I have a lot of different equipment for different types of jobs. One day could be three DSLRs mounted on a camera bar on a tripod pointed at a stage to photograph ballet using available light. The next day could be PR photography with two or three cameras round my neck with flashes being fed from an external Quantum battery on my belt. Then it might be in a studio set up with my medium format digital back and camera and all the mains flash and softboxes I can find in my house! Not forgetting that one job may require me taking an iMac or a laptop along for tethered shooting while the other two don’t need a computer at all. The problem with all these varied requirements is remembering to pack everything I need for each job. I have had some very near misses and had to improvise quite creatively on occasion. Not good for my stress levels.
I decided I needed to create a form of checklist for each job that I could tick off and avoid having to stop on the way to a job to yet again buy an extension lead or roll of gaffer tape. While I was deciding quite how to do this I stumbled across an application for my iPhone that allows you to create packing lists. Its a free app called Frommer’s Travel Tools, they of the famous travel guides of course. Its actually aimed at tourists and has city guides and a currency converter among other things but the packing list tool is perfect for my needs. Its available here: iTunes. Now I just have to remember not lose my iPhone!
Frommer's Travel Tools for iPhone screenshot
