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Private, Commercial, and Commissioned Work photography Special events, Celebrations, Portraiture
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Private, Commercial, and Commissioned Work EVENTS Special events, Celebrations, Portraiture
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Private, Commercial, and Commissioned Work WEDDINGS Special events, Celebrations, Portraiture
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Private, Commercial, and Commissioned Work PORTRAITURE Special events, Celebrations, Portraiture
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Private, Commercial, and Commissioned Work DESIGNED ART Special events, Celebrations, Portraiture
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Private, Commercial, and Commissioned Work EASY SHARING + PHOTO-VIDEO .. Special events, Celebrations, Portraiture
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Many clients are interested in what kind of equipment photographers use, including the camera, lens, lighting, printers, and software. Each kind of photography requires certain kind of equipment and this information is provided for clients personal knowledge as well as to some insight into what we provide our clients.

What factors guide equipment selection? In all cases the type of equipment is determined by the kind of photographs you would like (Type), how you plan on utilizing the photographs (Usage), and the conditions for shooting the photographs (Conditions). With that in mind, listed below are some examples of situations that have vastly different needs:

A retail store would like staged photography that will appear in both print, web, and on large backdrops at t rade shows.

A wedding couple has a day-to-evening event and would like creative, artistic photography that will be used in standard prints (for guests), in a web photo-video, and also used for large fine art canvas prints.

An exclusive special event held on location would like journalistic, colorful, and also staged photography for the guests but also venue photography for use in publications and by supporting vendors of the event.

CHANNEL B Equipment Highlights

  • Camera: Nikon D3 and various backups
  • Lens: Frequently utilizing Nikon lenses to include 70-200 2.8, 24-70 2.8, 105 2.8, 50 1.8, and 16 2.8.
  • Lighting: A wide assortment of studio and on-location lighting. On-location lighting usually includes natural lighting wherever possible, on-location lighting when appropriate and useful, and a multiple of Nikon SB-800 strobes.
  • Light modifiers: A wide assortment of umbrellas, short-through umbrellas, screens, reflectors, filters, and whatever else can be contrived on site.
  • Printing Papers: For in-house work a set of time-tested materials are used that have desired degrees of texture, ability to show a wide and correct gamut of color, ability to retain color over time, physical durability, and reasonable price points. Some favorites includes certain products from Hahnemühle and Breathing Color.
  • Printers: For in-house printing we use wide format printers from Hewlett-Packard and Epson. Each company and model has it strengths depending on the material used, if color or black and white is used, and in some cases the color dominance of a print.
  • Computers: A decked out Apple Pro tower with a 30" Apple Cinema display in addition to a handful of MacBook Pros.
  • Software: A combination of software products from Adobe's Creative Suite to include Photoshop and Lightroom, in addition to Apple's Aperture product.