...]
My hard drives were a real mess in the past as I would just save stuff anywhere. Usually it would be in folders labeled “New folder x”. Eventually I figured out this wasn’t working well at all. I knew of software that could keep track of it all for me, but I didn’t like the idea [...]
We can’t always be away on adventures(well most of us). Its just a reality of life. Unfortunately sitting at home for months between adventures is also painfully woe. Our solution to this is our car. It’s small, economical and suitable as a daily driver during the week. Come the weekend, we grab some food and hit the road. Permanently [...]
A couple of years ago I was sent out of town to film and photography 3 days of corporate news coverage at an airshow. I would have to bring a DSLR and Camcorder, so I opted to leave the tripod at home. I knew I probably wouldn’t use it much nor was I going to [...]
The first draft of this post was painfully boring. I rambled on about all the different storage types and how they are different, something that I am sure has already been covered numerous times on the interwebs. I coarsely thought to myself “that’s not why I made Starship Monkey; I made it to help people create better travel/adventure photos [...]
You may have thought a great deal about your travel camera, but it’s also important to invest time in selecting the right travel tripod. Most people probably assume the smaller and lighter the better, but that’s not always the case. To understand why, let’s talk about a few different types of tripods. The first one many people [...]