Wedding Gear
One question I’m asked frequently by both couples and other photographers is about the gear I use to shoot a wedding. I thought I’d put a quick post together detailing my primary gear that I bring with me to your wedding. I’ve only included my primary gear here, I will provide another post with my supplementary and studio gear soon.
So what’s in the picture:
2x Canon 1D mk IV
2x Canon 1D mk II
Canon 70-200mm f2.8 L IS
Canon 24-70mm f2.8 L
Canon 17-40mm f4 L
Canon 100mm Macro f2.8
Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L IS
Canon 50mm 1.8
Canon 580 EX II
Canon 580 EX II
Canon 580 EX I
Sigma EF500 Super
Quantum Turbo 2×2
Lastolite EzyBox SpeedLite Softbox
Soften Omnibounce
Lumiquest Softbox
Gary Fong Light Sphere
Sekonic L358 Lightmeter
Lastolite Trigrip Reflector/Diffuser
3 x Pocket Wizard Plus II
Pocket Rocket
Black Rapid DR-2 Double Camera Strap
Gorilla Pod SLR Tripod
Optera 230 Mini Tripod
Manfrotto 055XPO0B Tripod
Manfrotto 322RC2 Grip Head
Custom Bracket Digital Pro-M + Canon Off Camera Shoe Cord 2
Various Light Stands + Umbrella/Swivel heads
Various Clamps and grips
10 Batteries for the 1Ds
Over 60GB of Compact Flash Sand Disk Extreme Memory Cards
Over 60GB of SDHC Cards
Bungee Ball Cords
Duck Tape
Various Cables
What’s not in the picture:
Peli 1650 Case
Lowepro Stealth Reporter D550 AW Bag
Lowepro Street & Field Deluxe Belt
Various lens and gear pouches
2x Laptops
Several Portable Western Digital 500GB Portable Hard Drives
Sandisk Memory Card Readers
Chargers and plenty of other cables
More Batteries
Tools
Flash Gels
2 x Canon 20D Backup/Remote cameras
More Lightstands and Tripods (at least one 4m stand to allow for Aeriel photos)
Manfrotto Monopod
I hope that gives you a better picture of the gear I use to shoot a Wedding. This kit makes up my core gear that accompanies me on most weddings, however there is a whole host of other gear which sometimes joins me if required.
Although Id like to point out that an expensive camera definately doesn’t make the person holding it a photographer, it’s very important that the professional photographing your wedding is using only the best of equipment to capture your day.
I have invested heavily over the past few years to ensure that I have nothing but the best gear to capture your special day,my set-up is fully redundant just in case I’m unfortunate enough for one piece of kit to fail on the day.
I will be posting more information on my portable studio kit shortly which is sometimes used during a wedding, or a pre-wedding shoot.
