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Photographer Must Haves
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items I am a wedding inventory of photographer and I’ve been doing it for over 10 years. I absolutely love being a photographer and I actually attended college for photography and learned so many things of what not to do before I had to learn the hard way....
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Programs & Softwares
Camera gear
Camera Bag Must Haves
Programs & Softwares
Your bestfriend for Client Releation management , this is for payments , contracts , leads you name it it keeps it all in one spot , seamless & you can even set up automations and booking links
HoneyBook
This saves me so many hours you can opt in for AI or go through manually or a mixture of both to make selecting your best images as easy as can be !
Photo Culling Software for photographers
I use this for EVERYTHING, social media posts, graphics, ebooks, wedding & session guides, website and logo design I’m telling you this will elevate your business + get the pro i swear it’s worth it
Canva
Another amazing app to make your posting even more elevated ! Online presence in the creator world is A MUST! Stand out get creative and it’s so so easy to use
SCRL - Create social media posts that stand out
Camera gear
My handy memory cards you want to make sure you get the 200 MB/S especially if using flash !
SanDisk: Extreme Pro, Ultra, & microSD cards
This is such a great camera if your really wanting to dive into photography full time & get great quality photos, it is a full frame camera & one I use often
Advanced DSLR Camera - Canon EOS 6D
A hard drive that isn’t known to crash as often as some , compact and such a great asset in your business
Shop External & Portable Solid State Drives
Another hard drive I’ve used for years , I have had issues in the past but I think it was a one off as 1/11 had issues I use this a lot
Buy External Hard Drives (Data Storage)
This is a A MUST for wedding days, it allows you to have 2 batteries in at once so those wedding days you don’t need to worry about switching your batteries in important moments
Canon Battery Grip BG-E13
A must have for your spare batteries & allows you to charge multiple at once to save charging time & you can see exactly where each battery is at
Best Buy
This flash is on the lower end, but it works wonders. I love the rounded flash for less chances of shadows from a standard square flash. It’s powerful it recharges quickly and it’s definitely a good starting flash.
GODOX External Flash
This is another one of my favorites. It’s kind of like a knock off of the main flash I use the power works well. It is a little bit slower for recharging in darker scenarios but honestly it’s just as good and a lot more affordable for those of you wh...
Beginner or backup flash
These are great to have when you don’t have studio lighting you can set up your external flash to help create a better lighting of dark areas. I would definitely recommend having at least two packs on you in case one were to fail, but these are great...
Flash Triggers
I absolutely love this lens because I find the 1.4. It gives you enough softness and it’s right in the middle of the 1.2 and 1.8. It truly is the best of both worlds you don’t have to worry about missing focus.
Fixed Lens 50m 1.4
This is another wonderful end. I highly recommending having a closer up lens as well as a wide angle, especially on those wedding days.
EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM single focus lens
Camera Bag Must Haves
A must have to fill light in and easy to take wherever your going small & compact
Portable Reflector
A must have in your camera bag especially for wedding days so handy to give to bridal party, bride ect you never know
Tide to Go | Instant Stain Remover
Great to have a few on you & in your bag for those tears, baby spit up , spills or during winter sessions
ROYALE®: FACIAL TISSUE to go
A great beginner bag for all your needs I usually have 2, 1 I use everyday/weddings & 1 for airplane travel or destination weddings
Camera Bags with laptop pouch
It’s affordable and one I continually reorder , I honestly couldn’t survive wedding season with out one ! And if you don’t have one please please snag one sharp images coming your way
Camera & Lens Cleaning
An I insulated water bottle isn’t necessity for hot wedding days, but this one is even cooler because if your phone has a magnetic pack, you can use it as a tripod, especially if you’re like me and forget your tripod every time you plan to get conten...
Insulated Water Bottle +tripod
I tried bought is so good for self portraits long exposures and grabbing content this one’s great because it does have a phone mount and a selfie stick mode
Tripod for DSLR Cameras