IN YOUR BAG 1771 – Django Skorupa

Django joins us for In your Bag today. And it is a very clean and focussed bag. Check it out.
Howdy Bellamy, I’ve always appreciated your In Your Bag section, here’s mine.
 
Background: I, like many folks, got into photography to make pictures of the folks I love and the wonderful things they do. One thing lead to another, and I’ve made an ever so small niche for myself photographing my friends, their friends, and the music scene they’re a part of. Pictured here is what I carry when I’m showing up to shoot a DIY show or a house event.

The Kit: Like everyone else when I got started I would take a whole backpack worth of gear to go waste three rolls of film on a photowalk. It’s not conducive to good work or a healthy back and shoulders, so now I keep it as light as possible.

  • Leica M4 + Voigtlander Ultron: You don’t need a leica to take good pictures but they’re fun. This was an irresponsible celebration of finally landing a job that paid a living wage after four years of food stamps and unemployment checks during covid.
  • JCH film holder, full of Tri-X. I like tri-x. I shoot it at between 1250 and 1600 and give it 5 minutes in diafine and it always turns out the way I want it. In low light with a flash that means I’m shooting around f11, which means focusing with a wide lens is frankly optional. For packed house shows, that’s ideal.
  • Nikon SB-27: I actually have two of these, I keep one with its hot shoe taped up so I can use it on and off camera on the M4 (no hot shoe) without worry. The other one is backup since a couple months ago it and my camera were roundhouse kicked in a mosh pit. I got the guy good, and the camera and flash are none the worse for wear, thank goodness.
  • Sekonic L-858d-u: New to me, it showed up on facebook marketplace for a price I couldn’t refuse and it quickly became indispensable for the medium and large format landscape work I like to do. Not really sure if it belongs in this kit, but it feels nice to know the light I’m working with.
  • Microfiber cloths and earplugs: Shows are loud and I want to get in close, and things can get spilled when you’re getting in close. Better have em and not need them than need them and not have em.
  • Stickers: People like them more than cards, and I love seeing my face slapped places I’ve never been before.

The Bag: A couple years back the photographer Peter Miller passed on and his family passed his estate on to our local darkroom and gallery space to sell off to the community. His bag, an incredibly beaten, battered, and well loved Billingham ended up with me to the tune of $5. I love it and will never let it go, but it’s more hole than bag at this point, so I’ve shelved it, and picked up one of their Hadley bags instead. I look forward to this one ending up just as abused and broken in thirty years.

That’s all for now! You can find me at @dskorupa_photo on instagram and at django.photos, and django.mmm.page.

Have fun and happy shooting,
Django Skorupa
Thaks for sharing your bag with us, Django. Nice to see the film case in there.

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