My Wedding photography kit

It’s a regular question for a wedding photographer – the one about what equipment they take to a wedding. So to clarify for those interested, I currently use the Canon 5D Mark2 cameras (fitted with UpStraps) and take 3 lenses with me, these being the 24mm f/1.4L,  50mm f/1.2L and 85mm f/1.2L or the EF 100mm f/2.8L IS.    These are fantastic lenses and have shaped my shooting style over recent years.    On occasion, I will also grab my EF 70-200 f/2.8 Mark II if I need the extra focal length due to limitations at the wedding venue.  Generally, I do not like to use zoom lenses,  and although I also own the EF 16-35 f/2.8L Mark II -  I never take it to weddings as the optics do horrible things to people caught at the edges of the frame at wide angle.   As a side, previous lenses I have owned and sold include the popular EF 35mm F/1.4L,  the EF 24-70 f/2.8L and the 135mm F/2.0L -  I didn’t find these lenses very exciting in terms of developing a shooting style.

I also pack a 580EXII Speedlite or two for splashing around a bit of flash as needed, and these are attached to a PocketWizard FlexTT5 and MiniTT1 when used off-camera.

The whole lot is carried in a ShootSac.  Chuck in spare batteries and 4 x 16GB memory cards and that’s it.   No need for big cases, wheelie trolleys or assistants.

I expect I will upgrade my camera bodies to the upcoming Canon 1Dx or 5D Mark III at some point this year.  The ISO performance of these cameras is likely to be so good,  that I might even rethink my lenses and go back to the convinience of mid range zoom.