	Equipment
	Good photographs need more than equipment - I research where to go and when to be there for exterior architecture. For a portrait, I add controlled light to the ambient when it makes sense. For food, I use everything from soft, diffuse light to gridded spotlights, fill cards and mirrors to pull subtle textures and saturated colors out of tasty subjects. To carry equipment when I'm on location I use a Think Tank Airport Security v2 rolling case - it fits nicely into the smallest aircraft's overhead bin or a car trunk and holds everything: 70-200mm lens on the primary camera, second camera body, other lenses, spare batteries, teleconverters. Lightstands and tripods fit in pockets on the outside. Tripod and stands pack in my checked luggage if I'm flying. On location I carry the camera in a waist pack or holster case. I use another waist pack for the second camera and lens. The gear changes to suit the job. I may carry an EOS 1D-series or 5D mark II camera, Leica M8, and lenses from 15mm to 200mm. The key addition is strobes - two 550EX, two 430EX, and ST-E2 or Radiopopper remote triggers. If I'm lighting big, I'll bring a Dynalite 1000X power pack, two 2040 blower heads, and Alien Bees B800 monolight. I use grids, Photoflex soft boxes and umbrellas to modify the light from all sources.

Equipment

Good photographs need more than equipment - I research where to go and when to be there for exterior architecture. For a portrait, I add controlled light to the ambient when it makes sense. For food, I use everything from soft, diffuse light to gridded spotlights, fill cards and mirrors to pull subtle textures and saturated colors out of tasty subjects.

To carry equipment when I'm on location I use a Think Tank Airport Security v2 rolling case - it fits nicely into the smallest aircraft's overhead bin or a car trunk and holds everything: 70-200mm lens on the primary camera, second camera body, other lenses, spare batteries, teleconverters. Lightstands and tripods fit in pockets on the outside. Tripod and stands pack in my checked luggage if I'm flying. On location I carry the camera in a waist pack or holster case. I use another waist pack for the second camera and lens.

The gear changes to suit the job. I may carry an EOS 1D-series or 5D mark II camera, Leica M8, and lenses from 15mm to 200mm. The key addition is strobes - two 550EX, two 430EX, and ST-E2 or Radiopopper remote triggers. If I'm lighting big, I'll bring a Dynalite 1000X power pack, two 2040 blower heads, and Alien Bees B800 monolight. I use grids, Photoflex soft boxes and umbrellas to modify the light from all sources.