Besides my trusty cameras I have a sturdy tripod, a panorama head and a sleeve of filters. My favorite filters are polaroid, Infrared, star-cross, and close-up diopters. With that and a bag lunch I ready to hit the trails.
Favorite Photographers
W. Eugene Smith, Ansel Adams, Ernst Haas, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Steichen, Jerry Uelsman, Edward Weston, Immogene Cunningham, Margaret Bourke-White, Yosuf Karsh, Joel Meyerwitz, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, and many, many more
Books
Every photographer who hopes to one day be called an artist should read Betty Edwards two classics: Drawing on the Right side of the Brain, and Drawing on the Artist Within