On location in Rajasthan, India (Patreon)

I am currently on location in India preparing a Travel photography seminar, that will hopefully be of use for Patrons who are considering  traveling with a small messenger bag of camera gear. Compromises sometimes have to be made when traveling with the minimum amount of gear and this seminar will seek to explore the pros and cons to see if, and how, they add or detract from a photographers travel adventure.

For this trip I am shooting with the A7RV and four lenses that were selected because of their small size and low weight (two of them are E-Mount APS-C lenses).
I am working from a Pilot 7L messenger bag as I have chosen to not check any baggage when boarding flights - useful when some of the hotels I have selected are not accessible by car, such as the fort I am staying in while writing this post). This 7L bag slides under the seat in front of me on the flights I am taking (International and Domestic). It’s also not excessive baggage when navigating crowded cities on foot or by rickshaw.
My second bag, the one that goes in the overhead baggage compartment, is the Wotancraft Lightning Rider 12L I reviewed two months ago. In this bag I am carrying everything that is not camera gear, and this includes the 11 inch iPad Pro I am currently using to edit my images and then back them up to the Cloud and a portable SSD with fast USB-C 3.2 connectivity.

My go-to portrait lightweight prime for travel is usually the Sony 85mm F1.8, but for this trip I am working with the even smaller and lighter Sigma 90mm F2.8 DG DN full frame lens. The photo of the musician was captured with this lens. A review of this lens will most likely follow after this trip has been completed.

My widest angle of view is the E 11mm F1.8, which I reviewed last year, while using an A6600 camera. When used on the A7RV I am capturing 26 Megapixels with an equivalent full-frame angle of view of 16.5mm. The image of Jaiselmer fort in Rajasthan was captured with this lens.

The photo of the Bonelli Eagle, that was circling the Jodhpur fort, was captured using the Sony E 70-350mm (a small and lightweight alternative to carrying a full-frame telephoto zoom when using the higher-resolution full-frame cameras).

I should have the seminar ready by either late February or Early March.