What's In the Camera Bag of a Professional Wildlife Photographer? 

Cali is quite the photo bomber. Ha. Lovely camera gear. Technicalities far beyond me. Glad you know how to use it all and can carry it. I will enjoy seeing the rewards of it all. .😺💞

Over and over again i see RU-vidrs that get gear for free and they really are under qualified to have it. They are just excited for fancy free stuff and it inevitably skews their reviews. So rare to see so much talent and be honestly truthful with the gear they are showing. Thank you so much for this. Such a treat!

So glad you got to do this trip. I went to Europe for 12 days, and I was more st peace at my cabin on my return. Home is home. Enjoy the journey you are on. Thank you for showing us many things. Excellent skills and work ethic. Always good to see how others’ live so we can appreciate what we have. Glad you came to that collusion.

Speaking of “wildlife in the frame”, love the Peeping Cali at the end of the video.

i had to get a glass of wine for this one! excellent job, both of you! i know that gear is heavy and i know we're gonna love the upcoming videos. thank you, shawn.

Great comparison from one professional to another. The content is, as always, informative and helpful. Cali’s photobombs. Epic. 😉🐾🌲

Thanks for the information! Very interesting. So much to learn. Love Cali she always manages to get into the video even when she is outside.

Sean: This was so helpful. Thanks. Usually I skip videos that are mostly talk but this had so much helpful information I stayed with it the whole way through. Good work!

Matty Bath, just signed up from Aussie to this channel as well, Glad Shawn that you have confirmed within yourself where home is. Our spirit whatever that be, within ourselves, seems to know where we will be safest, call it a hunch, or falling back on the history of what we know, and our historical family Knowledge - could all play apart in this. You have also come far, and you know your resources in this region well, and I hope you get all the things done this year, that you have set your mind to do, and to achieve this in it's fullest! Also regarding your choice better to know than be umming and arrring! All the best Matty!

I cannot wait to see your Alaskan experience!...my home state! Great video about your camera gear...thank you! Thank you to Mark also, going to check out your site!

Exciting times on the way! I know you are back - the pleasure now becomes ours. 🌞

Great discussion. I enjoyed watching it and learning. Shawn takes care of video while Mark takes care of stills. Team is set!

This video was a real eye-opener for me, thank you for sharing! Will be getting my first DSLR tomorrow, in hope to evolve beyond GoPros and perhaps raise the content value on my channel. Can´t thank you enough for showing this, thumbs up from Sweden!

Good Sunday Shawn, Mark, and Cali🐕! Wow! Those are serious and awesome professional photography equipments especially those telephoto zoom lenses! It would be so nice, if you can make a video on how to use basic digital camera!👍📷📹

Wow...a lot of great information, I’m an amateur photographer, and wildlife is what I love to photograph. I live in the mountains so there is plenty of wildlife...after watching this video, I think I’m going to update some of my camera equipment! Thank you👍🏻..and yes...I have a Canon camera😊

Bloody hell within the first 5 comments that's a first for me. As with all your content highly educational, informative and entertaining EDIT: 08:30 Loving the subtle hint to all the potential sponsors out there 😁

Thanks for sharing Shawn! Mark’s photography is gorgeous, and it’s always fun to see what’s in other people’s gear bags. For filmmaking, might also recommend taking a rocket blower out there for the sensor, just because spot removal’s a little more tricky in post... and it’s a handy way to get dust and debris out of the gimbal motors too :)

Callie is so adorable! Peeking through the window! :) I miss you, Callie!

Appreciate you sharing, I got to go pro six , still learning to use, I got the go Pro backpack. Been setting it up for logging . And my videos. Again appreciate you sharing .

LOL, you have a Peeping Cali in the window.

Hello hellooo Dad I'm here🐕Hi! Cali, Shawn great information thank you.

Shawn, Just finished watching this segment and rather Excellent that you brought Mark onto your channel, Mark Raycroft is very informative - educational - and like yourself - good natured, He has answered many of my Questions as I am a plant and wildlife illustrator, and will be getting back into it soon. Illustrators need some photography skills as well, to work from - sometimes back at home! Excellent and informative segment, Your Channel is definetly going forward with more combined social - and knowledge skills. Bit like your great segment on the longhouse but differently - variety is the spice of life, and great your channel provides this! Matty Bath.

Thank you , Shawn . Thank you ,Mark .

This was great! Good advice about the 24/60 Frame rate for stills from video I love my Cannon DSL still learning how to use it great for beginners like myself I look forward to more of these Shawn Thank You

Thank you for this video--great information. I cannot wait to see the Alaska videos. Thank you Shawn and Mark for sharing📷💻🔌🌞🌧🐟🐾🌺

Shawn, A slave to your art! A lot going into entertaining us. Thanks. Regards Stephen.

Hi Shawn - you can get fluid heads with levelling bases, or you can add a leveling base to most heads. Then you can pan regardless of leg setup

I agree on the fact that Cali is in the back ground. You just can't keep a star out of the camera. You got yo love her. I can't wait to see the video from your trip.

You're always so informative, Shawn. I have a family of photographers and professional videographers. Always interesting to hear of another one share of their equipment and knowledge... always learning. God bless you on your trip. Nature always reveals the heart of God. May you sense His peace and rest as you go.

That was very informative information from you both, thanks. I took a photography class years ago. I used a 35mm SLR Minolta camera. It took awesome pictures. I now use a Nikon D5200. I know exactly where that scenery is in the last clips. I was that way a couple of weeks ago. The Fireweed is more vibrant in person and very prevalent this year. I remember when movie stars use to say don't ever have kids or dogs in the picture - they steal the show - oh that sweet Calli poking her nose in the window, LOL.

"I didnt know dinner was going to be so good"... aye...Shawn is a great cook and always generous portions lol xxx

Nice change of pace for a video Shawn. Going out to explore and take pictures or videos is a new concept to me. Bought a cheap Canon T6 with stock lens last year and I added a video camera a few months ago. Ive learned not to forget SD cards(bring extras) charge all batteries before taking off and a good camera pack is a must to pack everything.

Lol nice window wild life camera you have :-) wow video vrs still has no comparison with storage and power consumption, looking forward to seeing Alaska

Shawn. Real interesting. Thanks for doing this. Lots of great info. Love the wildlife peaking in the window behind you. 👍👍

I wrote like last of March I was excited to be buying my camera equipment. well, it fell through. I'm still watching and learning from the best in what to look for what I want to capture when I do get to open this chapter in my life. Excellent informative video thank you. sweet pets for Cali

You are seriously new to photography? Your photos-at least the ones I’ve seen-are stunning and I do wish you’d post more at the end of your videos, like you’ve done on a few others. It’s a real treat to see quality photos of the beauty of nature. PS I’m stupid sleepy so please nobody judge my syntax lol.

Thanks for sharing insides, and introducing Mark. Now, I'm really looking forward to your Alaska visual material.

Thank you for sharing all the info about your cameras and gear! I see a photo bombing Cali in the background!

GREAT video and info. Headed to Yellowknife next week for 8 weeks and this is very helpful, as we plan to do photography and maybe a little videoing. We will check out Mark's podcast also. I hope Cali is in the credits. What a ham. Be safe both of you. Greetings from the Arrowhead.

Woot woot !! Mark is a Nikon man.... GREAT CHOICE!! LOL .. absolutely love Nikon!

Great Info for professional work as well for shooting RU-vid Videos Love The work you do in and out and around the Cabin great Videos very enjoyable Thx for sharing!!!!!!

Thanks Shawn! the little pocket camera was very interesting! TY

Cali photo bombs your show here at the end in the window awe! LOL

Thanks, Shawn, you and Mark gave me a headache with all the technical jargon that you got into, but it's all good as you really opened my eyes to all the hassles involved to putting videos out! I see that Cali was either curious or anxious to get fetching the orange thingy, lol.

You both have wonderful smiles !!!..

27:57 and 47:40 is that a Cali Photo Bomb?... lol. LOVE IT!!!

As a Photographer myself, its a never-ending process of learning, Nice gear.

Nice video Shawn. Couldn't concetrate fully because of the distraction form Calli sticking her nose throw the window and crying outside 😀

This is why i film on a Gh5 now, Retired my Canon 5d 2 years ago as a backup body.. The Panasonic Gh5 camera is Very light. uses light lenses. And I get great results with canon glass with fullframe results with a speedbooster and a sigma 18-35 1.8

Great Video Shawn! I retired from still photography and this just reactivated a passion to pull the gear out!

I actually enjoyed this, i thought it would be out of my depth - but how informative and loads of info

Shawn excellent video on camera gear. It's neat to still see the rival between Nikon and Canon. Back 30 years ago it's still there today. Both amazing cameras. Mark has alot of helpful tips and items in his collection. You're building a great group of colleagues. Very interesting video, thanks.

Great video, love hearing what you guys use for camera equipment. Cant wait to see what you use for personal equipment.

Shawn James, Alaska is beautiful! How not to trust God in the face of beauty created by him? We must take care of nature, enjoy it, and you make all of this. You are privileged. Congratulations, Marcia Martini, and best wishes, Family Martini 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🏠🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🐇🐻🐺🐶🐿🦔🦌🦉🦅🦆😁😄😍❤💜💚💙🍕🍕🍕🍔🍔🍔🍔

Really informative. Totally cool. I like how both Canon and nikon are represented. Who knew there was so much to know about SD cards. I look forward to seeing it all.

Thank you, Shawn ... have a great week !!! 🇧🇷😘😘

Can't wait for the video from the trip, Alaska have always been a dream for me too, definitely on the bucket list. Nice video!

Thanks for a great video, I have been doing photography, and been using all canon equipement for about 50 years, my second profession was photography for a while. I have no switched to all tamron lenses, traded my 100-400 in on a tamron 100-400 and added a 2x teleconverter, excellent lens, and just as sharp and weights less than the canon. have just ordered a 5d mark 4 body, currently shoot with a 7d mk II and a 6d mk II. Canon and Nikon and Olympus are the big three and hall have excellent equipment. I now have to look up that xqd card and osmo, as I do photography for the Red Cross. Thanks again.

Loved seeing Cali looking in.

Hahahaha, I love Cali ‘s interest in photography. She is too cute! Give her some pats and cuddles for me please-thanks Shawn. By the way what a great Idea to bring in a wildlife photographer......how interesting. And I love wildlife photography. I have a Pentax digital. Also does film.

Nice capture of a great photobomb by Cali. Your videos just have to have a shot of Cali. She always knows when the camera is rolling.

I wish I had good equipment when my step son was racing ...i did good with what I had .. 👍😊 ..happy he can look back at his talent..

Starting at 11:54 Cali pokes her nose in the window. "Hey you guys... let me in!" :)

Hi Shawn, I have to agree with Mark, my girlfriend went on a trip with her daughter and grandkids, her daughter took some snaps on her phone and my girlfriend asked me to print one-off and also add her son to the picture. I started to tell her that if I did that it would not work as all the pictures I have were taken with my Canon A5 and the phone picture would be pixelated and look bad. Well, the reason for this comment is that when I received the pictures (Jpegs) they were 5-megapixel images from a phone to me that is incredible and the pictures were as good as mine. I don't know what type of phone her daughter has but the picture quality is excellent. If technology gets much smaller you will need a magnifying glass to find them.

Awesome video showing yet another factor in your daily life and very informative. Excellent as usual

I think the footage you shot with the gopro on canoe trip turned out awesome. I've been experimenting more with my 7 and can't believe what it can do. Saved to playlist and will finish watching later. Too much to do before the heat hits today

Hey Shawn I kno this is off topic but I heard that if u are sleeping out doors in winterthat if u take a piece of cloth get it wet to string over top ur tent an allow it to freeze it gives your tent or shelter a hard covering to block wind and moisture from hitting ur shelters main wall I headhomeless use the technique

his camera angle is so interesting. like seeing a new place .

Thanks Shawn great video thinking of maybe getting an osmo🤔 little more research. Have a good one CHEERS👍👍👍

Heavy bags for sure! Great insight video Shawn. Thank you. 👍😁

Thanks for this insight into your gear, one question I have as I am looking at getting into a laptop to do my editing on instead of my home pc, is what laptops do you both use for your editing? Thanks and thanks for all the fantastic videos as we travel along on your journeys.

I like how Cali randomly appears in the window time to time.

love it! paused at 9:30 so I can order the DJI OSMO Pocket Action Camera for my upcoming trip in the mountains! and as a long exposure Astro guy I have tons of equipment over the years and this little gem will truly add a whole new perspective to those sessions!.....then back to watching to see what else I need to order for future trips ;) --- Thanks Mark and Shawn !!

Awesome content. I'm just getting into wildlife photography. Which with my income takes some overtime sacrifice. Looking to invest into a Tamron 150-600mm G2 for my Nikon. Hoping I can get out to Yellowstone and Glacier before the first big snow.

Great tips and educational video as always!

I was tempted to get a !DX, but couldn't bring myself to go full frame, I'd have to carry around a much bigger lens. Lol! I have an 80D, and use a Tamron 16-300mm, a good all round set-up, the only time I switch lenses is for night shots, when I'll put on a 14mm f/2.8

Shawn : Unbeknown to you Cali is not amused at being outside while you are yacking to the other guy who she wants to be affected with, so that is why the ugly stares behind you, sorry Cali. As for my own use I tend to use a Fuji FX-240 Finepix and for movies my Toshiba 8mp 16 zoom HD ready for not too bad filming as it is hand sized and easy to use . Thanks Shawn.

Woww, I amazed with you guys, I love to do what you are doing. thank you for showing us all of these

Thanks for sharing everything. Love your work. Just a suggestion, why don’t you try using a monopod? I find it very handy while using a telephoto lense, you should try it out.

Fascinating! I could listen all day :D

Could we drool over Cali some more please? S w o o o n!

Outstanding information. Thank you for sharing.

So interesting, and so over my head. Lol, but I enjoyed it very much.

Hi Shawn, nice vodeo. Just stick with Canon; its color is way better

Thanks for nice CANON NICON camera👍

Osmo pocket, wow, what a game changer!!!

At first I thought you said Walden Exposed. :)

Up early with S.J. and Cali!

Always great, in Alaska too. I understand writing english , notthe speeking. But I try with you : usefull and interesting.

Would love to go on a trip with you guys! BUT please learn that not everybody as a good Wifi Or Connetion. So please stop the 60FPS. HD is just fine! And 60FPS don't do that much. Put 1080p VIdeos, 720p Videos, but not in 60FPS. Also will take less data. For you, and for your users! Most are Mobile & cell phone users. Love watching your content! You're awesome! From QC,Canada here. Keep the good content going!

Thumbs up!!! Clark

At 27:55 I just love your dog

Thanks for this video, It was very interesting. now I know what gear is needed to make a video.

Shawn to take a pic. with no things sit in the cabin for a bit at night with the camera just look through the lens at the rocks behind the stove to heat the cabin it helps in getting the way of the feel of the camera for your self it is some thing I do I have tremors so it has worked great some times you need to find out what hand or arm is the best in keeping it straight

I learned a great deal off of this video! Thank you :)

I freaked out at first, I though that you had Morgan Spurlock at The Cabin

So just to be clear, letting Caribou walk over you is not a good idea? I wasn't aware. I should stop doing that, lol. Thanks for some great content Shawn. This is a very helpful video.

Shawn, now that you're making a living at RU-vid with your cameras, you're actually a professional now because of that.

Thanks for this, please do show the side by side of how many frames per second. I would be interested in learning more.

The amount of equipment Mark has blows my mind...