The purpose for showing this to you is to relay to you the quality equipment that I use to capture what it is that I’m being hired to capture or what what I’m capturing for fun. I do not compromise on quality. To you, this means that your photos are going to be captured with the top of the line Canon equipment by a professional that knows how to use them
Canon 5D
My primary camera. I love the full frame sensor and “real” 35mm look and feel to this camera. The battery grip is essential to me and my work. The camera is quick, reliable, and produces incredible photos with incredible details
Canon 20D
My backup camera. Although this camera is no longer in production, it still proves to be a worthy and valuable asset and has provided my customers and myself thousands upon thousands of wonderful photo
Canon EOS 3
Yes, I still shoot with film! When I’m shooting for fun, this puppy is always with me. This is hands down my favorite film camera. Extremely responsive and fits like a glove. Coupled with one of my lenses, this camera produces magnificent shots. You can see some of the results from this camera in my landscapes gallery.
EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM
My primary lens.Armed with an image stabilizer to assist with sharp pictures, this is a great all around lens. It’s great for portraits, landscapes, architecture, etc. Rock solid feel and reliable as they come. Great lens to have mounted for almost any situation.
EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM
My secondary lens.With this lens, you get everything from wide angled to telephoto shots. Plus, it’s loaded with Canon’s legendary image stabilizer to assist in getting razor sharp images. If I could only bring one lens with me for something, this would be the lens
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
This is one of my favorite lenses. This one produces absolutely beautiful portraits. It’s wide aperture, quick response, razor sharp results, and ability to shoot in low light make this lens invaluable to me and is probably one of the most coveted lenses by most Canon shooters
EF 2mm f/1.4L USM
FAST FAST FAST! This lens has a very wide aperture to allow shooting in low light situations. This means a faster shutter speed can be used to capture the moment which equals razor sharp images.
EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
- An extremely valuable lens for shots in tight quarters. The wide angle will allow to capture more space in one shot that your typical lens. Great for architecture, large families, or just cramped spaces
EF 100mm f/2.8 USM
- This is another one of my favorites. This prime lens is remarkable. It handles low light situations with ease, makes a fantastic portrait lens, and if you want to see what a bugs eye looks like, this is the one to have. Holy cow! The details this lens brings forth are stunning. A true professional in the macro world and a very under rated portrait lens. Canon should have put this one in the “L” class in my opinon
EF 50mm f/1.8
This is also called a “standard” lens or “normal lens”. On a 35mm camera or DSLR with a full frame sensor, this lens is like looking through your own eye. It photographs as you see it. And it has a very wide aperture making this ideal for shooting in low light which is essential for a lot of what I do. A fast lens and completely required in my arsenal of equipment
Canon 580EX II
The best Canon strobe on the market today. Perfect exposure, every time. Use it as the master strobe for other off camera strobes, or keep it on and bounce the light
Pocket Wizard Plus II
These are wireless transceivers that I used to fire my strobes off camera. With a 1600 foot range and immediate response, they are invaluable to me. Lightweight and dead on reliability mean these will always be with me when I’m going to be lighting a subject with off camera lighting. An absolute must for any type of studio work.
Sekonic L-358 Flashmaster
The meter that’s in a camera is a reflective meter. That means that it measures the light that’s reflecting off of the subject. These are very easily fooled when the subject is very dark or very bright. This is an ambient light meter. It measures the light that’s falling onto a subject rather than what’s reflected off of it. What that means is that this meter will give a more accurate meter reading which means a much better exposure. When doing any kind of studio work, I use this to wirelessly fire my strobes to meter what they’re output is. This enables me to deliver proper exposure every time. Another must have in my bag
