for techies only . . . what's in our bag?
we truly believe that the photographer takes the picture, not the camera. but...we don't skimp on equipment. our roots are in nikon cameras and lenses, and, of course, macs! below is a list of "what's in our bags".


nikon digital camera equipment:

 - d-300 (w/vertical grip)
- d-200 (w/vertical grip)
- d-80 (w/ vertical grip)
- 10.5mm f/2.8 g ed af dx fisheye-nikkor
- 12-24mm f/4 g ed-if af-s dx zoom-nikkor (r. j.'s favorite)
- 28-70mm f/2.8 d ed-if s af zoom
- 50mm f/1.4 d af nikkor
- 85mm f/1.4 d af
- 70-200mm f/2.8g ed-if af-s vr zoom-nikkor (nicole's favorite)
- lensbaby 2.0

lighting equipment:

 - nikon sb-800, sb-600, sb-28 speedlights
- lumedyne portable flash system
- quantum radioslaves ii
- gary fong lightsphere ii

hardware:

 - 17” macbook pro, 13” macbook, 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)
- aperture 2 (simply rocks!)
- rapidweaver (web design & publishing)
- yervant’s pagegallery v4
- showit effects, showit web
- kevin kubota & totally rad actions

necessities:

 - a slew of 1 and 2 gig compact flash and secure 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
- impact soft gold reflectors
- crumpler seven million dollar home (r. j.'s bag)
- crumpler six million dollar home (nicole's bag)