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Overland - Random Stills

Those browsing through this website will quickly acknowledge the owner has completed some serious overland travel mileage through continents spanning over four plus decades, including four years covering Australia during the late 1970s. The world of travel, is how you personally define it, not by other people's interests, like my own i.e. street still photography, random street portraiture, bird and wildlife photography. Decision making to travel overland through continents, is one of those obstacles many had 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 above image was taken in 1988 with SLR roll-film.

They say practice makes perfect in anything we do. Learning the art of using photo-gear, is the same as birds learning to fly. Switching off smartphone junk holding cameras instead, pointed at subject matter rather than at yourself, is the first step. This allows complete concentration of what's in front of you without the urge of addictive selfie-intrusion. Within no time, you'll become more aware understanding the difference between smartphone and camera travelers. It's well known smartphone travelers focus more interest in themselves and how many social-media likes they receive. Street still photography is the complete opposite.

It's not until late in our lifetimes we begin questioning all the brainwashing propaganda we've been pummeled with, since the age of five. The earth is round, it's spinning @1000 MPH at the equator while orbiting around the sun @66 mach speed non-stop. You have to ask yourself if you can feel all that motion. Sitting down at any shoreline reveals the same answer. There is no curvature, everything is level – sea level. The Australian outback is flat and level, so are Salars, like above in Bolivia. At the same time, when at lake side locations at dawn and dusk, lakes are smooth as glass with no ripples. If Earth's mass is indeed spinning @1000 MPH, according to science, and rotates on an elliptical orbit around the sun @66,000 MPH – you would see and feel it. Just applying the brakes while driving @100 MPH while holding a cup of coffee ends with spilled coffee. The above image shows a flat level plain with zero curvature. Do the math – Do you own research.

Almost magical, first light on the Salar, Bolivia. The best way reaching this location, is either with rented 4WD or by motorbike.  

To have captured images like above of Tibetans in the wilderness, in Tibet, you'd have to of been traveling in Tibet solo in the mid-1980s. Images like this are more worthy today than when they were first taken – SLR roll-film.

Whether its taking street portraits or roaming through ancient ruins, using camera gear capturing images is recommended. Using real photo-gear becomes appreciated the more you use it. Brand names aren't important, only lens quality is important. Nikon, Canon, Fuji and Sony DSLR and mirrorless camera gear have you covered. Researching camera equipment before buying is a must do requirement. Online reviews directly affiliated to single brands should be taken with a grain of salt. Instead, look at camera reviews written by photographers who have thoroughly tried and tested photo-gear within different environments. Purchasing non-tested new released camera-gear should be avoided. Shopping for second hand camera-gear, is done through trusted eBay sellers from Japan. Used photo-gear – KEH USA

Sitting relaxing sipping on cold ales in Singapore, Cape Town, Ushuaia and Mendoza has the same sense of satisfaction reaching those destinations after traveling solo through countries crossing continents without having to fly reaching them – Try it.

In the 2020s, you get woke world travel fantasy up in the sky of what clothing to wear. You can't make this stuff up. It shows how dumbed down people have become following this trend. 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, tees, and thermal clothing for overland journeys, at times rough as guts for 12-18 month periods. It doesn't matter what clothing is worn for 20 hour long haul flights unless you're woke.

Can you still capture images like this in the 2020s? Yes, within rural isolated regions in Africa and Asia, but less in South America. I do mention several times through this website the 1980s was the best decade ever for overland travel. The local atmosphere and vibe back then was different to how it is today.  Hanging out the sides of trains, out of windows, or on top of trains capturing random stills using manual focus lenses with roll-film has no equal. Traveling with the latest camera-gear doesn't make you a better photographer. It's about personal skill and vision of what the eye sees at any given location. Image stills – Nikon F2AS.

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 sleeping bags, tents and backup food supply. 

Real time still photography offshore, is positively interacting with locals capturing their daily routine – DSLR FX, 400mm. 

Eight kilos of photo-gear that has done some serious overland mileage capturing great still images for many years. Yes, it's classified as old school photo-gear in the mid-2020s. One thing I've learnt, is avoiding to rush out, like many do, replacing stuff just because everyone else does. Traveling with camera and lenses already known for positive results and reliability within extreme environments, is why I'm still using DSLR gear instead of mirrorless. The 39 year old dinosaur 5.5kg Nikkor 800 5.6 ED AIS 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 lenses are a must have on all overland travel journeys through continents. The above three items have successfully captured endless still images with zero issues or damage through Africa, Asia, South America and Middle East. The same photo-gear is still being used in the 2020s with a 10/10 reliable track record. If stuff still works for what it was designed for – Use it.

Now well regarded as a forgotten DSLR, the 2007 D3, and even more outdated, the 1981 80-200 f4 AIS zoom. Wait a minute, just hold on there. The D3 is able to produce good still captures using the right glass. I know this, because I've tried and tested the D3 with all types of different lenses giving positive results. Even in DX mode, the D3 5MP Raw NEF captures are excellent with certain primes. What makes the D3 very outdated, 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 is the most robust camera body Nikon has designed. It's a daylight workhorse tank. That's why I'm still using a D3 and D3s in the 2020s. The only downside of the D3, is finding a supply of OEM batteries. In saying that, D3 OEM batteries can still be sourced as old stock in sitting on shelves collecting dust in camera shops in certain countries i.e. Japan, Vietnam, India, Australia, NZ, USA and Brazil. Whats even better, D3/s 12MP files are the opposite of 60MP files when time comes around processing them. You spend more time outdoors capturing images rather than wasting time inside on computers.

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

Capturing barren landscape during overland 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 views. In the 2020s, this has become extremely unaffordable in most western countries. You can place blame on you own globalist controlled government for that. Best advice – move elsewhere offshore.