Joe Riis Photography

Equipment

Nikon D300 Digital Bodies
Nikon F100 Film Body
Nikon 17-55mm DX f/2.8
Nikon 10.5mm DX f/2.8
Nikon 70-200mm VR f/2.8
Nikon 200-400mm VR f/4
Nikon 18-35mm Wide
Nikon 105mm Macro
Nikon 1.4x II Teleconverter

Canon F1 (manual) w/ assortment of lenses (18-400mm)
-I use this camera when everything else is frozen

Nikon SB-600 & SB-800 Flash Units
Flash Extender

Pocket Wizards and Trailmaster Remote Trail Monitors (Remote Photography)

Tiffen & Hoya filters
Bogen/Manfrotto Tripod & Monopod
LowePro Bags
Pelican Cases
Homemade blinds and cases

Memory Cards
Sandisk 4GB(3) & 8GB

Film
Fujichrome Velvia 50/100
Fujichrome Provia 100/400

Nikon V ED slide scanner

Apple IMac Intel Core Duo
Apple MacBook

-PhotoMechanic software

200GB External Hard Drive (2)

Outdoor Gear
-Expedition Kayak & gear
-Trad climbing gear
-Alpine Climbing gear
-Backpacking gear
-Car camping gear
-Wool and Down clothes

-A lot of patience and an easy going attitude helps too!

While camera equipment is important and necessary to make photographs, nature photography is more about "getting out there" and having experiences in the wild. I believe that more and more photographers are becoming focused on staying on top of the digital age and forgetting their true passion of experiencing the wild places in which we live.

I use both digital and film cameras while in the field, I enjoy the advantages of both. One of my favorite things about photography is sitting down in front of the lightbox with a new box of slides, on the other hand I enjoy the instant viewing capabilites of digital. I use the D300 and F100 because of their rugged and compact properties.