I’ll soon be headed to Mauritius for a week of sunshine, SUPing and sipping on cocktails. There are of course all the normal items I cannot go without, eg, camera, phone, chargers, drone etc. but there are a few items that some of you may find useful that aren’t the conventional type.

1. I love to travel light

Lugging around 3 cameras and a drone on my back can often be a schlep so I try my very best to pack as lightly as possible. I am not the tallest person you have ever seen either. Coming in at 156cm I often look like a small tortoise waddling around airports. I start by decanting my shampoo, conditioner and shower gel into small containers. Every little bit of space saving helps. Especially as I always try to pack my tripod in my main luggage because of the weight. I often also pack a smaller lighter camera bag in my main luggage so that I don’t have to carry around the colossal but very handy Vanguard camera bag that I use around the resort that I am shooting at. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t know what I would do without it – it fits me and my equipment perfectly and I wouldn’t change it for anything. It can just get a bit hot and heavy carrying it around in 35 degree heat.

2. A small stick of Mosquito repellent in my camera bag

Whenever I am and whatever time of day I get bitten. Sweet blood?

The struggle is real…pretty isn’t it?

3. Snorkel, mask and booties

We don’t really want to suck on other people’s mouth pieces do we. I walk a lot when ever I travel and more often than not my slops have gotten stuck in the beach sand slush and ripped through the toe hole, leaving me barefoot.

On this particular shoot I lost my shoes until I left the island. I didn’t actually mind at all 🙂

4. Lenspen

For obvious reasons.

5. Scarves

Probably one of the handiest items I have when traveling. The limits are endless. Shawl for outdoor dinners. Camera protector. Shade maker. Airplane blanket. Lens buffer. Phone cleaner. Drone helipad. You are probably thinking I have really dirty scarves whenever I return home…that is probably true.

Do you have any favourites to add to the list?