[Jeffbridge]

There are five steps that will help you take amazing pictures with whatever gear you're using and break this spell that camera companies have put on you.

http://www.photographytalk.com/photograp...-less-gear

[kNox]

Nice! When I first got into photography I was hungry to get my hands on as many products as I could, but now I find myself with a tough choice every time I grab my camera bag: what do I leave at home?

[EnglishBob]

what do I leave at home?

Nothing, buy bigger camera bags! LOL.

I can reasonably tote all my gear in my backpack/torso pack but it is heavy. Most of the time I trim it down for the type of photography I am planning on doing. (I do carry everything in the car though)

[kNox]

It's not just the weight of it all, it's mostly convenience. I have a pretty big backpack as it is, and anything bigger will be getting hard for it to fit everywhere I take it.

[EnglishBob]

Yeah, my pack is the R103 by kata, it's will fit a body plus my 500mm attached, flash and 3-4 other lenses.. then I have a torso pack that attaches that will carry another body and 2 more lenses..... strap the tripod and monopod to it and tell me again why my back aches?

When I'm heading into the field to shoot I usually just carry the torso pack, though now I am trying to get away with batteries and cards in pockets and a black rapid dual strap for the cameras.

Portrait shoots I use a smaller canon Gadget bag that holds 2 bodies, 2 lenses and 2 flashguns.