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Camera Love

March 27, 2012 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 2 Comments

I periodically lust after camera equipment and I do get asked from time to time what I have in my bag of tricks when it comes to equipment. Other than an artistic eye, Aperture, and PS CS5, here some of the tools of the trade that I own, and tools that I’d LOVE to own! You can click on each of them individually to see them at their source.

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Row one- L-R:
1. Canon 7D. My camera. $1599, 18mp. Shoots HD Video. Love.
2. Canon 50mm lens. F/1.8 $117. I use this lens a lot and I think it’s a must have for every photographer.
3. Photo taken of Miss Indian Rodeo with the 50mm.
4. Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens. $372. A good all-purpose lens.

Row two- L-R:
1. Photo taken of Miss Indian Rodeo 2012, with the 28-135mm lens.
2. Canon 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS lens. A good entry-level telephoto with image stabilization.
3. Prairie Chicken photo, taken with the 250mm Lens.
4. Canon 28-300 f/3.5-5.6L IS lens. Opens wide, for low light settings but only at 28mm. Still a great L series Lens. $2631

Row three- L-R:
1. Canon 400mm f/5.6L No image stabilization in this lens but the price is good! Would not be good in low-lighting situations. $1249
2. Photo of a Hawk, shot with my 250mm lens. It would be an even cooler photo with a 400mm lens. I might not have scared him off!
3. Canon 17-40mm f/4L Ultra Wide Angle Lens. What’s not to love about a lens that can take in more of the landscape? $779.
4. Canon Speedlight 430EX II Sort of a must-have for indoor weddings/parties. $299

Row four- L-R:
1. Canon 400mm f/2.8L IS. My dream camera lens. This lens opens up wide to let in a lot of light, and would really let me take a great photo from a distance in all kinds of lighting conditions!
2. Canon EOS 5D Mark III 22.3MP Camera.. Takes HD video in 1080. My dream camera. Someday!
3. A wedding photography flash and lens kit from BorrowLenses.com. Genius! $215 for a week. Includes a Speedlight, wide-angle lens, 50mm lens, and 200mm L-series Lens.
4. Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS. A great, all purpose lens that opens up wide to let in a lot of light, has image stabilization and let’s be honest, you can’t have too many camera lenses!

What’s in your camera bag or on your Wish-List?

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About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.

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  1. Ryan says

    March 27, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    I don’t know a thing about photography, but like pointing and clicking and am trying to learn more on it. I liked this post! Thanks! I hope you don’t mind that I signed up to follow. Very nice pictures in here! Oh, and I wished I had everything in this post, including a camera bag.

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    • ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ says

      March 27, 2012 at 2:17 pm

      Pointing and clicking is a good place to start, Ryan! Camera equipment is like an addiction. A healthy one, of course!

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