Inside this blog post get my photography and coaching business set up – basically everything I use to help my business run effectively.

What tools, resources, and software do you need to operate efficiently, so that your time with clients has the highest impact possible and your business runs on autopilot?

Don't feel bad if you're feeling overwhelmed by it all – there are so many tools it’s hard to know which ones to invest in.  I felt the same way when I first started my own business and I've spent countless hours over the years researching and designing systems that help my business run more smoothly.

So, what is it that I absolutely cannot live without?

I worked up an entire toolkit and detailed everything below. I want to save you this time and money, so I'm giving you a list of products and services that have helped me get my business set up in a streamlined way that suits me, and most importantly suits my clients.

*I may earn a small commission when you click on the the links I provide below at no additional cost to you. Rest assured I only ever share tools I genuinely use and love myself, and am grateful if you choose to use them as a way of supporting me. You should always carry out your own research and determine the best choices for your own individual situation as I cannot accept any responsibility or liability for your purchases.

My Core Photography Kit

Digital Camera Gear:

Nikon - I use two Nikon D750 DSLRs and lenses (35mm 1.8, 28-70mm 2.8, and 105mm 2.8 Micro)

Sigma for further lenses (Sigma Art 50mm 1.4 and 70-200 2.8) sourced second hand from Wex Photo

Wex also for second hand kit (Nikon brand camera batteries, remote trigger, speedlight, Sekonic light meter, Manfrotto Tripods)

Urth ND Filters

SD cards - SanDisk Extreme Pro 128 (250MB/s as I also shoot video)

Seagate external hard drives

Analogue Film Gear:

I use two vintage Pentax K1000 bodies with 35mm, 50mm, 70-210mm and 70-300mm lenses (sourced from the London Camera Exchange and Ebay)

Film stock - Analogue Wonderland (get a free roll of Kentmere 400 35mm film here) and mostly shoot Portra (Colour) and Ilford (B&W)

Film & Processing - Southsun

Online Photography Tools & Apps

• Lightroom Classic & Photoshop through Adobe Creative Cloud

• Vimeo for hosting my videos

• Pixieset for delivering client galleries and print fulfilment

• Squarespace Website with their in-house email marketing and Acuity booking systems

• OneDrive cloud storage

• Asana for tracking client projects and sharing files, documents etc

• Canva for social media and blog graphics

• Planoly for scheduling my Instagram

  
  
  
  

  I really hope you’ve found this useful, especially if you’re setting up a business or looking for better workflows.