Gear, Tools, Apps, Platforms, Accessories…
EVERYTHING I USE, PLUS WHAT’S ON MY “SANTA, I PROMISE I’VE BEEN GOOD” WISHLIST!
MY BABY
Canon 5D Mk iv. My dream camera. With the L series 24-70 Lens. This just does practically everything. My total workhorse. It brings me serious joy just looking at this camera! AND, just my personal opinion - it feel GREAT in your hand to hold. Mirrorless are cool and all, but this makes you feel like you’re holding an epic piece of machinery.
My (absolute!) Essentials
MY SECOND
Canon 80D with it’s stock 18-55. I use this for all my talking head YouTubes and took a HUGE amount of my portfolio shots on this thing. Also, with the flip out screen, it’s great for both behind AND in front of the lens. Don’t underestimate the stock lens that comes with it.
THAT LENS
If you can only upgrade one thing - get this 50mm 1.8 prime. It changes the game. AND it’s one of the cheapest ways to upgrade - especially if you have a lower end camera.
CAPTURE IT
SanDisk Extreme PRO SD card + Compact Flash card. You’ll thank me. Ive got the 64GB, but you can upgrade to 128 and higher now I think. These have good capture and transfer rates - in case you don’t know, your card will also contribute to how many shots you can capture in burst shot mode.
EDITING
The Adobe Suite. I do 99.99% of my editing in Adobe Lightroom. I’d like to get into Photoshop. I do all my video / YouTube editing in Premier. I design my thumbnails (and other things) in InDesign. It’s a one stop shop and I like that I have one suite, and one payment to go out!