With the year’s first really big snow all done for now, I packed a camera bag and headed out to brave the roads in my 4×4 to go see a local favorite. Traction was a bit hard to come by, but my truck did great and soon I was hiking through 20″ deep snow and setting my tripod up. Hopefully tomorrow I can get out again.
Ask any hobbyist photographer how many camera bags they have owned over the years and the answer surely will be high. I may be a bit guilty trying to find the perfect bag that will hold and protect all the gear I need, be comfortable to carry and also look good while doing it. Everyone wants something just a little bit different in form, function and style, so relying on others to give an opinion is quite difficult. Up until a few weeks ago, I thought I had my ‘perfect’ bag, a Billingham Hadley Pro. Then Tenba had to go and release the Cooper series.
With 2015 winding down, I’ve narrowed down some of my favorite images that I’ve taken this year.
Even though most of the leaves are down around here and the weather is getting colder, there is still plenty to do outside. Some friends rented a house at Deep Creek for the weekend and invited me to visit. So I spent Friday night and in the morning we rode the train from Cumberland to Frostburg and then biked the 16 miles back. We stopped at one point on the trail to wait for the steam engine to come through a tunnel. After we completed the ride, we drove over to Swallow Falls State Park for the afternoon. Being there a few weeks earlier would have been spectacular.
