Something Every Photographer Needs to Know

I have been scouring the internet in regards to camera equipment and what to take on safari, I have came across something that I would never had thought of... Shower caps!!!

Some people have suggested covering just the lens so that dust doesn’t get on it as this could show up in your photographs. Keeping your lens cap on can be time-consuming when trying to get it off, and dust can still get in behind the cap so one solution is to use shower caps to cover the lens.
There a simple plastic shower caps or you get the more expensive ones with cloth or toweling on one side and plastic on the other. This photograph shows the shower cap on our lens with the plastic facing out and the towelling facing in...

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If you drive with your lens on a window bracket we would suggest you use the thicker shower cap but turn it inside out, meaning that the toweling is on the outside...

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Feel free to add your DIY ideas in here as well

muzza22au said:

Feel free to add your DIY ideas in here as well

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If you have a monopod/tripod, a remote release and a mid to wide lens. You can Hold the camera anything up to 6 foot higher than normal.
Great for an unusual perspective in crowds or to see from a tall animals point of view.
Point the camera down a bit, be sure to keep the monopod out of the frame, you can use live view angled downward to see the composure.
If you need both hands on the monopod, just tell your friend to push the remote button on your call.