Be Prepared for Photography Gear Disasters

Posted: September 22, 2015

[caption id="attachment_12448" align="alignright" width="438"] Image from digitial-photography-school.com[/caption] Mistakes happen, no matter how careful we are. Photography professionals, who often encounter extreme weather and situations to get the perfect shot, face a high risk of damage to their equipment. Protect your photography gear and be prepared for any type of situation. Peter West Carey, writer for Digital Photography School, shares how to protect your photography gear from all types of situations.

How to Prevent and Solve a Photography Gear Disaster

What could possibly go wrong? Let me be your fall guy here. I’ve been shooting for 25 years, and I’m completely human. I’m also not the most careful person. I’ve left a SLR in a drybag that unfortunately collected water, then sat soaking for a week. I’ve had a camera slide off the top of a car (like a coffee cup – but much, much worse) then go bouncing across three lanes of traffic. Miraculously, the camera and its lens survived! I’ve opened my car door and had my DSLR fall only 1.5 feet and break off the lens at the mount. My main 28-300mm L lens has gone into the shop twice as the fabric in the locking collar has worn out. I left a lens behind during a hike, and it was gone when I went back for it. I’ve had camera errors while shooting a wedding, and my main desktop computer has been stolen. Bad things happen sometimes. Sometimes it’s your fault, sometimes it’s not. In this article I want to help you prepare for the the worst case scenarios for camera and lens care. I want to get you thinking about disasters before they happen and also give some advice on what to do when things go awry. Then at the end I’d love to hear your own tales, especially if they are helpful to other photographers. Read the entire article How to Prevent and Solve a Photography Gear Disaster on Digital Photography School.