http://www.packcamera.com For Adventure & Travel Photographers: Gear + Methods + Passion Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:48:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.packcamera.com/back-in-the-pack/519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-in-the-pack http://www.packcamera.com/back-in-the-pack/519#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:31:51 +0000 David http://www.packcamera.com/?p=519 Clearly I have been severely neglecting this website. The “Asides” note below is the sole reason beside my lack of traveling due to surgery repairing a knee injury (torn ACL, torn meniscus, fractured patella). In my downtime I have been … Continue reading →]]> http://www.packcamera.com/back-in-the-pack/519/feed 0 http://www.packcamera.com/back-from-the-dead/295?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-from-the-dead http://www.packcamera.com/back-from-the-dead/295#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 14:55:24 +0000 David http://www.packcamera.com/?p=295 I am back at my desk... so here is the update. Upon my return from Costa Rica last week, I discovered that my web hosting service was under a DDOS attack, so all web services like email and this site's management were affected by the situation. All the more reason for me to extend my vacation mindset - I'm still on 'Tico time.' I really shouldn't neglect my site. After all, the discipline to post regularly is a key factor in what makes a website successful. SEO and Google-payola help, but if you don't post, you lose your audience, so it doesn't matter how many people click-through. So I will make the first step and outline the first project of this site and first piece that inherently exemplifies the core purpose of this site. I will be intimately dissecting the single carry-on backpack I carried with me through Costa Rica with a full complement of backcountry camping gear, and a digital SLR with three lenses - one of them being a 300mm f2.8. I am tentatively calling it a lesson in "Pack-natomy." Be forewarned, this will be far too complex and thorough an article, but it should give a well-illustrated starting point for conceiving your own long-term "one-bagger." Continue reading →]]> http://www.packcamera.com/back-from-the-dead/295/feed 1 http://www.packcamera.com/fight-or-flight-site-update/291?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fight-or-flight-site-update http://www.packcamera.com/fight-or-flight-site-update/291#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:56:02 +0000 David http://www.packcamera.com/?p=291 Folks, I´m headed out of town for a couple of weeks for a much needed holiday. I have packed with me many of the tools and gimmicks that should make it possible for me to live out of a carry-on bag for two weeks. Continue reading →]]> http://www.packcamera.com/fight-or-flight-site-update/291/feed 1