I packed my Canon 5DM3, my Canon G7, and my iPhone XS.  All means of taking photos during my vacation in Ireland.

Ironically, I almost didn't pack my large camera.  I find when traveling that this type of camera actually becomes more of a burden than an asset, even though the quality of photos that I take with it are incredibly awesome.  But it's big and bulky and seems to suggest that I know what I am doing as a photographer and sometimes you just don't want people to know.  You rather just be anonymous.

But we spent a lot of time in the countryside and had some beautiful blue sky days which is what I wasn't expecting for Ireland, especially when we were on the Aran islands.  Blues skies and no rain was a very pleasant surprise.

I tend to use my Canon G7 when I am in the city and need to take quick pics when we are with out tour guide.  it's small and I have it set to silence so there isn't a lot of noise when I shoot.  I can be more anonymous.  And people don't necessarily think I know how to take photos as I amble down the street with our tour guide.  But I am always looking for a possible shot or possible better angle or better light as the tour guide explains the historical or cultural significance of a spot.

And now there is my new iPhone, with its dual camera capability with its wide and telephoto means.  I tend to only use the camera sparingly because I find you just have to be too close to your subjects in order to get a good shot.  It's more for people portraits and big scenes rather than zooming in to get detail of a scene.  Becomes too pixilated.  But I am liking the panoramic feature and on this trip, I just didn't think enough of using this feature when I was taking a photo. It does an excellent job at this and it's quite easy to crop away the bad parts afterwards.

I would show some photos of my adventure, but I am still working through culling and editing.  I probably took more photos on this trip than any other.  I think the great weather was an incentive.  Plus there were others in the tour group that were also taking lots of photos so I was spurred on to take even more photos. Not to be competitive, but just to have the experience of shooting with others.  There is something about watching others take in a scene and it prompts me to spend a little more time looking a scene over and seeing what types of perspectives I might want to include.

I liked the blend of digital sir, P&S, and iPhone camera.  It causes me to see the world differently and to capture the world in different ways.