Australia is around the corner and my schedule Down Under is fully stuffed because I will produce tons of valuable insights and knowledge for you in Melbourne, Tasmania, Sydney, Canberra, and Brisbane! In today’s video I will talk more about my trip and you get my full travel schedule.
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Good Luck Dan, I look forward to seeing your updates, Enjoy.
Hello Paul, Thank you! Just a few more day to go before take off. Trying to fit all my tech into my luggage. Horrible. Endless overweight…
Cheers, Dan
Have a great trip, Dan. Sydney is a great city for photography, people, food and life.
Hi Dave, Thanks! I hope I will have some spare seconds in Sydney to actually be a bit of a tourist. Will do 2 tutorials, 3 interviews and a detour to Canberra with another 2 interviews the time I am scheduled in SYD. Well well, I guess I will need another 2 weeks of real vacation after my trip Down Under; somewhere on a remote island 🙂
Cheers, Dan
Good luck, Dan! Having never gone on a photo-centric trip by air, I would really be interested in the gear you are transporting, and how you are packing that gear, both for travel and for the shoots.
Cheers,
-Alan D
Thanks, Alan!
The trouble is that it’s not really a photo-centric trip than rather a video-centric trip with photo tutorial production attached. Meaning: video tech, sound/mic sets/recorder, LED lighting and more to be included too.
Yesterday I fought all day long to lower my tech park to fit into the baggage allowance. I do have 30 kg checked-in and 7 kg carry-on. Trouble is that every additional kg costs US$60. Hell…
I had alone 30 kg tech (incl. the 2 bags) without any personal belongings. This would make approx 7 kg overweight which would result in $420 additional costs. That would be 50% off the regular ticket price… 🙂
So I re-selected, repacked, re-thought, re-purposed – and finally I boiled down 7 kg of tech (=23 kg incl. bags).
This will be a helluv a production down there… (Gaffer tape – which I am not carry on; to heavy – will be my best local friend there…)
Tech list and freakin baggage restriction challenges to be found in a my next Saturday’s post/video, timely when I already will be somewhere in the skies (*mehopes*).
Cheers,
Dan
Good Luck Dan! Looking forward to hearing reports on your trip!
Thank you Joe!
Just a few days to go. Blood pressure rises, anxiety too. I love to go, I hate to push myself out of my little, neat and so comfortable comfort zone. I am very looking forward to meet all the exciting people that I was very thankfully able to line up.
I also bought a new power machine for being able to report decently (meaning having actually a blazing-good work speed editing 1080p video & photos). After waiting for years what Mac will release as a new up-polished-cosmetical Macbook Pro line – and then they released them last Autumn – I went for a Dell XPS 15, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, fast processor, 1.9 kg, all the slots I need. The best: It is half of the price a Macbook with the same specs would be.
I was testing my Dell the last 6 weeks (tethered shooting, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Filmora for having a more easy editor when being on the road, InDesign, Illustrator – heck all the heavy weights…) – it works fantastically! So at least the production powerhouse is strong. Now let’s see if I can keep up 🙂
Cheers,
Dan
It’s a pity you not coming to Perth.
Hello Steve, yeah it is. But with a limited budget I have limited time for this trip. So I had to weight where I get the most ROI this time. If all goes well I am very sure I will do Australia again and then choose different places.
Best, Dan
I look forward to meeting you Dan
Thank you Mike! Looking forward meeting you and I am already very excited about the interview and shooting action! See you soon.
Cheers, Dan