I am often asked “what is in that Domke bag of yours”?

Here. Too much, many would say…:

Photo Bag by Michael Willems

The bag is a Domke bag, and it contains:

• Two lenses (Which ones? That varies per shoot).
• A speedlight (Canon 580-EX II).
• My off-camera flash cable.
• My point-and-shoot camera (a Panasonic Lumix GF-1 Micro Four Thirds camera).
• The indispensable Hoodman Hood Loupe (Get one. Now.)
• Memory cards… always carry spares.
• Fong Lightsphere – for safe shooting when I need safety rather than creativity.
• Honl Photo reflectors/gobos.
• A Honl gel set in a Honl roll.
• My iPad .. plus, just in case, its charger.
• Spare batteries for every camera and for flash. Never travel without spare batteries.
• Lens caps for the lenses that are on the camera. I do not use them on the cameras I am using.
• Cloths, plastic bags, headache and stomach acid pills.
• Note pad, pens, comb, small brush, business cards.

And an important note: no camera. That is (or more accurately, those are!) over my shoulder.