Basic outline of what gear I use for the photos you have seen here on the site today. Nothing fancy, $800 dollars would buy you plenty of gear to start off with. I have a lot more bits and pieces for videography and filmmaking but I won't go into those here :)

Right, let's start with the camera.

Equipment

May at first feel cheap and light, it is crazy when it comes to shallow depth of field and low light performance. Sharpness and colour is better than the kit lens that comes with the camera.

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However, similar to other more affordable lenses, the focus is very noisy and sometimes can be a little slow. The structural integrity of the lens can become loose after a period of time by overall definitely worth the money at around a market price of $120.

For cards I use the very best 32Gb class 10 SanDisk Extreme 30MB/s; Batteries I use the Lithium replacements for canon, I have 7 of those, so every time I go pass airport security I get a little nervous haha, maybe seven is a little over the top, but then again if you have a tight travel schedule it is best to stock up on batteries.

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Battery Grips as mentioned before are handy in that they can also take AAA batteries besides the standard Canon lithiums. Finally with programs, if I need to merge photos for panoramas and wide angles I use photoshop, then a little touchup and waterwarked export with Adobe Lightroom.

A Velbon Tripod, reverse lens macro ring, remote control, view finder, screen protector, 1m diameter 5-in one reflector, ND filter pack, graduated ND filter, lens hoods etc...

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ND filters are just fantastic for long exposure shots during any time of the day, make sure you get a variable ND filter instead as that usual goes all the way up to a whopping ND400 instead of the ND8 I can only get up to......oh and a travel lens mug as well, the closest thing u can find to a USM L series lens.

One of the cheaper camera bodies, but for its price its a bang for the buck. Light weight, feels a little cheap and empty however gives impressive results and performs excellently at what it does. The buttons compared to pricier models are a little fiddly and hard to manoeuvre at times. The video function gives an impressive result that could live up to the standards of the eos 7D.

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Magic Lantern is installed, or 'hacked' rather, in my camera and my cards which gives me a lot more control over the look of my images and the process of capturing them.