One of the questions I get asked a lot is what camera and lenses do I use. Well the first answer is NIKON. I love Nikon cameras and lenses and have been a Nikon user for many years now so it was a great privelidge to be asked by Nikon Uk to be one of their ambassadors.
Nikon lenses are amazing and help me get the images I want and see, but its not just about the gear that makes a great wedding photograph its the person behind the camera and their eye.
Great images are made by many combined factors including knowing how to compose your image, how to capture true emotions, how to nail your exposure in difficult lighting conditions, and then finally how to expose your images correctly.
I do believe however having the right tools ( and that is Nikon for me ) helps immensley in acheiving your final results and images you dream of capturing, there is however a balance between having the right gear and honing your skill as a photographer as its the photographer that makes the image and not the gear. Focus on creating better photographs and your photographic training and you will become a better artist…
Here is a current list and image of my Nikon equipment.
Mark Seymour Kit List
1 Think Tank Camera Bag 21 85mm 1.4
2 Nikon SB900 x 2 22 24mm f1.4
3 Minolta Flashmeter 23 Memory cards
4 Nikon D800 24 Nikkor 105mm f2 DC
5 Business Cards 25 60mm Macro Nikkor
6 Nikon D4 26 Multiblitz Flash Head
7 Nikon D4 27 Multiblitz Flash Head
8 Think Tank airport 28 Lastolite Silver / Black Umbrella x 2
9 50mm F1.4 29 Black Gaffa Tape
10 35 mm f1.4 30 Pocket Wizzards
11 24 – 70 f2.8 31 16 – 35mm f4 Nikkor
12 Torch 32 Reflector for Multiblitz x 2
13 Spare batteries 33 Cuppl ( head ware for Jewish event )
14 Spare batteries 34 Quantum Flash
15 Video light 35 Lighting stands
16 135mm f2 36 Lighting Stand
17 Nikon SB 900 flash 37 Manfrotto tripod
18 Headache tablets
19 Highlighter Pen
20 Lighter