The Moment It Clicks: Photography Secrets From One of the World's Top Shooters

Professional

23. Moose’s Warm (81A)+PL 77mm Filter

24. Hitech 85mm 0.9 Graduated Neutral Density 0.9 Filter

25. Singh-Ray Thin 77mm Vari-ND Filter

26. Lens Filters (Kodak and Lee brands)

27. Nikon Gelatin Filter Holders

28. 8 GB Lexar Professional UDMA 300x CF Cards

29. Giotto Rocket Air Blower
    Flash Accessories
30. Nikon SC-29 TTL Coiled Remote Cord

31. Lumiquest 80-20

32. Color Correction Gels (Lee and Rosco brands)
    Computer and Accessories
33. Apple 15” MacBook Pro

34. Extra Rechargeable MBP Batteries

35. Lexar Professional UDMA Firewire 800 Reader

36. Belkin Pro Series HiSpeed USB 2.0 cable w/extender (for tethered shooting)

37. 160-GB iPod Classic

38. Bose QuietComfort 3 Acoustic Noise-Cancelling Headphones

39. JBL Portable Laptop Speakers

40. Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess National Access Card

    “Bose noise cancelling earphones. I spend a LOT of time on airplanes.“
    Various Accessories
41. Sharpies

42. Leatherman Wave tool

43. Petzl Headlamp

44. Sources of entertainment/imagination/inspiration such as Blazing Saddles , This Is Spinal Tap , Shaun of the Dead , Young Frankenstein , Super Troopers , Monty Python and the Holy Grail , Office Space , Hot Fuzz , etc.

    © Brad Moore

Joe’s Grip and Lighting Gear

     

     

    Photo © Brad Moore

Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS Battery Packs
Elinchrom Digital RX 2400 Power Packs
Elinchrom A 3000 N Speed Heads
Elinchrom Free Lite A Speed Heads
Elinchrom Ring Flash 3000 (not pictured)
Elinchrom Ranger RX Ringflash 1500 (not pictured)
Elinchrom EL Strip 33x175 cm
Elinchrom EL Octa 190 cm
Elinchrom Standard Reflector 21 cm 50° w/grid set (not pictured)
Elinchrom Standard Reflector 18 cm 60° w/grid set
Elinchrom High Performance Reflector 26 cm 48°
Elinchrom Softlite Reflector 44 cm 80° white w/Deflector Set
Rosco and Lee Color Correction Gels
Lightware T4444 Strobe Head Cases
Lightware H7020 Large Head Pouch (not pictured)
PocketWizards MultiMAX Transceiver
Elinchrom EL-Skyport Universal Trigger Set
Gitzo GT-5560SGT Tripod w/Center Column
Manfrotto 468MG Hydrostatic Ball Head (not pictured)
Manfrotto Accessory Arm 3153B (not pictured)
Gitzo G065 Monitor and Laptop Platform (not pictured)
Lastolite TriGrips
Lastolite Reflectors
Lastolite Skylite Kits (various sizes)
Lastolite Umbrellas (various)
Avenger 12×12′ Butterfly Foldaway Frame w/12×12’ Silk
Manfrotto 244N Variable Friction Arms w/Super Clamps
Manfrotto 175F Justin Clamps
A-Clamps
Avenger C-Stands with 40″ Extension Arms and 6″ Pins
Avenger A635B Maxi Kit Stands
Avenger Mini Booms (not pictured)
Avenger Sand Bags
Heavy Duty Stinger Extension Cords
Power Strips (not pictured)
Gaffer Tape
    “Tri-grips…handy to fan your subject with. Makes ‘em feel good.”

The Barroom: The Bar Is Open

    So…Time for those blessed words that are uttered at the end of many a tough day in the field…

    Let’s call it Louie’s East, in honor of that semi-famous dive that used to be on the corner of 41st and 2nd Avenue and served as the unofficial watering hole, hideaway, strike war room, and confessional of the New York Daily News . Often, as a copyboy, I would be dispatched to the third floor, where in the din of presses that at the time jack hammered out over a million papers a night, I would pick up a few dozen one-stars, the Bulldog, the first edition of tomorrow’s paper.
     
    Next stop, Louie’s East. I would not return to the seventh floor newsroom. I would go downstairs, cross the street, and walk through the doors and into a solid wall of stale beer smell. I would then walk along the bar and distribute papers, and editors would phone in their corrections over a boilermaker or two.

    I’m not disparaging the place unfairly. It actually reveled in how scruffy it was. There was graffiti in the men’s toilet that read, “Don’t do no good to stand on the seat…the crabs in here jump 10 feet.” I shit you not, to continue the visual.

    It was part of the mix, the culture of New York journalism. Here would mix poets and scribes and columnists and editors and photographers, all reveling together in the imperfect and wonderful occupation of telling stories. It was here I think I first heard that old wink-wink tabloid mantra: “Some facts are too good to check….”

    Tales got told. Here are a few…
Bad Days Can Make for Great Pictures
    “I had one clean, dry 50mm lens in my pocket. I rewired that camera, popped the lens on, and patted it for luck.”

    A bad day in the