San Antonio Event Photographer: What do I bring?

Before I became a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher, my go to lens were 24–70 2.8 L and 70–200 2.8 L is.  They cover most of the focal length I need and fit my pho­to­jour­nal­is­tic style.  2.8 is also impor­tant in low light sit­u­a­tions.  This year, I sold 24–70 and got 35 1.4 L instead.  It’s sharp and a lot lighter to work with.  This is my gear bag I bring in most event coverage.

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Cam­era Gear Bag

I have two cam­era bod­ies (5D Mark II + 1D Mark III), two 580 EXII, CP-E3 Flash Power pack, 35 1.4, 70–200 2.8 is.  Other items such as cre­den­tials, gels etc all go into front pocket of Domke J-1.  I love this bag.  I can put a lot of stuff.  I can even put cou­ple pocket wiz­ards, off cam­era cord, and maybe 1 addi­tional lens.  I usu­ally mount 35 1.4 on 5D Mark II and 70–200 on 1D Mark III.  On a wed­ding day, I carry 35 1.4 on 5D Mark II and 85 1.2 on Mark III.

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canon 85 1.2 L

I do love my 70–200, but my clients like images that I took with 85 1.2 L better.

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canon 70–200 2.8 L IS

I don’t carry lens hood that come with 70–200.  It’s too big.  I don’t know where I got this hood but it’s made of rub­ber and works well.  One last thing, I just gaffer taped all the switches that I don’t use.   Don’t want to wor­ried about all the switches are  set (espe­cially AF– MF) while I am shoot­ing.  I do change focus range switch quite often when I am shoot­ing sports.

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