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Behind the Scenes – Photographer FAQ

Updated as of 12.2011 …

Since I’m regularly asked what I own gear/bag/equipment/software wise as well as some other stuff, here it is …

The bags …
Shootsac Lens Bag (+ Fiesta cover – no longer available) for sessions when I don’t need a lot of gear
Kata camera backpack for trips and destination sessions
Shootsac Hipslip for the laptop when on the go (+ Uptown cover)

What’s in my camera bag …

Canon 5D (primary body)
Canon 40D + 30D (trusty backups)
Canon 17-40 mm f/4L (the ’big picture’ lens)
Canon 24-70 mm f/2.8L (the workhorse lens)
Canon 50 mm f/1.4 (the lovable nifty fifty)
Canon 100 mm f/2.8 Macro (for detail shots – original, not the L series version of this lens)
Canon 28-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 (for personal stuff when staying light on gear, stays on the 30D)
Extra batteries, Sandisc Extreme III CF cards
Wet Wipes & lens cleaning cloth
* Canon 135 mm f/2L & Canon 15 mm f/2.8 Fisheye (a number of the images blogged + in the portfolio were taken with these lenses but I no longer own, were underused but overloved)
Manfrotto Tripod +Ballhead (carried in a Vanguard padded tripod bag)
Wireless Remote

Own but rarely use …
Reflector
Sigma EF 500 DG Super flash
Bogan-Manfrotto monopod

The Digital Darkroom …
HP custom built desktop system w/ 21″ monitor
Sony Vaio laptop
External HDs (combined total of 6+ Terabytes of space; brands: Western Digital, Seagate, and LaCie)
Wacom 4×6 tablet
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Adobe Lightroom 2 & 3
Adobe Bridge CS4

Adobe Illustrator CS2
Imagenomic Noisewear
Flaunt by ITDR (slideshows)
ColorVision Spyder2Express (color calibrator)

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