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If you can get there the Neon Sign Museum on the north side of town is a great place for photography. The Neon Boneyard is especially photogenic. There might even be a shuttle service from the strip.
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I would suggest one of the $100-$150 or so motorized stabilizing gimbals. If there's anything worse than sitting through someone's five hour vacation video, it's sitting through one that looks like a remake of the Blair Witch Project.
:)
Dave
Dave is right on with this advice. Like a tripod with a still camera the gimbal makes a huge difference in the quality of the video.
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New York City
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After one bad experience I said I'd never do another photo tour in Alaska. Two years ago I knuckled under and did the tour you posted the link to. It was excellent! The guides were avid photographers and took us to some of their favorite locations. It was a small group we were able to take advantage of the guides' local knowledge. It was not a bus ride for someone to learn how to operate the camera they bought on the ship.
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The first thing I would get would be some books...
Jordan Hetrick - How to Use the GoPro Hero 5 has some very good basic information
There is also a GoPro Professional Guide to Filmmaking.
I take a couple of spare batteries and a charger that will charge two or three at a time. Wasabi seems to make good batteries and chargers for less than GoPro.
Two cards should be sufficient, that way you have a spare.
A handle. I use a Floaty handle, a short one that floats. Also a longer one that can extend a bit.
The learning curve is steep with a GoPro, but a teenager will pick it up immediately.
Have fun...
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I took my medium format gear to Alaska two years ago in hopes of capturing a great image. It was a bit heavy, but I thought worth the effort. The shutter broke in Denali so I spent the rest of the trip lugging a fairly heavy paperweight. Then I ran into the TSA agent from hell in Fairbanks. He spent 45 minutes examining, X-raying, bomb sniffing, and fondling everything. He left it all in a pile and then told me it was lucky I showed up early (4:30 am) or would have missed my flight. Then he began a lecture about carrying "dense" photo gear and told me to buy a digital camera. Neither he nor I was happy at the end of our encounter.
I would never admit that he may have had a point, but travelling with a competent digital camera is a lot less trouble...
Tom
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You can get a variety of film at Freestyle in Los Angeles.
freestylephoto.biz
It is where I get my large format supplies.
Processing is a bit more of a task. North Coast Photographic is an outfit that I have used.
http://www.northcoastphoto.com/
They do good work and provide quality scans, for those without a darkroom to complete the project...
For the past few years I have done a lot of travel photography with 35mm color film and had the resulting images scanned. It is so easy that it just does not seem right. But the results are very good. I am not much of a look at my pictures on a computer type. I prefer to make prints and hang them on the wall. The quality of images from modern film and a good scan is very good.
Tom
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My dad was the camera buyer for a large department store, so I always had a camera. My first serious camera was a Canon FT. Dad made me buy it from a local camera store because he didn't sell enough good cameras to get the price break that the camera store got. I still have it. I moved on to large format and use a Canham 5x7 mostly. For several years my point and shoot was a Rollei SL-66 medium format SLR. This year I broke down and bought a Fuji XPro2 for travel. I enjoy the flexibility and speed of the Fuji but I still treasure the time and effort spent in the dark making big prints.
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Here's a link that explains the differences. I used a Hero 6 in South America a few months ago and was impressed with the changes. The in camera stabilization is very good. The overall quality of the videos was great. It was well worth the extra cost to me.
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Spent the weekend in the mountains.
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I can't leave my camera at home. Being a bit old fashioned I would brace myself for the film/X-Ray confrontation with the TSA folks. I shoot mostly black and white and still enjoy darkroom work. One of my goals for a trip is to get an image good enough to print and hang on the wall. My gear devolved to a 35mm body and two lenses, a 35 and a 90. This was working just fine until our recent trip to South America. The better half informed me that the amount of film I planned on bringing was not going to happen. Taking that as permission to visit the camera store I now travel with a Fuji XPro-2 and two lenses. It is relatively small and light setup while the image quality is excellent. I just wish I knew what all of the buttons were for...
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After trying a bunch of sites and trying to do my own site I went with Smugmug. The price is not outrageous and it works well for me.
tom
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We did it three weeks ago on the coastal cruise. There were 18 of us and we booked the Crown Grill. I booked for eight and two others reserved the other ten. The staff could not accommodate us at one table but did a fine job of getting us all in the same area. We had a great time..
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When the Lightroom/Photoshop stuff gives me a headache I just go out to the darkroom...
Tom
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Photography tour. We did the one in Skagway, offered by Princess. It was great! A small group led by photographers. They knew where to go and get great images. There was a pile of tripods in the back of the bus for people to use if they didn't bring one. This was a real photographers tour, not a drive around and use your phone from the van.
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Taku Lodge is a great trip!
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Pressure is mounting on Valparaíso port to build an exclusive terminal for cruise ships, after two cruise lines said they will not call on the Chilean city during the upcoming October-April cruise season.
In a statement, port operator EPV attributed the decision of Holland America and Princess Cruises, both owned by the Carnival Group, to a labor dispute with its workers, who disrupted the operations of the cruise liners in the 2016-17, leaving passengers stuck on the ships.
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/privatization/valparaiso-under-pressure-to-build-cruise-terminal/
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I buy filters to fit my largest lens and then step-down rings to fit my other lenses. Being a bit of a twit about putting a cheap filter on a good lens, this allows me to have good filters, not waste a bunch of money, and have less to pack and carry...
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Two books that have been a big help to me.
"How to Use the GoPro Hero5" by Jordan Hetrick
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GoPro: Professional Guide to Filmmaking" by Bradford Schmidt
The first one has the nuts and bolts of settings, mounts, and some helpful pointers. The second one is more about how to make a film, with some addtionial information about what settings to use for different situations.
And use it... The learning curve is steep but if you use it a bunch things will start to make sense.
Have fun
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My favorite tripod is not only good looking but a real pleasure to use. It is one of those rare products that is just right. It is happy in sand and water. Hot or cold temperatures just don't matter. Their head takes a bit of getting used to but after you figure it out it is very easy and intuitive. All of that and if you break it they fix it. But then I use a tripod most of the time...
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