Small, on purpose. Every piece earns its seat.
Three lenses, and none of them is the expensive one. Each piece comes with a frame that shows what it’s for, settings included.
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4
About 70% of a trip lives on this lens. If I could only bring one, this is it.
Canon RF 10-20mm f/4L
Interiors, and anywhere the street is narrower than the building on it.
Platypod and a Falcam TreeRoot ball head
Lighter than a tripod, packs flat, and allowed in most places a tripod is not. Falcam’s TreeRoot ball head sits on top of it.
PolarPro Peter McKinnon Edition II
I shot Haida for years. I’m moving to PolarPro’s Peter McKinnon Edition II variable ND, in 2-5 stop and 6-9 stop. Long exposures at first light. The 6-9 stop range is what turns a river to glass at six in the morning.
iPhone
I shoot an iPhone 18 Pro now. Some of the frames on this site came off a phone. The camera you’re carrying wins.
The rest of the carry-on.
What I carry depends on the shot.
The kit changes with the job. A portrait calls for different glass than a landscape at first light, a documentary shoot, or a Friday night under the lights.
SEE THE PORTRAIT WORK →Reviews and guides, with the settings left in.
Reviews I filmed instead of wrote.
The R5 Mark II after a year in the bag, the parts that still bug me, and the jacket that replaced half my carry-on. Honest, and not sponsored.
Why I’m Obsessed with These 5 Canon R5 Mark II Features
Five reasons the R5 Mark II earned its seat in the bag.
Canon R5 II Annoyances: What’s Holding This Camera Back?
Same camera, a year on: the parts that still bug me.
Seventeen films so far: where I stood, what time it was, what was on the camera. New ones when there’s something worth showing.
Small, on purpose. Every piece earns its seat.
Three lenses, and none of them is the expensive one. Each piece comes with a frame that shows what it’s for.
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4
About 70% of a trip lives on this lens. If I could only bring one, this is it.
Canon RF 10-20mm f/4L
Interiors, and anywhere the street is narrower than the building on it.
Platypod and a Falcam TreeRoot ball head
Lighter than a tripod, packs flat, and allowed in most places a tripod is not. Falcam’s TreeRoot ball head sits on top of it.
PolarPro Peter McKinnon Edition II
I shot Haida for years. I’m moving to PolarPro’s Peter McKinnon Edition II variable ND, in 2-5 stop and 6-9 stop. Long exposures at first light. The 6-9 stop range is what turns a river to glass at six in the morning.
iPhone
I shoot an iPhone 18 Pro now. Some of the frames on this site came off a phone. The camera you’re carrying wins.
The rest of the carry-on.
What I carry depends on the shot.
The kit changes with the job. A portrait calls for different glass than a landscape at first light, a documentary shoot, or a Friday night under the lights.
Reviews and guides, with the settings left in.
Reviews I filmed instead of wrote.
The R5 Mark II after a year in the bag, the parts that still bug me, and the jacket that replaced half my carry-on. Honest, and not sponsored.
Why I’m Obsessed with These 5 Canon R5 Mark II Features
Five reasons the R5 Mark II earned its seat in the bag.
Canon R5 II Annoyances: What’s Holding This Camera Back?
Same camera, a year on: the parts that still bug me.
Seventeen films so far: where I stood, what time it was, what was on the camera. New ones when there’s something worth showing.
A question
Ask me anything.
A place, a print, a lens, a collaboration. I read every one of these myself.
