{"id":47,"date":"2009-07-17T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/2009\/07\/17\/ready-for-some-hiking-and-shooting\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T13:26:00","slug":"ready-for-some-hiking-and-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/ready-for-some-hiking-and-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for some hiking and shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just finished packing for tomorrow’s Second Annual PhotoWalk<\/a>, where I and 30,000+ of my closest photographer friends will be out and about shooting millions of pictures across the world. It’s not too late to join us.<\/p>\n

You notice I packed the night before….and there’s a good reason. Try as I will to take everything I think I might need, and leave everything behind that I probably wouldn’t use, I’ll still think of something else before I go. That way I’ve still got time to pack it before I walk out the door in the morning. <\/p>\n

In the old days I packed right before leaving and invariably a couple hours later I would think of something I should have added. Back then though, I was already on the road. This works so much better.  Try it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just finished packing for tomorrow’s Second Annual PhotoWalk, where I and 30,000+ of my closest photographer friends will be out and about shooting millions of pictures across the world. It’s not too late to join us. You notice I packed the night before….and there’s a good reason. Try as I will to take everything I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3636,606],"tags":[62,61],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past","category-photography-2","tag-packing","tag-photowalk"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":"","rpg_gallery_thumb":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","gb-block-post-grid-landscape":"","gb-block-post-grid-square":"","et-pb-post-main-image":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":"","et-pb-portfolio-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-module-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-image-single":"","et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":"","et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":"","et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":"","et-pb-image--responsive--phone":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Just finished packing for tomorrow’s Second Annual PhotoWalk, where I and 30,000+ of my closest photographer friends will be out and about shooting millions of pictures across the world. It’s not too late to join us. You notice I packed the night before….and there’s a good reason. Try as I will to take everything I think I might need, and leave everything behind that I probably wouldn’t use, I’ll still think of something else before I go. That way I’ve still got time to pack it before I walk out the door in the morning. In the old days I…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Past<\/a>, Photography<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Doug","url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","author_meta":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Past<\/a>","Photography<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Past<\/span>","Photography<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["packing<\/a>","PhotoWalk<\/a>"],"unlinked":["packing<\/span>","PhotoWalk<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 17 years ago","modified":"Updated 9 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on July 17, 2009","modified":"Updated on November 9, 2017"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on July 17, 2009 10:59 pm","modified":"Updated on November 9, 2017 8:26 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p21Ejy-L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5496,"url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/10-tips-for-better-travel-photography\/","url_meta":{"origin":47,"position":0},"title":"10 Tips For Better Travel Photography","author":"Guest Post","date":"June 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A guest post by Scott A. 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