I Am a Joy to Travel With / Trip to Italy

Let me tell you something, I am a joy to travel with. Not only do I have to carry around this 50+ pound backpack with cameras and lenses, as well as a satchel with a computer and a tripod slung alongside, but when I do get to leave most of this stuff at the hotel then I like to stop a lot to take photographs.

In 2007, when I first got this backpack (which has a nifty clasp on the back to hold a tripod) and was taking bags out of the trunk at the airport at 6:30 in the morning, I swung around and nailed my girlfriend Sara in the face with the tripod. We were headed to a large family gathering in Mexico. At least it was only a minor black eye.

(Between you and me, she totally ran into my tripod with her face.) It was 6:30 in the morning, can you blame her? Needless to say I now carry the tripod at my side for safety reasons.

So we're off to the airport in a few hours for a 2 week trip to Italy, with stops in Pisa, Florence, Siena, Greve (for a 4 day wedding extravaganza), Montalcino, Ferrara and Venice.

I hope to create posts daily with photos from the trip, but the frequency of the postings will be determined by when I can find internet connection.

Anyway, here's to no black eyes on the trip. Sara's the maid of honor so that would be kinda bad.

3 Comments for "I Am a Joy to Travel With / Trip to Italy"

stacey says:

May 26, 2010 11:45

hahhah sara would LOSE IT (and so would lia) if she got a black eye this time :P i'm so jealous, hope you're having such a great time!! tell everyone hi, esp sa, lia, rob, mark & joyce!

katie says:

November 24, 2010 20:52

Hi James, Just wondering if you would mind sharing what lenses are in your pack? Just curious! Love your work x

James Maher says:

November 25, 2010 12:06

Hi Katie, there's a 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, 17-40 and EF-S 60mm macro.