We believe that the photographer takes the picture, not the camera. But, we don’t skimp on equipment. Our roots are in Nikon cameras and good glass we can depend on. Below is a list of “what’s in our bags”.
Nikon digital camera equipment:
- Nikon D-700 (w/vertical grip)
- Nikon D-300 (w/vertical grip)
- Nikon 14-24mm AF-S f/2.8 G ED (R. J.’s favorite)
- Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 D ED-IF S AF zoom
- Nikon 50mm f/1.4 D AF Nikkor
- Nikon 85mm f/1.4 D AF
- Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8g ED-IF-AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor (Nicole’s favorite)
Lighting equipment:
- Nikon SB-800, SB-600, sb-28 speedlights
- Alien Bees AB 1600 & 800 w/ Vagabond II Portable Power
- Creative Light 5′ Octabank softbox
- Creative Light 13″ Lightstand w/boom
- Avenger AVA630B Black Light Stand (2)
- Pocketwizard II (4)
Hardware:
- 17” Apple MacBook Pro, 15” MacBook Pro, 24″ iMac
- 23” Apple cinema display
- Western digital external hard-drives, LaCie firewire external hard-drive
Software:
- Adobe CS3 Design Premium (can’t live without)
- Kevin Kubota & Totally Rad Actions
Necessities:
- a slew 4 GB compact flash digital media cards
- Rechargable AAA & AA batteries (dozens)
- Tripod: Gitzo carbon fiber G1128 MK2 and Manfrotto ball head 486RC2
- sk8 hard plastic cases for lighting equipment & 23″ monitor
- Crumpler seven million dollar home (R. J.’s bag)
- Crumpler six million dollar home (Nicole’s bag)