This page is full of gadgets and stuff… But I also have another page dedicated to all my HDR Camera equipment.
I put together many recommendations there for everyone from beginners to advanced shooters. If you’re just getting started, I recommend good cameras as well as three excellent lenses that are a lot of fun.
I appear to be holding this lens effortlessly. But I am not.
This is a clear, greenish 3-D bubble level. I use it almost all the time and people always ask me about it. It’s useful and cool-lookin’. Even better than a fish-tie.
If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac laptop, chances are one or all three are always running out of batteries! This is a fantastic extra battery that powers all three. I keep one in my bag all the time. More than handy!
Best iPad Case – The Moshi Concerti for various iPad versions
I’ve tried 5 different cases, and this is by far the nicest and most versatile. Everyone asks about it!
They have all kinds of slick-looking stuff that looks like it was designed by the offspring of a sweet matting session between a Scandinavian designer and a Japanese designer. If you don’t like that one in particular, you’ll see other Moshi styles there.
I listen to the music almost all the time when I am out shooting — these are the best in-ear earphones I’ve found. They are actually quite heavy and metal — it does something to the nature of the sound that is very nice.
It’s a simple but elegant case for your laptop. Like all Moshi products, there is a nice design and use for them. When you open up your laptop, it’s still ensconced safely inside of it. A very nice design! There are many sizes avail for your computer type…
Hi Trey. In your video “The Yellowstone How-To Video on Grand-Prismatic”, you have a small device on your camera’s hot-shoe. It’s not the green cube thingie. It appears to have a cable attached to your camera. What is it? Also, when I take my auto-exposure bracketed photos, I use the high-speed continuous shutter to capture the 3 bracketed photos (-2, 0, +2) as quickly as possible. This way I just have to press the shutter button once. Is this how you do it, or is your Nikon smart enough to take all the photos with just one push of the shutter? Does your mirror stay up during this process or does it flop up & down between each shot? I don’t have a Nikon & would like my camera to take a 5 (or more) stop bracketed series of photos with just one shutter press. Thanks, Tom
I think your website is astonishing! I am about to buy my first “real” camera. I’m a painter and have just discovered how limiting it is to try and use photos from my iPhone to paint from. I also want to learn HDR. Do you think I could begin with a camera that is a little more modest-such as the Canon G11, before eventually moving to the Nikon D90 as you recommend?
I too am a professional traveler(airline pilot) and would like to minimize weight and still be able to auto-bracket and have a raw image. I appreciate any suggestions you can give me. Thank you for the beautiful work you are doing. I am glad you are on the planet!
Toni Ciarlelli
http://www.stuckincustoms.com Stuck In Customs
Thanks for the note.
I don’t know if the G11 can do it or not – if it takes RAW photos, then maybe. You can maybe do multiple exposures too – not too sure…
The D90 is pretty compact — not as compact as the G11, but with a good lens, you can really do a much more thoughtful job of framing and composing your compositions for later painting.
You can try renting it from borrowlenses – I have a review here on the site.
Steve Clarke
Hi Tom,
I think Trey might have misread your question about the “small device on your camera’s hot-shoe” with “the cable attached” and assumed you meant the green cube level(which incidently Trey, was not attached to the hotshoe in this video). I was curious myself and thus looked into Trey’s other Yellowstone video (The HDR Incident at Ice Lake) hoping to find some addtional clues…
In that video he actually uses the “small device”, which turns out to be a ‘Phottix Cleon II’ which according to the Phottix website is a hybrid (wired and wireless) shutter release.
There does not appear to be a review for that remote on StuckInCustoms.com and I was hoping that perhaps you might be able to share your reasons for using that particular remote Trey?
Pro and cons? Do you still use it?
I use the Nikon remote, which for $25 or $30 is a great deal, but I have found that the problems with that remote are
1) that it appears to be largely directional,
2) must be aimed precisesly at the front of the camera,
3) will only trigger a single shot per button press (not an insurmountable problem, but not ideal for HDR’s multi shot requirement).
Thanks much,
Steve
Bill F.
Hi Trey:
I’m having a blast with HDR photography and I have a pretty basic question: for outdoor scenery/landscapes, do you recommend matrix/global metering or center-weighted metering? Or is it situation dependent?
Thanks!
Bill
http://blogarithms.com Doug Kaye
Trey, what model is the Lowepro bag in your video with Cali Lewis? I’m using a smaller one that I love, but I’ve just added two lenses to the collection and need something bigger. Thanks.
Hi! Really loved the picture… i hope i can do shots like that too.. i really like your site!
http://tourismpicks.com Mike Behnken
Wow, that bag must weigh a ton. I’m sure the satisfaction of getting the shot you picture in your head outweighs the physical weight of the bag? right?
So I noticed that you mentioned you will dump your bag in the hotel room and take what you want for the day and leave the rest. Do you place the gear that you’re not using in a safe… or something like a Pacsafe just in case?
http://www.stuckincustoms.com Stuck In Customs
No – I just dump it on the desk… I change hotels so often.. I’m too lazy to secure everything in the room. Although – I do secure my passport MOST of the time
I just discover your website and have spent 8 hours in a row reading and reviewing your work, I am quite surprised for all the things I am learning. I guess you have a new fan in Mexico.
To backup my pictures instead of using something like the hyperalbum, I use my iPad, Start my travel with my iPad full of movies and some books to read during the trip. as soon as I watch the movie I can delete it and make room to backup my pictures in raw format. I use SD Card and the iPad have and SD Card reader adapter. at home I just download the pictures from the iPad to my iMac. I can review the pictures also and because the screen is bigger is easier to discover defects on pictures, like out of focus or the sensor need to be cleaned.
http://www.stuckincustoms.com tratcliff
Miguel – thanks so much – glad you are having fun here! And thanks for the feedback!
Trey….just wondering something…..in the video, you show a Crumpler bag. Is that the 8 Million Dollar Home? If so, how on Earth are you able to get your laptop in that thing? I just bought one and there’s no way my laptop will fit in there!
http://www.youbiq.com Therese Fafard
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http://yiowmade.wordpress.com YiowMade
Hi Trey, just saw your what’s in your bag video with Cali, could you please tell me the model number of the Audio Technica headphone that’s Bose equivalent but for half of the price?
I like the white backpack you have. (It was in one of your videos you posted that got wet when setting up for a shot). Can you post a link where you got it? Thanks!
http://www.photographiccoach.com Tom Dwyer
I don’t know how I got to this site, but BOY, I’m happy I did. I think I searched for “Photographic Gadgets” and well.. this page gives us that! Very cool! Love the picture of the back of your cameras view screen, background blurred. I love gadgets for photographers too!
28 year pro just turning to coaching. If there is anyway you can help me out. I’d love it.
Oh! I laughed so hard at the caption under the pages top photograph… “I appear to be holding this lens effortlessly. But I am not.” My kind of dry humor.
All the best – You have a rocking photography web site here and I’ll be shipping students to see it.
TD
Tee Ransone
Trey: I am so envious of your shots. I travel a great deal and want to be just like you!!! 2 questions:
You have some people action hdr photos…how do you do it with people moving? Are they just one photo and go through the program as 1 photo?
Also, what kind of tripod do you use?
Thanks…you are my hdr HERO!
Tee
http://HP2photographic.com Will Baxter
hi Trey,
while trawling the interweb for tethered shooting programs,( i have the nikon version but it truely sucks i found “controlmynikon.com . This is what nikon should have released but didnt.
The price is amazzzing at only $10 and comes with a shed-full of great toys. Here in the UK nikons
dudd cost me £130,if i had only known.
Anyway i hope i can save someone the cost of my mistake.
Keep up the good work and be lucky
Will B
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