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What’s in my camera bag?
(as a destination elopement photographer)
Camera Gear
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II
Lens
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Adventure & Experience Gear
For myself or for clients
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
the goods
the goods
the goods
the goods
How I travel with my gear across the world
7 continents and 40 countries so far…
What to Wear
(to photograph adventure elopements)
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Sony A7iv
Camera body
Tools & Software
What I use every day to run my business
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
LIGHTROOM
Edit photos on your computer or smartphone! Lightroom syncs with all your devices so your edits can go with you no matter where you go!
FIVERR
Outsource any task that you don’t want to handle yourself for a great deal! You can find anything and everything on here that you could ever need!
CANVA
Canva is our number one program for creating any type of template or graphic! We love the user friendly interface and all of the pre-made templates.
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
LIGHTROOM
Edit photos on your computer or smartphone! Lightroom syncs with all your devices so your edits can go with you no matter where you go!
FIVERR
Outsource any task that you don’t want to handle yourself for a great deal! You can find anything and everything on here that you could ever need!
CANVA
Canva is our number one program for creating any type of template or graphic! We love the user friendly interface and all of the pre-made templates.
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
LIGHTROOM
Edit photos on your computer or smartphone! Lightroom syncs with all your devices so your edits can go with you no matter where you go!
FIVERR
Outsource any task that you don’t want to handle yourself for a great deal! You can find anything and everything on here that you could ever need!
CANVA
Canva is our number one program for creating any type of template or graphic! We love the user friendly interface and all of the pre-made templates.
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
LIGHTROOM
Edit photos on your computer or smartphone! Lightroom syncs with all your devices so your edits can go with you no matter where you go!
FIVERR
Outsource any task that you don’t want to handle yourself for a great deal! You can find anything and everything on here that you could ever need!
CANVA
Canva is our number one program for creating any type of template or graphic! We love the user friendly interface and all of the pre-made templates.
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
LIGHTROOM
Edit photos on your computer or smartphone! Lightroom syncs with all your devices so your edits can go with you no matter where you go!
FIVERR
Outsource any task that you don’t want to handle yourself for a great deal! You can find anything and everything on here that you could ever need!
CANVA
Canva is our number one program for creating any type of template or graphic! We love the user friendly interface and all of the pre-made templates.
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
LIGHTROOM
Edit photos on your computer or smartphone! Lightroom syncs with all your devices so your edits can go with you no matter where you go!
FIVERR
Outsource any task that you don’t want to handle yourself for a great deal! You can find anything and everything on here that you could ever need!
CANVA
Canva is our number one program for creating any type of template or graphic! We love the user friendly interface and all of the pre-made templates.
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
DUBSADO
Send contracts, invoices, and timelines straight from your phone or computer! Dubsado integrates with any of your email providers so you can connect with clients and review your business analytics!
What’s on my bookshelf
my favorite books on business, creativity, mindset + more
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