So I bought a fancy photo vest thinking it would solve my problems. The vest is cool, but there are so many pockets, I often forget where I stashed things. Further, the vest is a men's small - which is about a medium/large on me. It moves around too much.
How do other wedding photographers carry their gear while shooting?
I typically have two main camera bags with me. One holds a body with a lens attached and the other holds a body with another lensand likely a flash bracket attached. That way, I don't have to take anything apart to quickly stash it into a bag and get moving. I keep a set of batteries and the memory cards in my pockets, but everything else is in either of the bags.
I carry the bags with me, but set them down somewhere while shooting...usually out in the open, so I can see them, but I always make a judgment call about the location and the type of people that may be there.
The primary shooter at this shipboard wedding used a good sized bag that would easily hold 3 large zoom lenses. It may have been a Lowepro like this.
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/586032-RE...fied_200_AW_Pro.html
The flap had a velcro strip to allow it to be secured open for fast changes. This was a tiny young lady (maybe 5 ft tall at most) said said this was the best option she had found. It looked huge on her but didn't slow her and every lens was "right there" and she was shooting on a moving tall ship much of the time. She had a second shooter so she stuck with one body but the bag could have held a second.
Ali Stair wrote: I typically have two main camera bags with me. One holds a body with a lens attached and the other holds a body with another lensand likely a flash bracket attached. That way, I don't have to take anything apart to quickly stash it into a bag and get moving. I keep a set of batteries and the memory cards in my pockets, but everything else is in either of the bags.
I carry the bags with me, but set them down somewhere while shooting...usually out in the open, so I can see them, but I always make a judgment call about the location and the type of people that may be there.
Good idea for having both cameras ready. I have two lenses, but not two cameras, so that won't work. However I should get myself a back up camera.
Baydream wrote: The primary shooter at this shipboard wedding used a good sized bag that would easily hold 3 large zoom lenses. It may have been a Lowepro like this.
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/586032-RE...fied_200_AW_Pro.html
The flap had a velcro strip to allow it to be secured open for fast changes. This was a tiny young lady (maybe 5 ft tall at most) said said this was the best option she had found. It looked huge on her but didn't slow her and every lens was "right there" and she was shooting on a moving tall ship much of the time. She had a second shooter so she stuck with one body but the bag could have held a second.
Sorry I didn't get a clearer shot of the bag.
The picture works just fine, I am still able to tell what she is using in general and everything. Thanks. Maybe I should use a shoulder bag like that.
I'm actually stuck between purchasing the Think Tank Retrospective 30 or the Think Tank Streetwalker HD. I don't know whether to buy a bag that I can use during a wedding (similar to the photo above) or buy a bag that can hold all my equipment. I currently have a Lowepro Flipside 300 and I've outgrown it. I have a destination wedding coming up in April all though it would be nice to have both I can only afford to buy one at the moment. The rest of my money will go towards renting some lenses. What should I do?
I carry my DSLRs, lenses, flashes, and other camera accessories in a #1600 Pelican case. Lighting gear is carried in assorted duffle bags and hard cases. I try to carry as little as possible when shooting. Just the camera on a flash bracket around my neck, a few extra memory cards and batteries in my pants pocket, bouncers, gels, and shooting plans in my shirt pocket. I keep the Pelican case nearby, and return to it for changing lenses, restocking batteries, etc...
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