What’s in Your Bag, Peter Hurley?

Photo © Peter Hurley

Before becoming a portrait and headshot photographer, I spent my early days as a professional model. That training forced me to not only understand the subtleties of the human face that go into shooting a successful portrait, but also the technical aspects of photography. Of course I have my favorite gear I can’t do without, but the secret to taking an epic headshot is about making subjects feel comfortable enough in front of the camera that they let their juice shine through. When you can get someone to behave like the camera’s not there, that’s when their inner beauty comes out.

Row 1 (top row)

• Giottos Rocket Blaster Dust-Removal Tool (Medium, Black)
• Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens
• Lens hood for Canon
• 100mm Macro
• Lens hood for Canon 24-70mm
• Lens hood for Canon 135mm
• Lens hood for Canon 70-200mm

Row 2

• Sennheiser EW112-p G3 Camera Mount Wireless Microphone System with ME2 Lavalier Mic (x2)
• Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
• Peter Thomas Roth Max Anti-shine Matifying Gel
• alm mCAMLITE Mount with Wide Angle & Macro Lens for iPhone 6
• WD 2TB My Passport Wireless
• WD 1TB My Passport Air Portable Hard Disc Drive

Row 3

• Think Tank Photo Pixel Pocket Rocket Memory Card Carrier
• Vello Three-Axis Hot-Shoe Bubble Level
• Eyelash curler from Sephora
• Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
• Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker
• GoPro HERO3+ Black Edition Camera
• Tether Tools 15-foot TetherPro USB 3.0 Male A to Micro-B Cable (Hi-Visibility Orange)

Row 4

• Profoto Air Remote TTL-C for B1 Air (Canon E-TTL)
• Profoto Air Sync Transceiver
• Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM Lens
• Peter Hurley Thumb Drives (8GB each)
• Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR Camera x2
• Apple adapter (Thunderbolt to Firewire 8000)
• Apple adapter (Thunderbolt to VGA)

Row 5

• PocketWizard MultiMAX
• PocketWizard Plus ll Transceiver
• Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM Lens
• Shabang! Button
• Canon LP-E6 Battery Charger
• Tether Tools TetherBoost Core Controller
• Tatcha Japanese beauty papers
• Allen Key
• Tripod adapter plates

Row 6

• PocketWizard Cables
• RØDE VideoMic Pro Compact Shotgun Microphone
• X-Rite i1Display Pro
• Cullinator controller
• Lexar Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader (UDMA 7)

Peter Hurley is a portrait photographer based in NYC. He teaches at his Headshot Intensive workshops hosted in select cities throughout the world as well as on headshotcrew.com, a site dedicated to building the largest network of portrait photographers in the world. He can also be found on Kelby Training and speaks at various events within the photography community.