If you’re looking to become a content creator, YouTuber, streamer or anything like that here is a list of essentials to help get you started!
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Lighting
Filming equipment
Editing apps
Lighting
One of the most important aspect of getting aesthetically pleasing content is lighting. One ring light is not gonna cut it here 😅
A perfect starter ring light, also doubles as a tripod to save a bit of money
Ring Light 18 Inch
My favorite lights to use in the background of videos, they give a nice ambience and Govee has so many different products to choose from
Govee - Making Life Smarter | Govee CA
The perfect lights for travel content creators! The travel bag is small and has lots of space to hold both the lights and a bit of additional equipment. My best investment
GSKAIWEN 180 LED Photography Studio Kit
I love using colored lighting for different video effects and to make super vibrant thumbnails
Rgb Photography Light
I absolutely love my box lights, they make for much more natural lighting
Lighting Soft Boxes
Filming equipment
This is the perfect piece of equipment if you wanna do blogs or YouTube style content
Handheld Gimbals & Stabilizers: Electronics
A green screen is great for a backdrop because you can choose what you want displayed behind you. Whether you want it to look like your home or something fancier
Green Screen | Portable Chroma Key Panel
These are so cute and silly! They work really well too and help amplify whatever you’re recording with it especially ASMR
Mini Microphone
Perfect for traveling since you’ll always need to plug in all your lights and possibly even your phone
Power Strip With Usb C Port Fast Charging
Always good to have an extra tripod handy especially if filming with more than one camera
Complete Tripods: Electronics
Selfie sticks come in handy when you wanna get certain angles, and most extend higher than a gimbal can achieve
Selfie Sticks & Camera Grips
Content looks better with your back camera because it has better lens, this monitor helps you see what you’re filming when using the back camera
Phone Monitor Screen
If you’re in a noisy household or environment a Bluetooth noise cancelling microphone will be perfect for you
Noise Cancelling Microphone
Editing apps
No matter what anyone says there will always come a time in your content creator journey when you need to edit. Here are the apps that I use
Love this app for editing videos and creating trailers and teasers for videos
Splice: The Best Video Editing App
This app has such cool video effects that I love using
InShot - Video Editor & Maker
CapCut is perfect for anything TikTok
CapCut
Now I know what you’re thinking… this is not here for you to airbrush or to edit the h e double hockey sticks out of your pictures. I love this app for editing out small things like a tag sticking out or blurring the app background! It’s perfect and ...
Facetune
I love this app for making menus, invitations and lots of other small business needs
