What’s Your Preference?

drewdunnrespect · #1 (**permalink**) 05-30-2011, 01:33 PM

i have two questions you maybe able to answer or not

the first is ere would i get a been bag from for the use with my camera as a stable base when not using a tripod

second question and the longer one

now im in to bushcraft which is the art of thriving in nature and using whats around you to live now i was woundering would this make a good subject matter for a photography learning project because i am only a begginer?

drew

Aegea · #2 (**permalink**) 05-30-2011, 02:17 PM

1. Bean bags are easy to make, Google is your friend here. You can fill a home made bean bag with rice or - yes- beans. Could be useful if you get really hungry in the bush.

2. I'd think that could be a very interesting photo essay. You'd need to work on your punctuation and spelling though.

drewdunnrespect · #3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2011, 02:28 PM

aegea

thanks for the reply and i never thought to make one and well hopefully in regards to the project it will be up running soon and i will post my photos on here as soon as i have any
thanks

drew

ps i know my grammer and spelling are crap but hey i do try

JFSanders · #4 (**permalink**) 05-30-2011, 03:21 PM

Bean filled bags are lighter and edible as long as you don't let them go too long, as in more than a few months before you eat them. Sand filled bags are the most stable but heavy, although you can usually fill them on site and dump them when done. Bags of shot like number 4 size are really good but you have to keep them as is and they are stinking heavy. Go to a Gander mtn for shot bags and to a real grocery for cloth bean bags although you may have to have Mom or someone sew you up some. I would make them from well worn jeans leg sections.

As to the spelling and punctuation, if you know it is a problem and you don't fix it, you are being lazy and undetermined. Which if you are into bush craft and living off the land in a primitive style you know such traits will end in death. Dave Canterbury and John and Geri McPherson will tell you that. So get cracking and do the best you can all the time not just when you feel like it.

Jim

SwissJon · #5 (**permalink**) 05-30-2011, 07:14 PM

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Which if you are into bush craft and living off the land in a primitive style you know such traits will end in death.

That would make a very interesting photo essay.. Last moments.. Don't forget your auto-shutter release for when you're too weak to press it yourself. It's the bit where you get ravaged by wolves I'm looking forward to, can you make sure someone knows to post the photos here please?

JFSanders · #6 (**permalink**) 05-30-2011, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SwissJon

That would make a very interesting photo essay.. Last moments.. Don't forget your auto-shutter release for when you're too weak to press it yourself. It's the bit where you get ravaged by wolves I'm looking forward to, can you make sure someone knows to post the photos here please?

There are a couple of them out there. One by a guy who thought he could become part of the bear family and ended up as part of the bear. And another who went into the wilderness and was wholly unprepared mentally and physically to deal with the process of subsistence living.

Grizzly Man

Just sad

Jim

SwissJon · #7 (**permalink**) 05-30-2011, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JFSanders

There are a couple of them out there. One by a guy who thought he could become part of the bear family and ended up as part of the bear. And another who went into the wilderness and was wholly unprepared mentally and physically to deal with the process of subsistence living.

Grizzly Man

Just sad

Jim

Ah.. I was just kidding.. Honest.. Come back and show us the results yourself.

(I've actually watched "Into the wild".. It's very sad.)

JFSanders · #8 (**permalink**) 05-30-2011, 07:51 PM

I have done a bit of it in the past. I live within 300 yards of the Lake Woodruff wildlife refuge which is along the St. Johns river and connects to the Ocala national forest. It is large enough that we have Rainbow children living in it in significant numbers to be bothersome.

I had thought about doing a photo blog on swamp living. Let me get my last child off to college and I will do it.

Jim