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Our
Equipment
With
each photography package I employ only professional grade cameras,
lenses, film & photography equipment.
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Camera
Equipment |
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Nikon FM2 w/motor-drive
Nikon sets industry
standards. Incredible fast shutter
speed 1/4000 s, and incredible fast flash sync speed
1/250
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Nikon FM2 (
Extra Cameras )
I always
have a second camera and motor-drive around
my neck. I usually use black and white or color film in
this camera depending on what the bride & groom's needs
are. When needed I also employ a third camera
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Hasselblad ELM (
Motorized unit)
Hasselblad
cameras are " world's best portrait cameras".
We provide both Nikon & Hasselblad. Nikon
is better suited for today's photojournalist wedding
photos
Hasselblad is perfect for studio environment.
With a Hasselblad, a 150mm lens is used for portraits
and body shots. A 60mm is used for groups and 50mm is used
for shots of the entire wedding ceremony
Hasselblad uses a larger negative. Large negatives are far
more expensive to print than Nikon 35mm negative
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Lenses Equipment
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Nikon Professional
Lenses
Nikon lenses
used are 105mm for portrait/body shots, 35mm for groups and
24mm for wide shots of entire wedding ceremony / church/etc |
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Hasselbald Lenses
I have an assortment
of Hasselbald Lenses which include; 50mm, 60mm, 80mm and 150mm
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Filters /
Duto Filters
For Nikon I use the Duto filter
to soften images
when needed.
I also
use a Duto Filter occasionally outdoors with available light, again,
because it softens
the focus
ever
so slightly, gives a beautiful quality to a image
For
Hasselblad I use "Softer" filter
attachment,
which does the same
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Photographic
Accessories & Equipment
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Minolta 3 Light Meter
I use a Minolta 3, which is the workhorse
of the industry.
This light meter is used on both professional photo sets and out of
studio.
Very Accurate !
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Fill
Cards And Reflectors
For bride & groom,
wedding parties portraits, I generally like to use available
light outdoors.
Along with natural light, I also use fill cards or reflectors,
which fill-in the light. Shots using are fill cards and reflectors
are done about one & one-half hours before a ceremony |
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Location
Flash Photography Equipment
In some cases the
bride & groom need
to have portraits
& wedding party photographed at the alter inside
the church. In this case I use location flash equipment,
which consists of a 600 watt
Speedotron power-pack.
Power-pack handles up to four lights-heads
which are on stands with Bogen umbrellas |
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Umbrellas, Lights On Stands
Bogen umbrellas & Bogen
heavy-duty location light stands are industry workhorses . They are very
reliable
quick to setup and easy to move once completely assembled
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Soft Box
Soft Box is a 2'x3' fabric
box that fits over the light
head. This particular light head is designed for a Soft
Box which has a built-in fan for cooling.
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use a "Soft Box" for portraits
of the Bride & Groom
or Bride alone. A Soft box gives a beautiful "soft" white light
that really makes the portraits look great
I generally combine this light plus a "Duto" filter
which gives a very slight softness to the focus.
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Vivitar 285 Flash
For "On the Camera Flash" I
use a Vivitar 285 flash.
On-camera flash is used for pre-wedding informal
photos and reception photos.
The Vivitar 285 is a great flash as it has various power
settings based on the distances of the subject matter.
It also has an auto mode which I generally use, which
has a very accurate sensor for automatically delivering
the correct amount of light to a subject
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Bogen Tripods
Bogen makes very solid expensive tripods(over
$400 ) that
are heavy duty and have great features like a plate that
screws onto the bottom of the Nikon or Hasselblad
which makes for easy and fast camera disconnects.
I use this tripod under low light conditions, such as inside of churches,
hall, and other buildings |
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Professional
Grade Film
We only
use professional grade film in all our wedding packages | |
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Color Film
KODAK PROFESSIONAL SUPRA 100 Film
Features extremely fine
grain and exceptional sharpness, allowing for a high degree of enlargement |
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Color
Film
KODAK PROFESSIONAL SUPRA 400 Film
Finest grain
of any color negative film in its speed class
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Color
Film
KODAK PROFESSIONAL SUPRA 800 Film
Sharpest high-speed color negative
film available today
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Black & White
KODAK PROFESSIONAL T-MAX 100 Film.
With patented KODAK
T-GRAIN® Emulsion
giving a mix of razor sharpness and nearly invisible grain |
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