I love to travel and take pictures, and fall is my favorite season. In this week's podcast, we talk about some of the lists that you need to make to be successful when you travel. While most people know to make a list of equipment, clothing and travel documents, I encourage everyone also to consider making a few other lists that are about your creative approach to the trip.

I like to create a seeing list and a shot list. Both of those lists are about the places and things I want to see in a location, but the first is about understand where I will be and the second is concepts or ideas to photograph. To make these list, I like to read about and study a location but NOT focus on looking at photographs of others who visit the place. I find that can lead me to pollute my experience of traveling. Rather than looking at Pinterest or other sites, I like to think about the sights, smells, and sensations of a location (seeing list) and how to incorporate those into my shot list (what to photograph). Finally, I like to create a mental list of my emotional expectations and experience and how to keep those in balance as I spend my day out photographing.

Gear used in podcast

All three Rode components as kit

Adobe Audition (part of create cloud subscription)