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My Content Creator Essentials! 📷
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items My go to content creating essentials from one content creator to another x
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Cameras
Lighting
Editing
Instagram post editing apps
Storage/SD cards
Books I’ve read to help me
Cameras
My babies haha, couldn’t do it without them 😂
This camera is my baby haha I love me a canon camera
Canon PowerShot SX740 HS Digital Camera Black
It may not be the newest iPhone but I still love my lil iPhone 11
Works well enough for me when creating content
Apple iPhone 11, 64GB, Green (Renewed)
Lighting
Great lighting at an affordable price? Yes please!
I got this light a few years ago for my birthday so I’m not sure if this is the exact one but this is the type I have, it’s small but effective, gives great light or extra light where needed and is pretty compact to store too
* LED Video Light, 5600K Dimmable USB Photo Lights with Mini Tripod and Colored Filters for Photo *, Small Angle Shooting, Video Recording, Game Streaming
Editing
My go to editing softwares for quick and easy great edits every time
I have been using filmora for many many years now to edit both long form and short videos on my laptop and I won’t use anything else!! Super easy to use, not over complicated and does great editing, so worth the money!
[Official] Wondershare Filmora – AI Video Editor & App
If I’m editing a YouTube short or editing on my phone I’ll typically use iMovie, it’s free and does the basics for a good edit!
iMovie
Instagram post editing apps
Apps I use for insta stuff like carousel posts etc
This app is great when I wanna throw together a carousel post for a monthly recap on insta, even just using the free version there are still great design options 😊
17V28: Creative Carousel
I’ve also used Canva to design a few carousel posts for Instagram too and it’s super easy to use!
Canva: Design, Photo & Video
For some things I do prefer to use the website instead of the app as it can be a little easier
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
Storage/SD cards
Go to sd cards and hard drives to film with and store footage
My go to sd card for my camera! I’ve never not used sandisk, they’re my go to
128GB SanDisk Extreme SD UHS-I Card | Sandisk
I’ve had 2 seagate hard drives over my 7 years of YouTube video creating and then one other one from another brand that just wasn’t anywhere near as good as these! Lots of storage, easy to use, no problems at all 😊
SEAGATE One Touch Portable Hard Drive - 1 TB, Black
Books I’ve read to help me
Books that I’ve read to help me learn about content creation
I bought this book a few years ago to help with learning about YouTube etc (I think there may be a newer one since this one, so worth a look)
YouTube Secrets by Benji Travis, Sean Cannell | Waterstones
Fiverr
I think we’ve all heard of fiverr, right? Super helpful for so many things when you don’t know how to get exactly what you want yourself
I’ve used fiverr a couple of times over the last couple of years, once for a vlogmas intro for my vlog channel and once for a thumbnail for a haul video
Amazing results every time and great when you know what you want but don’t know how to do it your...
Fiverr - Freelance Services
Creating Ideas
Things I’ve used to help me generate ideas and keep the creative juices flowing haha
I know AI is pretty controversial haha but I use this when I want help with getting content ideas or when I know what I want to create but don’t know how to edit it etc and it’s always super helpful!
Again the free version works just fine 😊
Claude
Where better to look for content ideas than the apps themselves that we’re posting on??
Instagram
Again one of my fave places to look for shorts and video ideas is just YouTube itself
YouTube
Thumbnail editing
Apps and sites I love for creating thumbnails for my videos!
A super basic app for when you want to do basic edits on a thumbnail
piZap: Design & Edit Photos
Again they also have a website which at times can be simpler to use
piZap: Simple Design & Photo Editor | Collage Maker | Social ...
I have also used the Canva website to edit thumbnails, they have so many amazing templates you can use and even just using the free version there’s plenty of options
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
Ipiccy only have a website and can’t be used on mobile but this is one of my go to sites to design thumbnails and it’s super easy to use
iPiccy Photo Editor is Awesome!
Analytics
For my number nerds!
I love the YouTube studio app to stay up to date with new subscribers, views and all the nerdy numbers stuff 😊
YouTube Studio
Copyright free music
Places I go to get great copyright free music for videos
I currently just use the free version of thematic but would love to upgrade in the future
So many great copyright free music options for any type of video though!
Free Music for YouTube Videos • Trending No Copyright Songs
Okay, hear me out! The YouTube audio library in YouTube studio has some great copyright free music and some that give old school 2014 YouTube vibes still too and all for free!!
YouTube Studio (Audio Library)
My channels and socials
A cheeky plug of my own channels and accounts? I'm sorry, I had to haha! I am currently on a break but there's plenty of content to check out in the mean time hahaha
My makeup channel aka my first channel and the one that's been up and running for 7 years!! Lots of makeup and beauty long form and shorts videos
Hanna Mai
My little vlog channel where I post lifestyle and faith based content
Hanna Mai Vlogs
My little lifestyle instagram I started more recently to share more relaxed, less niched content
I used to have a makeup insta too but it got suspended sadly
I used to have a makeup insta too but it got suspended sadly
Instagram (@hannamailife)
