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Congrats to Helene!  winner of the superhero giveaway on Wed's post. 

Christina (Calidreemz) won a spot in A Slice of Life with Darrah Parker. Yahoo!

Dotti won a copy of Desire to Inspire! Yippee!

Leaca won the Shutter Sisters necklace! Woot!

Veronica is our Hello Canvas print winner! YAY!

Inspired by the mobile photography movement? Get The Art of iPhoneography: A Guide to Mobile Creativity by Shutter Sister Stephanie Roberts.

Did you hear that Camp Shutter Sisters sold out in less than 15 minutes? Wow! What a response! We promise to keep you all posted on future opportunites as we get them on the calendar!

Have you seen our exclusive necklace line at BelKai Designs? The Capture Collection featuring Irene's Wandering, Alessandra's Possibilities,Tracey's Sea Sand Sky, Meredith's Talking FLight , Kristin's Wish and Chris's Keeper of Hearts.  Just lovely!

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What’s in the Bag

Here’s a list of the goods that can be found in the Shutter Sisters’ camera bags. The images we all share with you here are captured using at least some of the following:

 

Tracey

Canon 5D (which has since been replaced by the glorious 5D Mark II)

Canon Rebel XT (back up)

Canon Compact Macro 50mm f/2.5

Canon 24-70mm f/2.8

Cannon 24-85mm f/3:5-4.5 (back up)

Canon 75-300mm f/4-5.6

Lensbaby Composer

Lensbaby super wide angle conversion adapter

Photoflex LiteDisc Reflector (hangs from the bag, not in the bag)

Speedlite 540EX

An older version of this Stroboframe Bracket

An older version of this Hot Shoe Cord

Editing tool of choice: Adobe Lightroom

Vanilla Sugar lip balm

Sand

A single hair clip for grown out bangs

 

Kate

Canon Rebel XTi

Canon 50 mm f/1.8

Canon 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 (rarely used)

Lensbaby Composer

One piece dryer lint

One used Kleenex

Two half-eaten pretzels

 

Maile

Canon 40D

Canon 20D (back up)

Canon 17-55mm f/2.8

Canon 85mm f/1.8

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4

Lensbaby Composer

Canon Powershot SD950

Lollipops to bribe the kiddos

Powder for shiny noses

A to-do list with only half the items scratched off

And for the studio:

LH500 lampheads

Norman P808 powerpack

A bunch of soft boxes, tripods, and reflectors, and a remote system to activate the flash 

 

Irene

Polaroid sx-70 model 2

Polaroid Land Camera 250

Polaroid 636 close-up

Panasonic lumix DMC-LX2

Canon EOS 5D (pre Mark II)

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4

Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L

Lensbaby Composer

Wet tissues

Moleskine

A map of Paris

 

Paige

Canon 40D

Canon Rebel XT (back up)


Canon 24-70mm f/2.8

Canon Compact Macro 50mm f/2.5

Canon EF 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

Lensbaby Composer

Lots of shiny stickers (hearts and bugs)

APez dispenser

Blue painter's tape

 

Sarah Ji

Nikon D50

Nikon D90

Sigma 30mm f/1.4

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6

Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8

Lensbaby Composer

Nikon SB-800 Speedlight

Nikon SB-600 Speedlight

Nikon SB-400 Speedlight

Souldier Camera Strap

Gary Fong Lightsphere -which has yet to win her over

Extra pair of contact lenses

Granola Bar wrapper

Tigger and Pooh and sometimes Piglet Too

 

Stephanie

Nikon D3s

Nikon D90 (back up)

Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8

Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8

Nikkor 50mm f/1.4

Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6

Lensbaby Composer

Nikon SB-900 Speedlight

Marantz PMD620 Professional Handheld Recorder (to capture audio)

One ultra fine point black Sharpie and black paper Moleskin

One iPhone with too many photography apps (primarily used as a camera)

One iPad (for image presentations)

 

Jen

Canon Rebel XTi

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4

Canon EF 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

Lensbaby Composer

One very questionable stick of peppermint gum

One used up African calling card

Her mondo beyondo list

A crumpled up five dollar bill waiting for a beer, a bum or some other dreamer roaming the streets of DC

 

meredith

Nikon D90

Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3


Nikon SB-400 Speedlight


Nikon ML-L3 Wireless Remote


a handful of memory cards


burt's bees chapstick


pen & paper 


spare legos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kristin

Nikon D60

Nikkor 18-55 f/3.5-5.6

Nikkor 55-200 f/4-5.6

Nikkor 60mm f/2.8

Nikkor 50mm f1.8 

Epiphanie bag in Ginger

Holga

Polaroid 600

plus a few bazooka gum wrappers, mini moo cards/hope notes, a tin of smith's rosebud salve, and lots of beach sand...

 

Chris

Canon XTi

Canon compact macro 50mm f/2.5

Canon 75-300mm 

Tamron 15-70mm f/2.8

Canon Speedlite 430EX II

numerous SD cards

Epiphanie bag in Ginger

my favorite gel pens

hair clip

cinnamon Altoids

a bunch of printed quote cards from Kind Over Matter

 

Xanthe

Canon 5D MII

Canon 50mm f/1.4

Canon 28mm f/2.8

Lomo fisheye

Epiphanie Ginger bag

My iphone

A bottle of water

Chewing gum

Jasmine oil

moo cards

Stickers, bubbles, toy cars and loose change.

 

Kim

Nikon d700

Nikon D300s (back up)

Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8

Nikkor 50mm f/1.4

Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8

Nikkor 85mm f/1.4

Nikkor 105mm macro

iPhone

Lensbaby Composer

Ephipanie Bag - Lyric

Black Rapid Camera Strap