What's In My Camera Bag? By Nat Geo Photographer Brent Stirton

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We asked some of the leaders of photojournalism to take us through the content of their camera bag.
For this first episode, National Geographic photographer, Getty Image staff member and Canon Ambassador Brent Stirton is unveiling the gear behind his pictures that received numerous awards.
12 awards at World Press Photo, 13 Awards at The Pictures of the Year International contest, Overseas Press Club, the Frontline Club, Days Japan, the Visa d'Or Magazine Award and many Lucie Awards.
He frequently has his work exhibited all around the world and had three exhibitions at Visa pour l'Image.
Credit Video: Sylvain Chatelain and Vincent Jolly

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@tavansmith7631 Жыл бұрын

Good lord, how deep is that bag? I was waiting for him to pull out a inflatable raft at the end.

@Brian-mp6bg 3 ай бұрын

this.

@rainierstevens12 Жыл бұрын

The biggest difference about professional photographers like Brent and all the other photographers on youtube is that he speaks about his gear without fluff and the ego of owning it.

@william-uk Жыл бұрын

As someone who only shoots Fuji APS-C, I loved/found it slightly hilarious when he pulled out an X70, which is one of the cameras I own, and fits the definition of sometimes "wide is too wide" pretty well, I've found, given it's an 18.5mm 28mm full-frame equivalent - also going down to 16MP must take a bit of getting used to… I see why the bit about lumbar support is important now, although he seems in very good shape. Also sounds like an amazing photographer.

@joekeffer3520 2 жыл бұрын

I really like to hear when photographers say they are really careful with, and take good care of, their equipment. I remember many years ago, so many photographers used to judge people whose gear looked almost new as being fake photographers because they didn’t have a beat up gear.

@joeltunnah 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the same thing in the music world. Fender even used to sell pre-abused guitars for a large markup.😂

@russellwood8750 2 жыл бұрын

The drives I think you meant to say battery grip to give you additional grip and support when using larger glass. You made me smile when you said drives haven’t heard that in a long time not since back when we used film.

@carlosdias1940 3 жыл бұрын

My first comment is - WOW!!! I have seen more than a dozen of 'my gear bag', and to be honest this is definitely among the best. For the same reason, is an honest approach. Thats what you use and I'm sure for a pretty good reason. Thats it!..maybe one day I will get to one quarter of your resumé!!! Cheers and thank you for sharing!

@BrandonDejon 3 жыл бұрын

This was amazing! Thank you for the video!

@camilodasilva5111 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making the video 👍❤️✌️

@dirks4093 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@PacificBlueFilm Жыл бұрын

I understand why you do great shots lot of sensitivity and humility in your presentation

@seancarr9208 2 жыл бұрын

Brent has been one of my favorite photographers for a long time. Really great video.

@oliviernoir6669 Жыл бұрын

I did not know him - I checked his website and his photos and what he does is amazing

@franksmith7390 Жыл бұрын

He's ok

@M_Yur 6 ай бұрын

Saw him for a week in work. First he is a great person and then maybe he's a great photographer. About the second I don't know but I believe.

@marckolsters2279 2 жыл бұрын

Great info on what's in your camera bag.. Great set-up equipment. Wondering how much total cast of all that equipment adds up to?

@AlexanderCVEVO 3 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine the amount of money he pays for insurance

@AlexanderBischof Жыл бұрын

300-400€ per year

@popcornparam 7 ай бұрын

my man has 35mm like 5 times lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@artistandcamera3245 2 жыл бұрын

I love how he calls the grips "drives" hearkening back to the film days. Such magnificent photographs then and now. Still curious why the light meter though.

@joeltunnah 2 жыл бұрын

Handheld light meter has incident or reflected metering, unlike your camera which only has reflected. In high contrast sunny scenes outdoors, incident isn’t fooled by bright reflected surfaces or deep shadows in the scene.

@donaldcollins2115 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. They no longer drive anything. Just extra battery and more grip.

@bngr_bngr 2 жыл бұрын

He said he uses light meters for consistent exposures.

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle Жыл бұрын

Using a light meter implies manual exposure, which in itself leads to consistent exposures for editing purposes. How you arrive at that exposure is the question, do you make some test exposures, evaluate and then stick with it or do you take an incident reading which in itself will require interpretation in anything other than very flat lighting. Either technique is valid and will take about the same amount of time so it's just a matter of preference. I started out using an exposure meter and still will for periods just to keep my hand in, especially for non-TTL flash.

@mdbedelsohn4307 Жыл бұрын

@@Tom_KZfaq_stole_my_handle thought that was the whole deal with the EVF ..

@allencrider 3 жыл бұрын

He's correct about 'too wide' because they can present a very distorted look at the world. I also have a thing about too-wide iris on a lens, though they are so popular these days.

@joeltunnah 2 жыл бұрын

Rectilinear (non fisheye) wide angle lenses don’t cause perspective distortion. Your distance to the subject does. A common misunderstanding.

@jbf5030 Жыл бұрын

Is that the 26L or 35L Evoc bag?

@Misterlucas134 Жыл бұрын

Drones are just mobile tripods. You don't always have to be 400ft away. Sometimes the best shot is just a different perspective.

@JohnJamesMcChesney 2 жыл бұрын

sign...Putting my 7D back in its shopping bag.... sigh again... well he's earned every bit of this kit... his work is brilliant..world class.. we can only dream folks... dream... and buy a lottery ticket..

@deathrat Жыл бұрын

Considering he makes a living with this and most Americans spend $40k on a car I'd say it's rather reasonable.

@gdc4736 2 жыл бұрын

Badass!

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle Жыл бұрын

I wonder if it's something about the ageing process which causes our field of vision to narrow and we then lean towards wonder lenses. I made my early career on wide lenses. 24mm was my standard even for portraits. Now I have a 17-35 and 14-24 sitting unused in my safe and I try to stay away from the wide end of my 24-70. I'd echo the advice regarding tripods, buy the very best and it will be cheaper in the long run versus buying a succession of cheaper ones.

@HatWearingDog Жыл бұрын

There’s like $30K in equipment on that table 🤯

@Bigsha1973 2 ай бұрын

Hey what does double page mean and what is a light meter?

@momenteimlicht3375 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!!! I am about to purchase the 28-70 2.0....

@JadenWhite 3 жыл бұрын

how do you like it?

@momenteimlicht3375 3 жыл бұрын

@@JadenWhite i don't have it by now. But i have the opportunity to test it in a few days.

@bngr_bngr 2 жыл бұрын

He talks about image quality not the lens being fast.

@geosync9742 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of gear but he's a pro. Is he supposed to bust out an iphone and selfie stick? Pros gonna pro, yo.

@edobette 3 жыл бұрын

Your bag is too heavy, Man! How much? 20 kg? I have to go body bilding for maybe two years first

@user-vs6yi8ks2s 8 ай бұрын

A equipment list in comments would be nice - ie : not sure what brand he said drives were

@EugeneMaynard 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, when you mentioned you like a drive instead of saying battery pack on your cameras, I chuckled that you were old school like myself, then you mentioned your Kenko light meters and I still use my Minolta, to top it off you confirmed yourself that you were indeed old school! LMAO 👍🏾 ps. now that the R3 is coming how will you configure your bodies to suit your needs or will you be only sticking to high res in the future?🙏🏾

@campa_t 3 жыл бұрын

my man just pulled out of that bag something like 50k in camera gear

@sportsshooter2574 3 жыл бұрын

welcome to Canon mirrorless, small cameras huge lenses!... 2 light meters ?? back up lens of another lens ?? If you are a 'young photographer' you cannot afford this kit!!

@Pepijn.media04 3 жыл бұрын

@@sportsshooter2574 although it being really nice stuff you also dont need that kit to create great stuff.

@bngr_bngr 2 жыл бұрын

To bad they haven’t posted new videos in a while. He loves back ups. I was surprised he doesn’t have a laptop backup. I wonder how his older cameras look like.

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle Жыл бұрын

It's a good question, but rare is the location where you can't scrounge up another laptop even if it means going into a shop and buying a cheap one. I had a MacBook fail in a hotel room one night and ordered a replacement using my phone and picked it up from the nearest Apple store early the next day. Much harder to come by replacement pro camera gear. Ultimately there's a limit to how much redundancy is economic and how much you can physically carry.

@bngr_bngr Жыл бұрын

@@Tom_KZfaq_stole_my_handle well this an old video. I would think an IPad would be a better choice.

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle Жыл бұрын

@@bngr_bngr It's only two years old, the iPad has been out a while longer. But seriously, an iPad might be a work around but it would be awfully clumsy compared with a proper laptop. For example I can virtually guarantee he ingests, captions and selects using PhotoMechanic which is not available for iPad.

@bngr_bngr Жыл бұрын

@@Tom_KZfaq_stole_my_handle I doubt you know what software he uses.

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle Жыл бұрын

@@bngr_bngr I've had a 40 year career in photojournalism, you had the opportunity here to learn something from a working professional and you respond with rudeness. I'm done with you.

@nonyabusiness665 Жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only person that used the watch inverted

@MyMegaTasks 3 жыл бұрын

Fast lenses, no is, no nd, no gimbal. You have your priorities straight man; those lenses are so good.

@ghydeon 2 жыл бұрын

The R5 has is

@stinkystealthysloth 2 жыл бұрын

RIP to my back if I tried picking up that bag

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle Жыл бұрын

That's right. Most photographers carrying that quantity of gear have back problems by mid-career. One tip though is to place the backpack inside a rolling case with the dividers removed and just carry the pack when you must.

@brads.3674 Жыл бұрын

He jokes about the weight at the beginning...before we've seen all the stuff that is in the bag (and it is a LOT of stuff!) but he never says how much the bag weighs. I'm thinking he has an assistant or three to help carry all that kit ???

@chrmrvn5764 2 жыл бұрын

imagine if he forget his bag on a coffee shop :D

@sachinsharma-ti6yc 2 жыл бұрын

i can only afford chargers and hoods out of that back thing

@Emakjiji6 Жыл бұрын

Uuummmmmm

@franksmith7390 Жыл бұрын

There was a hole in the table

@jasongold6751 3 жыл бұрын

There are times I am really glad I am retired! All that gear? Film was simple, used Nikon-F, 28mm,35mm, 50mm f2,105mm f2.5. Vivitar strobe. No more than 10 rolls.. Digital cameras esp. mirrorless and the Monster lenses is a NO. Liked your video, but i was feeling pain..

@jml7916 2 жыл бұрын

It can be done much lighter and cheaper, he chooses to carry the heaviest, most expensive things available.

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle Жыл бұрын

I agree. I've used the move to mirrorless to switch to slower, lighter lenses. An 85mm 1.8 will get the job done just as nicely as a 1.2. Rare is the client who will appreciate the difference between 1.8 and 1.2. I still have a couple of Vivitar 283s somewhere. Good flash.

@vitabcdefghijklmno Жыл бұрын

Too wide is too wide. Too many gears is too many gears 😂

@adityashankert 3 жыл бұрын

Wah this kit costs around 20000$ i guess

@jean-micheldrolet1128 3 жыл бұрын

Way more than that!

@WillOneZeroZeroTwoFour 2 жыл бұрын

$20k will only get you one camera and two lenses!

@sexysilversurfer 3 жыл бұрын

His gear costs more than houses in some countries!

@84Edusp 2 жыл бұрын

Than most countries (such as mine : Brazil) 😂

@gdc4736 2 жыл бұрын

@@84Edusp yeah, that guy has a mansion and 4x4 on his bag, lol. (I'm brazilian to)

@xdfckt2564 2 жыл бұрын

Ben Afflecc

@ghydeon 2 жыл бұрын

Well my gear definetly stacks up well

@donaldcollins2115 2 жыл бұрын

Top of the line everything. Really expensive kit. The reliability and reputation of the gear could never be questioned. I would have to hire armed security to carry a bag like that.

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle Жыл бұрын

Remember no one can see inside the bag. If you were seriously concerned while you were travelling between locations you could place the bag inside another beaten up cheap looking bag.