First of Two

So, tomorrow I fly to LA for a month. It's the pre-training before the two-month gig in India. So, basically the start of three months on the road with a small gap in the middle.
I have mixed feelings about the trips, what they mean for me, what they mean for the company, all the people losing jobs, things like that. I'm going to try to roll with it, really I have no other option.
The deal I'm making with myself is that these are both photo trips. As the first trip is preparation business-wise for the second, so too must the first trip prepare for the second photographically. So, I'm bringing a fair amount of gear: camera, three lenses, three flashes, ring flash and various other light modifiers. Not sure about hauling a tripod still. I hate to haul it, but there are a few things I would want it for. I'm thinking I will leave it behind and see if I miss it.
If I miss it in LA, I will for sure want it in India.









This is what I'm bringing, not that bad. Plus another backpack with two laptops, an external hard drive and all the cables. Plus the camera chargers, card reader, spare battery, thumb drives, and things like that. I need the second laptop for work, but I'm hoping I can cut it down to one for the longer India trip.
In all of the trips I've taken this year, this is the first time I'm hauling a seperate camera backpack. I hope it's not too unweildy. Really having to take the second laptop forced the issue. So if it doesn't work out, and I only need the one next time, it may work out. Really just the first of a lot of unknown experiments this trip.

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