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Professional photographers reveal their top six
tools of the trade they couldn’t shoot without
Brendan Bishop
recently took a
ridiculous amount of
kit to Marbella, Spain
for a lifestyle portrait
photoshoot.
I took my Canon 5D Mark
III, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L
and 50mm f/1.8 lenses, a light
tent, an overheard diffuser, a
Bowens Travelpak and one
Gemini 500 head, along witha couple of Speedlites, a cheap
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Light tents can cost
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my own from aluminium poles
that I cut down to size. I also
purchased some silks and
sewed these on. White silks
will act as a ‘scrim’ softeningthe light and reducing
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from one side of the tent.
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the wind to contend with. The
reason for the trip was to give
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test. The assignment was for
http://www.targetmodels.com and I
was shooting Catherine from
the agency. My shots came out
perfectly and I can’t wait to
use my light tent for fashion
shoots in the future – it’s ideal
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With big fashion clients like Next Retail, Amazon and House of Fraser under his belt,
Brendan’s fashion photography takes him to brilliant locations all around the world
Brendan Bishop
http://www.epicshoots.netAS A professional photographer
I shoot editorial, catalogue and
e-commerce images for fashion
and commercial clients. Next
Retail, House of Fraser, Matches
Fashion and Amazon are to name
but a few of the brands I’ve shot
for. I do a lot of work with Amazon
at their huge Photo Fashion
Studio in Hoxton, but they also
send me all over Europe. When I
started out as a photographer I
was just taking headshots for a
couple of friends that are actors,
and started getting more and
more jobs through referrals.WHAT DO I DO?
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Light tents can cost thousands of
pounds so in the end I built my own from
aluminium poles which I cut to size