(Above: Picture of my brother I took a few years back with a medium format Hasselblad 550 – developed by me, apparently with some mistakes, but I think it works in my favour!)
It’s official that my flights to Europe are booked! Since it’s a little to early to start packing, I better start researching the do’s and don’ts for a first timer. Clearly the first thing on my mind is WHAT CAMERA TO BRING?!
Which one? How many? What lenses? Film? Memory cards? Adapters? Flashes? Tripods? Really the list is pretty endless. Ultimately I want to take the lightest and littlest amount of gear possible, without compromising creative options, my shoulders!, and not to mention quality!
Creative control and expression is a big factor for me to consider. So I will be toting along a film camera; bringing some film with me but picking up some interesting and hopefully unique rolls along the way! A rangefinder will eliminate the need for lenses and other fancy do-dads, and also eliminate the need for chargers. Europe screams culture and beauty that I NEED to capture through my own photographic eye. This way I will be able to capture the trip just the way I want to, with photos I will actually want to look at come few years down the road.
Here goes the hunt for a perfect rangefinder! *fingers crossed*
portraits of a wardrobe by emily elizabeth enns 