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First prints from various camping trips in 2016. This is the start of my camping series or mamiya 7 first year photos series. Limited run prints are starting to go on sale, http://millanphoto.bigcartel.com/

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Check out the video of the first 20 miles of the PCT. Gonna start working on some more post from the trips last year. Still to come, camera review of Mamiya 7 in the field, 40 mile solo backpacking, catching 30 fish in a weekend, and bringing someone on their first backpacking trip. 

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mamiya 7 with ektar 100. This is from alta meadow, looking at the direction I should have been going . 

I was happy leaving sequoia on that last trip in September, I kinda knew I wasn’t coming back for a little while, it is getting close to the end of the season.  

One of my things this year was to camp every month. Yeh not the most prolific resolution but it was something to do and look forward too. Now with only about three months left I am ending the project. There was never pressure to plan trips and camp all the time. About half the trips randomly came up an I used them as an excuse to go camping, and the other half were planned out with permits and scheduled days off. Last weekend was my only free weekend of the month, it could have been for camping. But all the planning and work that was gonna go into it, I didn’t feel like doing. Even the last couple trips were really hard to get all done. They were fun but more work than it should have been. I think its okay to kill projects, sometimes starting them you don’t really know how much goes into it, so it’s good to know when something needs to end. I really want to take the best trips from this year and do some things similar next year. So for the next couple months I am going to write and recall all the trips I did this year. Some good old fashion reflection, hopefully I can summarize the trips by memory. Also, I will try to do some gear reviews as well.

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mamiya 7, ektar100, well ektar only comes in 100. 

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some randoms from the kings canyon trip. all shot with my mamiya 7. last two photos are shot with velvia 50.

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From the road. Before and after the trip I try to shoot whatever gets me to stop. I normally bring down my Canon AE1 when I stop at towns, rest areas, and the side of the road. It’s a nice small cool looking camera that people don’t get intimidated by. The Mamiya 7 on the other hand is a beast of a camera. Even though it is suppose to be a compact medium format camera it is still a big camera. These are just some photos after my trip into Kings Canyon. I did the Rae Lakes loop, 41 miles. Mamiya 7 photos from this trip, and a full trail review will be coming soon. 

This is the supplement site that goes with my camping instagram (@campingsupplyco). I will be writing more extensive reviews of trips, gear, and things learned on the trail. Me personally, I am not an avid camper or backpacker, I have done a few different trips and try to camp a dozen times a year. But, I do love gear and photography in general. I work and live out of Los Angeles so getting out camping takes extra time and planning. I am a fashion and portrait photographer, not a nature photographer. I just like to bring my camera out with me. My cameras I use are Mamiya 7, Canon AE1, and Nikon D3.

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black and white edit. mineral king.