We believe, and we will always believe, that there is so much more to wedding photography than just nice equipment. However, that is not to say your wedding photographer shouldn’t have good equipment. Here is our list of professional equipment. Besides the equipment listed below, we have a variety of tripods, filters, and other accessories.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This may be out of date, as it was updated on November 2016.
To get an idea of “must-have equipment” for wedding photographers, check out the “What kind of equipment do you use?” section in our article titled 15 Questions to Ask Your Wedding Photographer.
For our most up-to-date gear, please visit our curated listing of equipment on B&H or Amazon.
1. Our Camera Systems
Starting with camera bodies, our studio uses the most current and high-performing wedding photography camera bodies available to date, the Canon 5D Mark III. Each of our master photographers is equipped with one of the following primary and backup bodies.
- Primary camera body (wedding photography): Canon 5D Mark IV
- Backup camera body (wedding photography): Canon 5D Mark III
- Primary camera body (commercial photography): Canon 5DSR
2. Our Lenses
Our studio purchases only high-end professional L quality lenses to get the best sharpness, contrast and saturation straight from our camera. Our lenses consist of multiple:
- Canon 70-200mm F/2.8 L IS USM Telephoto Lens
- Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
- Canon 50mm F/1.2 USM Portrait
- Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens
- Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
- Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L USM II Wide Angle Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM 1-to-1 Macro Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
- Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
3. Our Lighting
Our studio is also equipped with full studio lighting equipment and remote triggering systems including multiple:
- Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT Flash for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras
- Profoto B1 and B2
- Lowel GL-1
- MagMod System
4. Our Photography Accessories
- Pelican 1510 Case
- Tiffen Circular Polarizer Filters
- Tiffen 58mm Neutral Density 0.9 Filter
- Manfrotto 055XPROB Pro Tripod Legs (Black)
- Westcott 750 Photo Basics 7.0-Foot Light Stand
- Westcott 1303 30in. Silver White Reflector
- Sanyo Eneloop AA NiMH Batteries
- Epson P-7000 160GB Multimedia Storage Drive, Photo Viewer and Audio-Video Player w/ 4-Inch LCD
- Drobo S 5-Bay USB 2.0/FireWire 800/eSATA Storage Array DRDR3A21
5. Our Work Stations
- Dell Studio XPS sx8100-3007NBC Desktop
- DELL UltraSharp 2209WA 22 Inch Black Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
6. Our Software and Computer Accessories
- Photoshop (Latest Version)
- Wacom Intuos3 4 x 6-Inch Wide Format Pen Tablet (PTZ431W)
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (Latest Version)
- Adobe Premiere
- Luma Pix FotoFusion Standard
Other Systems
While all of our lead shooters are on Canon, some of our second shooters use full frame Nikon Systems. Some of our video team uses Sony. Here is a partial list of their gear.
- Nikon D800
- Nikon D600
- Nikon D750 or Sony a7S
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Lens
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED Lens
- Nikon NIKKOR 50mm f/1.2 Lens