Roadtrip Images

The Photographers Ephemeris is a great app for determining where the sun and moon will be at various hours of the day. Essential for sunrise and sunset locations for any spot on the planet on any date.

PhotoPils is a smartphone app that I use a lot. It has most of the features as the ephemeris above but it adds a unique feature with its augmented reality function. With this you can use your smartphone camera to show you the scene in front of you and then it overlays the star/planet positions onto that scene as well. By changing the day/time settings you can see what will be visible above that mountain scene later that night. Pretty cool.

DxOMark is an independent testing organization with a wealth of technical data on lenses and cameras. If you want to see how that new lens you’ve been eyeing stacks up quality wise, this is the place.

As far as digital photography product review sites go, DPReview is one of the better ones. They have tons of content on their website and if you’re considering buying a piece of photo gear, they most likely have something on their site about it. I don’t use it a lot but I do check it periodically to see what’s new.

iRV2 is a great online forum with a wealth of knowledgeable people. It’s a great place to see if someone has the answer to your RV question or problem.

RV Forum is another online community that’s pretty good. Not as large as iRV2 but has good info on RV topics.

When you’re looking to buy or sell an RV, RVTrader is a valuable tool in your search.

RVT.com is another site very similar to the one above for buying and selling RV’s. I used both of these sites extensively in our search for our coach.

If you need anything related to towing an RV or a car behind a motorhome, eTrailer is a great place to buy those items. Not only do they have pretty much everything you need, their prices are also very competitive. One of the best added values they include are installation videos for many of the products.

A nice resource for finding free or low cost campsites is found here.

RV Park Reviews is another campground rating site we use extensively. It gives us a pretty good idea ahead of time which campground has the amenities we’re looking for and what the rates are.

I have a lot of camera gear and you certainly don’t need all this stuff to take good images. Below are links to some of the camera gear we use for photography and video.

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My main photo gear. I take these cameras and lenses on just about every photo shoot:

Nikon D850   (My primary camera body)  https://amzn.to/2TWdeBN

Nikon D810    (Was my primary now my backup camera body) https://amzn.to/2Ogu3Cj

Nikkor 24-70mm    (I use this lens all the time for landscapes)  https://amzn.to/2ULCDeG

Nikkor 16-35mm    (Another go to landscape lens) https://amzn.to/2YcrXb0

Nikkor 70-200mm   (A super sharp mid-telephoto. Love this lens)  https://amzn.to/2UQiOmN

Our primary vlogging camera & Mic system:

Nikon D5600    https://amzn.to/2OfHimF

Saramonic wireless mic    https://amzn.to/2Ju0j6o

Camera backpacks we use:

Lowepro 450   https://amzn.to/2UJwkIL

Lowepro 350   https://amzn.to/2Og0aSH

Additional Lenses. I use these less frequently but when you need them it’s nice to have them:

Nikkor 80-400mm (Good wider range telephoto)  https://amzn.to/2Jm9dTj

Nikkor 50mm   (A great normal prime lens) https://amzn.to/2Jp5m82

Nikkor 105mm macro   (For close up photos)  https://amzn.to/2UNB9AL

Nikkor 24-120mm  (Good all around lens)  https://amzn.to/2Fnj45Q

Tamron 150-600mm   (My primary wildlife lens)  https://amzn.to/2OggJOt

Samyang 28mm tilt-shift   (Special purpose distortion correction)  https://amzn.to/2ujSRA3

Rokinon 14mm   (Super wide angle for astro photography)  https://amzn.to/2UNfOHz