Specifications

photojournalistic style photos, which is just a fancy way for saying they want cool-looking candid photos

that look like a paparazzi took them. “Catch me when I’m not looking! When I don’t know you’re there!”

is what they want from their wedding photographer. (Post-production editing into B&W or sepia is

another thing they want, but that’s another section!)

A fish eye lens is a fun, easy, and can be relatively affordable way to add a little fun to some photos. The

interesting thing about fish eyes is that you can find really inexpensive lenses which mount onto existing

lenses, especially for point & shoot cameras. You can even go fisheye on your smartphone! Here’s

another smartphone fisheye.

However, most quality fisheye lenses for your dSLR will cost between $400-800.

** Tip: Remember to check my list of Resources at the end of this eBook to find affordable places to buy

lenses and other photography equipment needs. **

Camera Accessories

Before we dive into camera accessorizing, let me preface by explaining that of course the “necessities”

vs. “optional” item lists could be somewhat arguable, as many photographers would proclaim that a

tripod, for example, would most definitely be a necessity in their eyes. However, I’m breaking it down to

a bare minimal survival level here. Additionally, if you DO buy a packaged camera kit, many of these

items will be included so I’ve noted this as well.

Accessory Necessities

Memory Card(s):

(included in most kits)

If you’ve bought a camera kit in-store or in-box at least, chances are you received a memory card with it.

The included memory card is probably on the smaller end of what’s available on the marketplace such as

this Nikon D3100 SLR kit (I used this camera professionally in my photography business and highly

recommend it. See my review at the end of this course), which comes with a 16GB memory card, but

chances are the included card will be plenty of space for MOST of your photography projects.

There are three reasons you may want to upgrade to a bigger memory card and/or invest in additional

cards: High-volume photo shoots, video capture, and for back-up.

For certain kinds of photo shoots, such as catalog photography, event photography, and sports

photography, you may find yourself shooting a lot of frames very rapidly in an effort to “catch

everything” or possibly using your continuous frames features to shoot multiple frames in rapid

succession.

On a catalog shoot, you may have 100 clothing items and have to shoot each item at four or five

different angles. So let’s say that’s 450 shots. But then, the model is moving or making a strange face or

blinked and you have to shoot four to six frames per angle, to make sure you have something so now

you’re up to 2250 shots. At approximately 3-4MB’s per frame, let’s say 3.6MB that’s 2250 shots x