| One of the great things about paddling a kayak is | | | | For years I never bothered to invest in a waterproof |
| being truly amongst nature. People have used kayaks | | | | camera to take with me on my kayak travels and |
| for many purposes and for hundreds of years. To | | | | now regret that I do not have the pictures to remind |
| begin with they were a means of survival. The Inuit | | | | me of all the beautiful places I have paddled to. |
| and Eskimo people used kayaks to hunt and therefore | | | | For years following that I relied on using my mobile |
| their boats were an essential as well as a spiritual and | | | | phone to take my snapshots which looking back was |
| salient part of their lives. | | | | far from satisfactory. The obvious problem with using |
| Many people today however use kayaks simply for | | | | a mobile phone is that to begin with you need to have |
| recreation, fishing and sport. | | | | your phone stored in a protective waterproof bag. |
| For me the first time I sat in a kayak I was amazed | | | | This means that when you see something you would |
| how close I was to actually sitting in the water. Whilst | | | | like to photograph by the time you have got the phone |
| this may seem an obvious thing to say it is not until you | | | | out of the dry bag and prepared it to take a photo the |
| paddle a kayak for the very first time do you get an | | | | moment has gone or you have drifted away from the |
| overwhelming feeling of being so in touch with your | | | | point you intended to take the photo from. I have lost |
| surroundings. | | | | count of the amount of times I have had to paddle |
| There is nothing quite like paddling silently along a river | | | | back to a destination holding my mobile phone in my |
| with only the gentle splash of your paddles breaking | | | | mouth. |
| the surface of the water. Neither does cruising along | | | | Furthermore messing around holding an expensive |
| on a motor boat or sailing a yacht give you the same | | | | mobile phone while trying to paddle is just asking for |
| sense of vulnerability and control together with a | | | | trouble and no matter how careful you are it is only a |
| sense of being a part of nature. | | | | matter of time before you will ruin your phone. |
| Whilst you can never quite capture in a static | | | | Therefore a decent waterproof camera is one of the |
| photograph all the feelings and emotions from the | | | | kayak accessories you should not be without for |
| places your kayak travels have taken you, being able | | | | capturing a breath-taking sunset or if you are kayak |
| to take good quality photographs without damaging | | | | fishing your prize catch of the day. |
| your expensive camera is a necessity and having a | | | | You can buy an entry level waterproof camera for |
| waterproof camera will become one of the most | | | | under $80 with a decent 7.1 mega pixel waterproof |
| valued kayak accessories in your kitbag. | | | | and shockproof camera for little more than $200. |