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I don’t usually have a ‘camera bag’ full of stuff, generally I just take my camera & one lens (which has recently been my trusty 50mm f1.4), but since I shot a friends’ wedding last week I had everything neatly packed up.

Hama Tripod - I got this last week, I’m not a massive tripod user (I had a borrowed one from Adam’s granddad before now) so hadn’t really felt to need to upgrade. At £17 though, this is an absolute gem! it’s light enough to carry around which makes a massive difference from the one I was using at home.

Battery charger – just incase, I have an extra full battery in the bag, too.

Tamron 55-200mm - a neat little macro lens, I bought this for my trip to Australia a few years ago. It’s a cheap lens at just around £100, but for someone who rarely needs to use that kind of range it works well. Here’s a photo I took with it on my old 400d in Australia.

Tamron 17-50mm – I got this as a replacement of my first kit lens for the 400d. It’s a good walk-around lens if you need that extra range. I used this for group shots at the wedding, and they’ve come out really nice and sharp. It’s a nice sturdy build, too, unlike the kit lens. I also have a lens hood for this one in the bag.

Canon 18-55mm EF-S kit lens – The new kit lens, I got this with my 550d out of pure curiosity. I had the old kit lens for the 400d and it never really impressed me, this lens is different though, it has a couple of new features. I still don’t use it very much, I prefer my 50mm and my tamrom 17-50mm, but it’s always there incase I need it.

Also in the bag I have a spare 16GB memory card, a few filters (polarizing, UV) at various sizes and my spare battery. Oh, and my remote!

The camera I used to take it was my trusty 550d and my 50mm f1.4 (a lens that I love more and more each day!), this is my usual set-up and what most of the photos are taken with.

Hoep you all have great weekends :D