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Outdoor Clothing
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items Good outdoor clothing is extremely important to any serious traveller or photographer. Spending countless hours in all weather conditions and types of terrain, often during the dark hours trying to get the best conditions for your images. These liste...
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Warm Clothing
Footwear
Wearables, Accessories and Gadgets
Warm Clothing
All items listed are what I personally own or have previously owned so I can confidently recommend them to anyone looking for decent, high quality outdoor clothing.
Probably my favourite winter coat. Perfect for snowy conditions. It is windproof, waterproof, breathable, and insulated with 600-fill recycled down. It's never let me 'down' anyway!
Men’s - The North Face, McMurdo Parka
The best trousers or pants for outdoor photographers in my opinion. They're really light, dry super quick and have great zip pockets! Rab is an incredible brand and their clothing is well worth the money, It's high quality and lasts years.
Rab Men's Torque Lightweight Hiking Pants
My Rab down jacket has literally saved my life before. These jackets are incredibly warm but also easy to compress and carry with you whilst travelling. I will always carry mine when i'm on long hikes in the mountains - even on a warm sunny day!
Rab Men's Microlight 700-Fill Down Jacket
My The North Face Beanie hat is another essential item that I always throw in my camera bag, whether its cold or not. Comes in handy when the tempurature plumits after sundown. It's also come in usuful for drying things too!
TNF™ Logo Box Cuffed Beanie
great gloves and they also work with touch screens
Men’s Sierra Etip™ Gloves
Good hiking socks that last for ages! Really warm and comfortable when paired with good hiking boots.
Hiking Crew Socks
Footwear
A good pair of hiking boots, preferably waterproof (gore-tex) are a must have for anyone venturing in the wilderness. These are perfect because they are lightweight and gore-tex.
Men’s Verto Alpine Mid GORE-TEX® Boots
For lightweight, comfortable footwear with a LOT of grip, these salomon speedcross trail runners are my go to. Great because they don't have laces to come untied.
Salomon Men's SPEEDCROSS GORE-TEX Shoe
Wearables, Accessories and Gadgets
A garmin smartwatch is not necessarily an ‘essential’ piece of kit for travel photography, however they are very useful for tracking where you are, certain trails, altitude, weather conditions etc. monitoring all these factors can definatly make your...
tactix® 8 – 51 mm, AMOLED
Hands down the best headlamp on the market, super bright and powerful it's been a lifesaver for me before a sunrise shoot or finding my way back to camp in the dark.
BLACK DIAMOND Storm 500-R LED Headlamp
A good pair of polarized sunglasses like my Oakleys are great for bright conditions in snowy environments for example.
Oakley Sunglasses,
If i'm on an extended photography trip, hiking in the mountains for a long period of time, i'll pack my hiking poles. They make hiking at altitude with heavy camera and camping gear so much easier.
Collapsible Nordic Hiking Trekking Poles
You won't find a better quality duffle bag than the classic from The North Face. It's more than big enough for most travellers and very durable!
The North Face - Base Camp Duffel—XL (132L)
An essential piece of kit for photographers is a GPS. This compact satellite communicator makes sure If I get lost in the wilderness during my travels, I can get back home or contact emergency services if in danger.
inReach® Mini 2