i get a ton of emails from people wanting to know what equipment i use or what i carry with me when i go to weddings or sessions….so, to answer your questions without a silly general response email…here it is my friend….all your answers to the most frequently asked questions right here!!
{what’s in the bag?}
Kelly Moore Bag | my favorite. so pretty and doesn’t even look like a camera bag! i seriously could have 1 of each they are awesome! Nikon D700 | 2 of these babies Nikon 24-70mm F2.8G ED | one of my primary lenses used for everything Nikon 20mm F2.8 | super wide + super lovely Nikon 28mm F2.8 | mostly used for the {happy}booth but probably my most favorite wide angle lens Nikon 50mm F1.4 | my favorite portrait lens Sigma 50mm F2.8 1:1 Macro | love the 1:1 ratio here and it is fast and crisp Nikon 10.5mm F2.8 Fisheye | love this one for all types of reception shots Nikon 70-200mm F2.8 VR1| this thing is a tank but i love it + use it mostly for ceremony shots Nikon 105mm F2.8| i love macro lenses for gorgeous close up details, ring shots and babies Lensbaby composer | love playing with this for fun…usually don’t have time at weddings to mess around with it but have done some cool ring shots with it Nikon SB900 speedlight | 2 of these babies lots of AA batteries for the speedlights 4 extra Nikon batteries for the D700′s 8GB sandisk extreme iv cf cards | 6 of these in the bag pocketwizard plus II transceiver{FAQ’s}
do you have backup gear? um that is like asking if you have more than 1 pair of undies….YES! we are never without backup gear. you can’t reshoot a wedding because your gear broke down so be smart and have back ups…
what computers do you use? MAC everything!!! mac laptop 17″ and desktop 20″ screen.
what point and shoot do you use? nikon coolpix p7000
who designed your website? i picked a template from the website photobiz and then customized the poop out of it….so while i won’t take all the credit for it i just kept messing with it until i got it where i wanted
what about the design of the blog? i used prophoto blogs to integrate with my website. again fully custom and used with wordpress
what lab do you use? whcc
do you hire assistamts or can i come along to learn? since we are a tag team we dont want to overwhelm our clients with more than 2 people shooting at their wedding. there are times when we are looking for people to help on particular shoots or odds and ends that we are doing. those are non paid jobs but full of getting your learn on. if you are interested send us an email with your contact info and link for us to view your pics.
how do you post process your images? we use a combination between Lightroom and CS4. we believe less is more for sure so we just like a little tweak here and there. the real secret for getting a kick butt image is to manually expose everything and shoot in RAW.
what’s your favorite thing to shoot? probably bridal portraits for me…i love everything about shooting weddings, the whole aspect but something about bridal portraits make me all giddy inside!
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