What’s In The Bag w/Chris Weeks, Freelance Photographer Part 1
Chris Weeks is an incredibly busy photographer based in LA, who has one of the most unique eyes we’ve seen in event and portrait photography. He was generous enough to share the contents of his gear bag, showing us what a real working photog uses. Watch this vid for an uncensored look at the real deal.
Keeping up with the current trend toward DSLR/Video shooting, he also teases that gear in this vid, and will show you all in Part 2 coming soon.
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This guy is from my …
This guy is from my home town. stoked.
It is a …
It is a follow-focus ring like the ones you see on video cameras that, when equipped with the rest of the setup, turns the left-right focus movement into forward-and-backwards movement. Having gearing, it can make the relatively-short throw of a large, awkward barrel into a fine, long throw on a knob which is much easier on the wrists, is more accurate and keeps camera shake to a minimum. Check his part 2 and part 3 videos for more info.
What you consider ” …
What you consider “problems” are what other people might consider “character.” Both the Leica lenses he’s using (24mm, 35mm) and the Zeiss glass are highly corrected and designed to be used at their widest apertures. Like he said, if he wants to shoot wide open in full sunlight, the only way is to reduce that light. ND’s are nothing new. If you think that’s something check out Galen Rowell’s use of split-gradient ND filters. It’s all a means to an end.
I don’t use UV …
I don’t use UV filters unless I expect to protect them from the elements. Plus, think about it. He’s doing mainly indoor shoots. As one Leica engineer put it, “If we thought our lenses needed a flat piece of glass in front of the outer element, we would have made them that way.”
say chris,
about …
say chris,
about 2.5 minutes into this video, you show a lens with an outer ring attached to it. is this a focusing ring of some sort? where can i find one? thanks.
Simply, he likes to …
Simply, he likes to shoot wide open. Like some photographers like to shoot with with a narrow aperture, or use a flash, or use a certain lens. Like painters want to use watercolours or oil paints, matte finish compared to gloss finish!
just personal taste, like every thing else that’s art based! Not sure if you have experienced shooting pictures in terrible locations, but shallow depth of field is an excellent way of blurring out the background, so it’s not a horrible messy distraction.
Well he’s using ND …
Well he’s using ND filters so he can retain the wide aperture in bright sun light, so then yes – It is to achieve shallow depth of field – he explains that! If you look at his work it proves it too! That’s exactly why he chooses the kit he has and how he uses it!. I’m pretty sure most professional photographers understand the theory of aperture.
He used ND filters …
He used ND filters so he can REDUCE the light in so can remain aperture wide open
I think the OP …
I think the OP meant covered by a lens cover (to protect them). I guess the answer is: he doesn’t want to waste time fiddling with them when he puts them on his camera; he trusts that bag to protect them; he has UV filters on all the lenses (although I didn’t notice this, and a lot of people don’t do that)
If he wants more …
If he wants more light in the camera why is he using a filter. That’s the context of my question. I know why you’d use a wide aperture, but I’d close it down a little rather than reach for a filter if it was too bright. He must really like the shallow DOF (plus all the other problems you get when you don’t lower the aperture a few stops down from wide open).
more light can get …
more light can get into the camera as well
Shallow depth of …
Shallow depth of Field
Why does he like to …
Why does he like to shoot wide open?
Umm… he talks …
Umm… he talks about them for a full minute.
Yes, just for video …
Yes, just for video. Yes, third party.
Porn…DUH!
Porn…DUH!
Love the M9 in the …
Love the M9 in the M8 body.
How come his lenses …
How come his lenses aren’t covered at all?
Leica M9 prototype? …
Leica M9 prototype? I wanna be him!
Nice of Chris to …
Nice of Chris to share. Rangefinders FTW!
What you think …
What you think people who shoot stills shouldn’t or can’t shoot motion ? lame
Why’s he shooting …
Why’s he shooting video?
=p~
=p~
Just WOW!
Just WOW!
He explains it. …
He explains it. They are for focusing when doing video.