What's In My Bag?

Here is what's in my camera and flash bags.

Camera Bag (Think Tank Retrospective)

• Nikon D610 w/ battery grip
• Nikon 50mm f/1.8G
• Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8
• Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8
• BlackRapid RS-7
• Grey/White Card
• Surface Pro 4 (When shooting tethered)

Lighting Bag

• Phottix Indra 500 w/battery
• Phottix Odin II for Nikon
• Lumopro LP-180s
• Power Cables/Sync Cords/Tether Cables

Other

• C-stands and lightstands
• Phottix 47in Para-Hexa Deep Softbox (most beautiful)
• Photek 47in Softlighter v2
• Phottix 72in Deep Parabolic Softbox

Everything is linked via my Amazon affiliate links, if you decide to buy from amazon please use my links! Everything I own has a purpose. I don't own 15 lenses because these are the only ones I need for my style of shooting. I always will have a 50mm lens (read about why here) and something a little wider, like a 35mm. When the job calls for it I rent whatever is needed. Currently toying with the idea of switching to a Sony A7RII or Fuji X-T2 for the addition of 4K video.

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Mike Vance

Last week I had an opportunity to photograph Mike Vance. Mike is a cinematographer based out of Louisville. You can check out his work here. We did three different looks. My setup was pretty simple:

One Phottix Indra500 through a Photek 47in Softlighter v2 (camera right) with a reflector on the left.

Camera Gear:

• Nikon D600
• Nikon 50mm
• Capture One Pro 10
• Tether Tools Cables

All retouching and color grading for this shoot was done in Capture One. Here were my favorite photos from the session.