What secondhand gear are you currently using?
I first fell in love with photography around five years ago when I bought my first SLR, the Nikon D3100. I started shooting small then built up my portfolio and branched into shooting for bigger bands and events so decided I needed to step-up the kit. I bought the Nikon D7100 from eBay following lots of researching different cameras. I then bought the Sigma 17-70mm from MPB. Both are great robust pieces of kit and I have been using these for two years now. I also bought Nikon 50mm and 55-200mm lenses from eBay.
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What do you mainly shoot?
Live bands, mostly, the more energetic the better to make it challenging. Occasionally I do events shoots and some landscape photos. Photography is my hobby, and I get asked to go do the odd little shoot job here and there but I do it because I love it. Recently I was at a band shoot, when I dropped my camera bag full of equipment. When I picked up my camera it rattled and could hear loose glass… On closer inspection it turned out it was just my UV filter that had smashed and saved my lens. I never go out without a filter now and that would be my top tip for other photographers, whether you buy used gear or not.
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Which of your images shot on used gear are you particularly proud of?
During a recent festival I shot my best photo I’ve ever taken with my D7100, of Joel from the Australian rock band Airbourne flying high (below). I like to be creative with my photos and try and get the ‘different’ shot to all the other photographers. I have been in many photography pits at gigs with many photographers, who have cameras on each arm, lenses in each pocket… Me, I just have my one and only trusty Nikon, and maybe take two lenses. My kit is pretty good and I’m happy with the results – I’m happy that bands sometimes share my photos as much as the ones taken by professional photographers.
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See more of Angela’s work at www.facebook.com/cobspix and @cobspix on Instagram. She also shoots for Rockzone,