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Digital Travel Photography - Trip Preparation

Pre-Trip Checklist

SUMMARY: A checklist of items to bring and tasks to do before taking digital photos on a trip.

Here is a checklist of items you may want to look through before going on a trip. Feel free to print this tip out for your own use. Note that your particular travel and photo needs may warrant extra preparation steps and the need to bring more equipment, so add to this list as needed.

* Clear and reformat your digital camera media (assuming you have backed up all photos currently on the cards).

* Charge all batteries.

* Make sure the digital camera and camera bag straps are secure.

* Turn on the camera, take a couple of test photos, and ensure everything is working correctly.

* Clean your digital camera using a cleaning kit, being careful not to scratch or damage the lens.

* Ensure you bring along the following, secured inside a digital camera bag:

- Digital camera
- Extra filters, such as a UV filter
- Extra batteries
- Media
- Cleaning kit
- Notebook, PDA, or digital media recorder (if desired to annotate photos)