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Overland - Random Stills 

Those browsing through this website will quickly acknowledge the owner has completed some serious solo overland travel mileage spanning over 4+ decades, including four years in Aussie in the late '70s covering extensive travel mileage through the country. That's a lot of double and triple overland transit journeys crossing through the continents. The world of travel, is how you personally define it, not by what others assume or think, including other people's interests, like my own .i.e. street, random portraiture, bird and wildlife photography. Decision making to travel solo overland through continents, is one of those obstacles many wished they had done at an earlier age, but never succeeded in doing so. Best advice in the 2020s — Don't delay, pack travel baggage, choose a continent and don't look back!

India, a favorite overland destination in the 1980s, and still a top destination in the 2020s for different kinds of street photography. The above location, Darjeeling, west Bengal, still holds some of that classic colonial past. The image was taken in Jan 88 with SLR roll film.

They say practice makes perfect in anything we do. Using photo gear, is the same as birds learning to fly. Switching off smart phone junk holding real cameras instead, is the first step. This move allows complete concentration of what's in front of you choosing subject matter without addictive selfie intrusion. Within no time, you'll become aware understanding the difference between smartphone and camera travelers. Smartphone travelers focus more interest in themselves and how many social media likes they receive. Offshore street still photography is the complete opposite. Personally, the best move I've made, was leaving social media, and keeping smartphones switched off when heading out the door — Try it, you'll be amazed how you get your life back. Above snap DSLR D3       

It's not until late in our lifetimes we begin questioning all that brainwashing propaganda we were pummeled with since the age of five. The earth is round, it spins @1000 MPH at the equator, and orbits around the sun @66 mach speed. The strange thing, is when sitting down at shorelines or at locations where it's obvious there is no curvature. I mean even "sea level" means it's level. The Australian outback is flat and level, so are Salars in Bolivia. At the same time, when at any lake location during dawn and dusk, lakes are smooth with no ripples. If the earth is indeed spinning @1000 MPH, according to science, and rotates on an elliptical orbit around the sun @66,000 MPH — You would feel it. Just applying the brakes while driving @100 MPH holding a cup of coffee ends with spilled coffee. The image above shows a flat level plain with zero curvature. Do the math — Do your own research. 

Sunrise on the Salar, Bolivia. It is said, if an image looks good in black & white, imagine how it would be in color. 

To of have captured an image like above in Tibet — solo, you'd have to of been traveling in Tibet in the mid-1980s. Images like this are more worthy today than when they were first taken. SLR roll film snap by Rick Hemi 

Whether its taking street portraits, or roaming through ancient ruins — travel with camera gear to get those shots. Avoid being like many are today, using smart phone junk. Using real photo gear becomes appreciated the more you use it. Brand names aren't important, only lens quality. Nikon, Canon, Fuji and Sony DSLR and mirrorless camera gear have you covered. Researching camera equipment before buying is recommended. Online reviews directly affiliated to single brands should be taken with a grain of salt. Instead, look at camera reviews by photographers who have thoroughly tried and tested photo gear within different environments of image quality and reliability. Purchasing non-tested new released camera gear should be avoided at all costs. Above street portrait, a quick example of older camera gear still being used in the 2020s — 2007 Nikon 12 MP D3 & 1981 105mm f1.8 AIS taken wide open @ 1.8. Just because something is old doesn't necessarily mean it's junk. Shopping for second hand camera gear, is with trusted eBay sellers from Japan, and dedicated camera shops selling used stuff, like KEH Camera USA.    

Sitting relaxing sipping on a cold ale in Singapore, Cape Town, Ushuaia, Tel Aviv and Moscow has a sense of satisfaction reaching those locations after traveling solo through countries crossing continents without flying reaching them - Try It.

In the 2020s, you get woke world travel fantasy up in the sky of what to wear. You can't make this stuff up. It shows you how dumbed down people have become writing this stuff. Who cares about what one should wear 40,000 feet up in the sky sitting in a chair. It's more important when boots touch the ground what you're wearing. Hiking boots, jeans, tee, and thermal clothing traveling overland, at times rough as guts for 12-18 months through a continent, is real travel.

It doesn't matter how many woke Gen Z Netflix travel movies try to reflect the past — They can't. You actually have to of been there in real time embracing feeling the vibe of what it really felt like. Hanging out of windows onboard bush trains capturing random snaps of local atmosphere using manual focus camera gear with a foot on baggage has no equal.

Foreign travelers through the 1980s were more alert and travel savvy than what they are today. They could get through entire continents without the need of GPS, internet, Google and smartphone junk. We used compasses, read from maps, and carried our own tents, and backup food supply. The manual focus snaps above reflect the 1980s overland postcard travel era — Bush train snap, Nikon F2AS.

Real time street photography offshore, is positively interacting with locals capturing their daily routine — DSLR full frame, 400mm. 

8 kilos of photo gear that has done some serious overland mileage capturing great still images for years. Yes, it's old school photo gear constantly being used in the 2020s. One thing I've learnt, is to never rush out like many do replacing stuff just because everyone else does. Traveling offshore with cameras and lenses already known for positive results and reliability within any extreme environment, is why I'm still using DSLR gear instead of mirrorless. The 37+ year old dinosaur Nikkor 5.5 kg 800 5.6 manual prime gets a 10/10 Rating.   

Spotting, tracking, observing birds and wildlife in the wilderness requires binoculars. Without them, forget about getting up close to subject matter capturing stills. Full frame prime and zoom lenses are a must have on all overland travel journeys through continents. The above 3 items have done hardcore overland mileage, and successfully captured endless still images with zero damage through Africa, Asia, South America and Middle East. The same gear is still used in the 2020s with a 10/10 reliability rating. If stuff sill works — Use it.

Now well regarded as a dinosaur DSLR, the 2007 D3, and even more outdated, the 1981 Nikkor 80-200 F4 AIS zoom. Wait a minute, just hold on there. The D3 is able to produce good still captures with the right glass. I know that because I've tried and tested this body with all types of lenses giving positive results. Even in DX mode, D3  5MP Raw Nef captures with the right lens are excellent. What really makes the D3 a dinosaur body, is the lack of video. The D3 isn't a video camera, it's a dedicated still camera. Personally, for overland travel still photography, the Nikon D3 gets a 9/10 rating. For reliability, the D3 gets 10/10 whether in remote subzero regions of minus -35C, to plus +55C. The D3 is a robust daylight workhorse tank. That's probably why I'm still using a D3 in the 2020s. The only downside of the D3, is finding a supply of backup OEM batteries. In saying that, they can still be sourced, as old stock sitting on shelves collecting dust within camera shops in certain countries i.e. Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, India, Australia, NZ, USA and Brazil. What's even better, D3 12MP files are the opposite of 60MP+ files when time comes around processing them. You spend more time capturing images than wasting time on computers.   

The view @4800 meters elevation during a full on overland journey through the South American continent.  

Capturing barren landscape during overland travel journeys through the continents is auto-procedure — DSLR photo gear.  

Home is anywhere you choose to live where's it's affordable having clean air with the best possible views. In the 2020s, this has become extremely unaffordable in most western countries. You can place blame on your own globalist controlled government for that. Best advice — move elsewhere offshore.