Left my equipment after a photo shoot

[kamari]

i'm still kicking myself over this. So Sat night I'm covering an event and I was so ready to go that once I got paid I blurted for the door. It wasn't until sunday afternoon that I realized I had left my bag. In it were my
28-70 2.8
50mm 1.8
70-200 2.8
SB 600
extra battery
SD cards
ok so go on & let me hear it. The gear did happen to get picked up by a trustworthy source though I'll be getting it back tonight.

[JohnT]

I'm too paranoid to leave anything behind. :-) Glad you're getting it back.

[nancyc]

I more likely will forget about bringing my husband back home than my camera back!

Good for you that will have it back!

[Beezwax]

did you learn your lesson about leaving your stuff around?


I have a similar story, but mine involves a $4000 Video camea, $900 Bogen Video Tripod getting stolen by the DJ from a wedding that I shot...

[Howard Barlow]

I did the same thing a few years ago. I was doing an outdoor portrait in the garden center. I sat my bag down, and left it in a spot, while we moved around a bit. The bag was always in my sight, not far away.

After we were finished, I talked with the bride and mom. We started moseying toward then cars, as we talked, tripod on my shoulder.

When I got back to the studio, 20 minutes away, I realized I left it. It took about 2 seconds to get back.

"Looking for this?" I looked around and saw an older couple sitting on a bench. They had been there the whole time, watching the goings on.

"We saw you drive away, and the bag was still sitting where you first left it. I told Helen, 'He'll be back. Let's just rest a spell.'" I love honest people.

Oh, it was a bag of Hassy lenses and magazines.

[Howard Barlow]

Originally Posted by Beezwax

did you learn your lesson about leaving your stuff around?


I have a similar story, but mine involves a $4000 Video camea, $900 Bogen Video Tripod getting stolen by the DJ from a wedding that I shot...

Sounds like you shot the wrong thing.

[HotHolly]

I loose reflectors all the time. Its not like they are small either. And they never reappear. You are SO lucky someone grabbed them. I dont think insurance covers I forgot my stuff - they should have a rider for that. lol.

[snidow]

Boy what a scare that would have been, glad you got it back.

[CobyPhoto]

Originally Posted by HotHolly

I loose reflectors all the time. Its not like they are small either. And they never reappear. You are SO lucky someone grabbed them. I dont think insurance covers I forgot my stuff - they should have a rider for that. lol.

They do. Marsh Affinity covers ANY equipment you want to schedule. They also have a non-scheduled allowance. Problem is, their deductible is 100.00 per incident, depending on the reflector, that is almost what it costs.

CJ

[OTRphoto]

My Aunt learned this lesson last month... except it was 20k worth of jewerly given to her over decades from my uncle left in the safe on a cruise ship...

and THEN they found out the new insurance they switched to a few years back didn't habe the extra jewerely policy

[deleonphotographyvideo]

Happy april fool?

[SCone]

Great gag, but the best way is to leave your keys attached to your bag. You'll never get too far without them.

[PeteQ]

Originally Posted by SCone

Great gag, but the best way is to leave your keys attached to your bag. You'll never get too far without them.

Yup! Works like a champ!

[laawaaris]

i lost my 17-55 f/2.8 at a wedding last week ... i have asked and asked, but i know now i will not get it back

i've learned a very tough and hard way

[Moses on the Street]

I left my 100-400mm L lens on a bridge near Sparks, Texas. Anybody who had driven by would have seen it and picked it up. It took my 30 minutes to discover that I didn't have it followed by a mad 25 minute dash back to find it. It was sitting right where I left it. The bridge was so remote that I'm pretty certain that nobody had gone over it in the intervening hour.

Talk about a sigh of relief when I turned that last corner and spotted it up ahead!