Since my last post back in May of 2019, my gear has changed quite a bit. Since then I’ve moved to shooting primarily film and starting a YouTube channel. That means I’ve needed a lot of new gear. Instead of writing an article that was going to immediately get outdated, I wanted to link you to my Amazon store that I’ll keep updated as my gear changes. These are affiliate links, meaning it’s no added cost to you but Amazon pays me a tiny percentage commission. In return, I’d love to say thank you and help guide your decision making if you have any questions. As always feel free to DM me whenever on Instagram at the link below:

HOLDFAST STRAPS

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For the stuff you can’t buy on Amazon:

Honeybook (CRM)

Let me take a second to say Honeybook is the single best investment I’ve made for my business. It’s like hiring a personal assistant at a fraction of the cost. Honeybook is an incredible tool to manage your clients, from emails to invoicing, expenses, contracts and everything in between. I love it so much that I'll gift you a free 30-minute mentor session upon signing up if you use the link below. Why? Because Honeybook kicks me back $200 and because I love you.

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Squarespace (Website) - easy to use, clean and good for mobile. Make sure you’re always looking at your site on mobile. 80% of my traffic comes from phones.
Adobe Bridge (Culling) - One star my favorites, two star the okay ones, three star the ones I want to save but don’t need to go in to the client’s galleries. When you get to the end, see how many one stars you have, if that’s enough, you’re all good. Bring those in to LR and get to work. If you need more, grab from the two stars.
Lightroom (Edits) - Get your presets dialed. Make brushes to help you do repetitive work like brightening, softening skin, etc.
Mastin Labs Portra Pushed (Presets) - LOVE these. Can be a bit too orange or contrasty at times. You can fix by making sure you’re not underexposed, lowering the contrast, raising the shadows and playing with your orange saturation and luminance sliders.
Photoshop (Edits) - Try to stay out of Photoshop unless I’m doing Pano photomerges or really cleaning up one photo. It’s not efficient in my current workflow.
Alien Skin Exposure (Edits) - Love the bokeh tool to do post tilt shifts or increase the blur on certain photos.
Pixieset (Client Gallery Delivery)
Pixellu SmartAlbums 2 (Album Design) - LOVE! I will be doing a separate article soon about this process.
WHCC (All Printing) - Love their quality. Go sign up and they give you five free 8x10 photos to see how the colors match your screen and to check out their quality. Love them and their fast shipping.
Jpeg Mini (reduces file size. Use promo code: TONYW for 20% off.)