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My Camera Bag

I often get asked what I shoot with, equipment, etc. So, thought I’d list out things here for reference. Though, I’m happy to share things when I post a photo like settings and processing.

Camera Bodies

  • Canon 5D Mark II
  • Canon 5D
  • Canon 20D
  • Canon Digital Rebel

Glass

  • 50 mm f/1.4
  • 50 mm f/1.8
  • 17-40mm f/4 L
  • 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
  • 70-200mm f/4 L IS
  • 24-70mm f/2.8 L
  • 100mm f/2.8 Macro
  • 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
  • 35mm f/2

Lighting

  • 2 Alien Bee 800
  • Square Perfect SP 3500 set
  • Alien Bee Zeus Ringflash
  • Pocket Wizards
  • Alien Bee’s CyberSync Remotes & Transmittors
  • 550 Speedlight
  • Umbrellas, softbox, gels, snoot, honeycomb
  • Lightsphere II Cloud
  • Demb Flip It
  • Canon CP-ER Compact Flash Battery Packs

Gear

  • Sekonic L358 Lightmeter
  • Wireless Remote (fits Canon 5D & 5D Mark II)

Backdrops

  • Savage Seamless papers (Tulips, Blue Jay, Primary Red, Chestnut, Orange, Lilac, Navy, Studio Gray, Crimson, etc.)
  • Tim West Chocolate Pudding

Computer Gear

  • Macbook Pro 17 inch (4 GB memory)
  • Mac Pro (10 GB Memory 2 Quad-Core processors)
  • LG 26 inch widescreen tv as monitor
  • Hanns G 27.5 inch widescreen monitor
  • Mac wired keyboard
  • Wacom Bamboo Fun
  • Wacom Bamboo Touch
  • Seagate External Drive
  • Western Digital External Drive
  • Canon scanner (cheapy)
  • Epson Stylus Photo R320
  • Drobo with 3 TB SATA drives
  • Sandisk CF card reader

Software

  • Adobe Suite – CS3
  • iWork and iCal
  • Adobe Lightroom 2+
  • ScreenFlow
  • Spyder Express Calibration

Storage

  • Shootsac
  • Crumpler 6 Million Dollar
  • Jill-E large rolling tote
  • Tracy Joy