This is the third in our series looking at essential tools for your photography business. We’re going to be looking at some of the essential tools you’ll need to acquire in at least the first year (if not the first month) of your business.
Other articles in this series –
Part 1 – Software and Online Presence
Part 2 – Financials
Part 3 wedding photographers
There’s no standard kit bag for wedding photographers and generally it’s something that you’ll want to add to over time (unless you have a ton of spare cash lying around).
I’ve shot over 50 weddings with a D70, a SB-800 and a 1GB CF card….. it’s not something I’d recommend so my suggestions here are the bare minimum I’d be happy taking with me today.
First rule – Whatever equipment you have – MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP
What is important is buying what you can afford. It’s better to have two lesser camera bodies than one bad boy you had to remortgage your house for.
The hardest thing to accept in the beginning is that the a camera body you just brought that costs more than your first car is probably not going to last as long.
Someone once told me that the easiest way to tell the difference between a professional photographer and an amateur is not what kit they use but how much tape they have holding it all together.
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Michael has been working as a photographer for the last ten years. In that time he has shot over 100,000 peoples’ portraits and worked in four different continents. In 2001 Michael graduated with a degree in photography from Manchester Metropolitan University.
