I'm often asked what equipment I use for fine art photography, as well as the commercial projects I photograph. Even though equipment is important, and I appreciate good equipment as much as anyone, I too often hear people say things like, "If I only had a great camera, I could take great pictures." That statement is very much misleading. Great pictures don't come automatically with superior equipment. The artist's eye and heart are, by far, the most important equipment in the creative process. The camera equipment is only the vehicle. I've seen great photographs taken with ametuer cameras and lenses and terrible photographs taken with very expensive, professional equipment. With that said, I'll list my equipment below.

My first choice of equipment is the 4x5 format. It gives great detail and control over perspective and plane of focus.

4"x5" View CAMERA (carried in a Lowepro "Pro Trekker AW ll" backpack):

• Camera:
• Linhof Technikardan 45s
• Lenses:
• 80mm f4.5 Schneider Super Symmar XL w/center filter
• 135mm f5.6 Rodenstock Sironar-N
• 180mm f5.6Rodenstock Sironar in Electronic #1 shutter
• 10" f6.3 (250mm) Kokak Commercial Ektar
• 12" f6.3 (300mm) Kodak Commercial Ektar
• Accessories:
• Bag bellows (for wide angle lenses)
• Various Filters

MEDIUM FORMAT (carried in a Lowepro "Photo Trekker AW ll" backpack):

• Cameras:
• Pentax 67 body w/TTL prism
• Lenses:
• 45mm f4 Pentax SMC
• 75mm f4.5 Pentax Super Takumar
• 105mm f2.4 Pentax SMC
• 135mm f4 Pentax Macro Takumar
• 300mm f4 Pentax Super Takumar
• Accessories:
• Pentax Auto Extension Tubes
• Waist Level Viewer
• Various Filters

35MM EQUIPMENT (little used any more, but tenderly loved):

• Camera:
• Canon F1 (old style)
• Lenses:
• Canon FD 24mm f2.8
• Canon FD 35mm TS f3.5
• Canon FD 50mm f1.4
• Canon FD 100mm Macro f3.5
• Canon FD 135mm f2.5
• Accessories:
• Canon Extension tubes
• 2x Canon tele-extender
• Various Filters

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT:

• Camera:
• Canon 5D
• Lenses:
• Canon EF 17-35mm f2.8L
• Canon EF 24-105 f4L IS
• Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS
• Canon 24mm TS f.35L
• Canon 2x Tele Extender
• Accessories:
• Vertical Grip & Battery Holder
• Various FIlters

TRIPODS:

• Bogen 3221 w/3030 head (portable)
• Manfrotto Hydrostatic Ball Head 
• Bogen 3050 (studio)

Lighting:

• Speedotron Black Line 2403 W/4 Heads, 2 Plume Softboxes, Small Chimera Softbox, Various Umbrellas
• Norman 200B

Computer:

• Macintosh G5, OS Tiger, dual 1.8 GB processors & 4 GB RAM
• Software: Adobe creative suite (Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, Indesign CS2
• Quark Express