How do you juggle all the accessories while shooting LF?

[Ari]

I like to work out of a case, with everything easily accessible. It saves me from having too many things on my person.

[Alan Gales]

My back is fused together at L1-L2 so hiking is out of the question and I really don't get too far from my Jeep. I use an inexpensive cordura tool bag from Home Depot. It has an extension handle and wheels on it so I can pull it behind me. The bag has several internal tool pockets to hold smalls like my loupe, flashlight, and torpedo level. I have a leather strap on my tripod so I can either carry it with my hand or use the strap over my shoulder (whatever works for me that day).

Everyone is different. You just have to figure out what works for you.

[Drew Bedo]

• Btzs hood either on the camera or pushed back over my head and shoulders.
• Loup on lanyard.
• Meter in shirt pocket.
• The next film holde in the back pocket of my jeans.

What else do you need?

If I move any distance it all goes back into the old Lowero Magnum bag.

[Drew Bedo]

Alan: I am right with you on bending over.


My ideal set up would be a bag or hard case with wheels that could easily be set up on legs. As I get older it is harder to carry around 20 lbs of gea on my shoulder then set it down and bend over to work out of the bag.

If Pelican made a case with larger wheels and had fold down legs to bring it up to waist height, that would be perfict.

[ROL]

There's rarely a place to sit where I go photographing.

Really? Are you waterborne most of the time? Floaties for tripod legs, I imagine. I figure I can sit just about anywhere, and have. Around these parts, rocks only get softer with greater elevation.

[DrTang]

all that is the fun part

[DrTang]

Alan: I am right with you on bending over.


My ideal set up would be a bag or hard case with wheels that could easily be set up on legs. As I get older it is harder to carry around 20 lbs of gea on my shoulder then set it down and bend over to work out of the bag.

If Pelican made a case with larger wheels and had fold down legs to bring it up to waist height, that would be perfict.

check this:

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...-meet-my-LFPMD

[David R Munson]

I have an awesome belt pouch I use all the time. When I'm working, I use it to hold a compact camera, leatherman, notebook, knife, pen, sharpie, etc. When I'm out walking with roll film, I use it to hold extra 120, a couple filters, my meter, etc. When out with 4x5, I use it to hold my loupe, level, leatherman, cable releases, meter, notebook, and whatever other little things I need. That's how I manage the little bits. The camera, lenses, and holders usually go in a Think Tank shoulder bag, and I carry my tripod in my hand.

[Drew Wiley]

I work out of a large external-frame backpack. But things I need immediately on hand - for the specific shot - are place in a mesh bag hung from either the hook
below the tripod platform or, in the case of my wooden tripods, knobs or cleats on the tripod itself. I eventually learned the value of tight clasps whenever toting
the assembly over my shoulder, rifle-style.... managed twice to drop light meters into a creek - that was an expensive lesson.

[Alan Gales]

check this:

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...-meet-my-LFPMD

That's just what Drew and I need, a pretty girl in a tube top and short shorts to haul our gear around for us!