What makes you a photographer? Having a camera in hand and having few basic lenses will not solve your purpose. You need a complete kit that will comprise a number of photography equipment for different occasions. You collection of photography equipment will also depend on the kind of photography you are interested in. For example, equipment for studio photography or product photography will completely vary from someone who is interested in wildlife photography.
First, you need to decide on your objectives with photography because photography equipment do cost a lot and spend aimlessly on them will be of no use for you. To begin with, you may consider asking the following questions to yourself and make up your mind.
Are you going to do photography for yourself or totally as a commercial profession?
Will you be doing only studio photography or you will carry all your gears to outdoors?
Will you be travelling regularly with your photography equipment?
Or are you an all rounder and offer every photography service to your clients?
Once you are clear with your objective and know what you are going to do with your photography skills, you can very well go ahead collecting photography equipment for your convenience and need.
Camera Bodies: the mother of all necessitates is a basic camera body. From manual to digital, you will have a range of options of camera bodies available in the market. This is a very budget driven segments, so your purchase will surely depend on the money you are going to spend.
Lenses: the next and unavoidable photography equipment is lenses. They are the lifeline of your photography equipments. For wildlife, you will need zoom lenses and for portraiture and product photography, you can easily manage with lenses with moderate mm.
Some of the other
Photography equipment could be-
Flash lighting options
Laptop computers
Filters
Shooting tables
Cases and storage devices
Backdrops
Radio slaves
Props
A tripod for shooting formal portraiture and long exposures
A monopod for quick movement
Posing tools
Printers
