Like MOST people out there- we didn’t make it to where we are all by ourselves. There were so many tools, gear, products, education and inspiration that have helped us along the way as we found who we were and what we wanted our focus to be. We thought it may be helpful to some people (newer photographers perhaps) to know what we use and who has inspired us.

There have been many seasons for us and different aspects we wanted to focus on (business, lighting, posing, editing, etc.) so a bunch of these may have been from a long time ago – and honestly, some are no longer in business themselves, but here we go:

Our inspiration/education:

Katelyn James	Zach & Jody	CreativeLive	Scott Robert Lim	Joe Buissink
Amy & Jordan	Vanessa Joy	Sal Cincotta	Susan Stripling	Bambi Cantrell
Matt & Carissa Kennedy	International Academy of Wedding Photographers	Jasmine Star	Sue Bryce	Two Mann Studios
Justin & Mary	Montana Dennis	Jared Bauman	Yervant	Jenna Kutcher
Marcus Bell	Anchor & Veil	The Blumes

Gear:

• Camera Bodies- Nikon z6ii, Nikon d750, Nikon d800
• Lenses- Nikon 70-200mm, Nikon 24-70mm, Nikon 50mm, Sigma 85mm, Nikon 65mm Macro
• Memory Cards- Sandisk SDs and CF express
• Flash- Nikon SB-910
• Remote Triggers- Yongnuo YN-622N II, Yongnuo YN-622N-TX
• Camera Bag- LowePro Flipside AW II
• Computer- Macbook Pro 14″

Software:

• Adobe Lightroom – Image Editing / Colour Correction
• Adobe Photoshop – Enhanced Editing (when needed)
• PhotoMechanic – Image Culling
• JPEGmini – Image Compression
• BlogStomp – Blog Collage Creation
• AlbumStomp – Album Layout
• WordPress / Divi – Website Design & CMS
• Hostinger – Website Hosting

Vendors:

• Album Epoca – Wedding Albums (made in Italy)
• WHCC – Professional Prints
• Cloudspot – Image Gallery
• Dubsado – Client Management System
• ImagenAI – Artificial Intelligence Image Editing

We hope this list is helpful for you. If you have any questions about any of the products, vendors, software, or inspirations please feel free to ask, we are happy to answer any questions you may have. By no means are any of these THE solution, but these are what we have found to work best for us, what helped bring us to where we are, and the system we have built over 15 years.

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