I would never have guessed.

Almost Boston Tea Party time. Yes I do realise it wasn’t actually a tea party, but I do plan on having tea in Boston if only to name it Boston Tea Party when I put the obligatory photo on flickr.

Seriously, packing for an overseas trip has to be almost as stressful as paying for the airfare and getting to the airport. Somehow I’ve managed to pack fairly lightly, I know something is missing…

The greatest dilemma has been culling the camera load. I’ve decided upon:

• my new Nikon film with 28mm lens
• DSLR with 135mm and 50mm
• Polaroid SX 70 with 600 film and blend filter

No Holga, no Polaroid, no Yashicas, no Canon EOS SLR.

I bought the Nikon FM3A especially for this trip. The last couple of trips I have gone on, I have been crazy snaphappy with my DSLR, come home with over 600 shots and then not had enough time to get them all fixed up and printed. It frustrates me no end. So I made the decision to go back to film fulltime baby!

Well, I say fulltime, but it’ll probably be more likely 70/30. You know you are going to see shots of Vancouver up here within days of landing!

See you in Vancouver!