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Photography Gear I Actually Use! 📸
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items As a newborn and portrait photographer, here is the kit I use in my home studio. These are the things I use daily and could’ve be without in my sessions.
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I upgraded to the Canon R5 mirrorless camera when it was released in 2020. O still have no desire to upgrade. The image quality is excellent and it’s lightweight.
Canon EOS R5 Digital Camera Body
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R lenses are expensive. This mount allows me to use my original EF lenses on my R5 camera.
Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS R - Connect EF Lens to Canon EOS R System Cameras
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This is the lens I use for my newborn photography. It’s sharp and great quality.
ART 35mm F1.4 DG II
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This is the lens i use for headshots. I like a prime lens and this is the perfect focal length for my home studio.
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Canon RF 85mm F2 Macro IS STM Lens - Telephoto Prime Lens | Compact, Lightweight | Portrait, Wedding, Fashion, Street Photography | Canon EOS R Series Compatible
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Always, always use a grey card to ensure your white balance is correct. It’s especially important for me in newborn photography, when the coloured blankets cast a colour over baby’s skin.
Calibrite ColorChecker Gray Balance
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A simple light meter is essential to measure your light and ensure you have perfect exposure. This is the one I use.
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Sekonic FLASHMATE L-308X Photographers and Film Makers Exposure Meter - Black/Blue
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Newborn photography requires a large, diffused light source. This Rotalux octabox does the job for me.
Elinchrom Rotalux Octabox 135cm Softbox
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I recently upgraded my D-light One to an Elinchrom FIVE. The D-Lite One was enough power for my newborns, but not quite enough for portraits. I love that it’s wireless and I don’t have cables lying around as trip hazards!
Elinchrom FIVE Off-Camera Flash - Single Kit
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If newborns are all you photograph, then I’d highly recommend this. It’s more than enough power and it’s super lightweight. Great cost effective piece of kit for a newborn photographer.
Elinchrom D-Lite RX ONE Monolight
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These are a game changer in the studio! Any light stand fits on to them and you can push and pull your light into position so easily.
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NEEWER Photography Tripod Dolly | Heavy Duty, 50lb Capacity, Tripod Wheels with 3" Wheels, for DSLR Cameras, Camcorder, Photo Video Lighting
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I use these in my headshot sessions for a clamshell lighting set-up. I find this the most flattering set up for business and actor headshots.
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Lastolite Triflector MKII Panels - Silver/White
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I use a posing table instead of a beanbag. I find it has sped up my workflow and is much kinder on my knees as I sit on a swivel stool instead of kneeling at a beanbag
Foldable Posing Table sets
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I like to use paper backdrops. This lets me use 3 different colours in the one session, and also saves space on backdrop stands.
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I use this light trigger on my camera hot shoe to fire my lights. It takes 2 Aa batteries and has never let me down.
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Elinchrom EL19368 EL-Skyport Transmitter Plus, Radio Equipment, Black
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Photographers are completely reliant on their memory card performing, therefore this is the most reliable card I use. My Canon R5 can record over 5000 RAW images on this card. Worth the investment in my opinion.
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Sony SF-M Series TOUGH 256GB SDXC UHS-II Memory Card – V60 High Performance (277MB/s Read / 150MB/s Write) – Reliable 4K Video & Burst Shooting – SFM256T.SYM