lighting gear
Lighting equipment for photography and video
THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMMAKING LIGHTING EQUIPMENT I USE AND RECOMMEND.
Aputure LS 300x
The Aputure Lightstorm LS 300x light is excellent. Color adjustable, powerful, and compatible with Aputure’s Sidus Link app (Apple and Android). This powerful LED usually serves as my primary key light.
SONY ALPHA A7SIII CAMERA
Tiny, powerful and so flexible. Power this puppy plugin-style, with V-mount battery or with the included Sony NPF battery plate. This Aputure light comes with adapter for mounting of any Bowens mount modifier.
SONY ALPHA FX3 CAMERA
Starting to see a pattern here? Aputure really hit a home run and made me a believer with thier 120d. Powerful, flexible but reasonably priced, you can’t go wrong with Aputure’s lighting system..
Aputure AL-MX
Tiny, rechargeable, temperature adjustable, powerful, affordable… What more do you want in a small little light? Keep a couple of these your bag and don’t over-think it. The Aputure AL-MX lights are incredible.
Aputure AL-M9
About the size of a men’s wallet and rechargeable, this little guy packs a punch. Affordable light for practical lighting and accent lighting, Aputure killed it with these lights. Oh, and they are DIRT cheap!
Aputure Light Dome 2
The Light Dome 2 by Aputure is the first softbox I’ve used that’s actually a pleasure to set up. No more wrestling and taking 10 minutes to get ready, 30 seconds and you’re good-to-go. Bravo Aputure.
APUTURE LIGHT BOX 30120
A love-hate with this one, but use it regardless. I love the light it throws with lights like Aputure’s 300x or 60x. I love the Light Box 30120 folds flat, fitting nicely in bags. But, it’s a PAIN to set up. So, it usually remains set up and ready to use. Excellent light for portraits.
APUTURE LS 60 SOFTBOX
For it’s size, the Aputure LS 60 Softbox is an amazing light softbox. Yes, it’s not as easy as some of Aputure’s softboxes to set up, but for it’s size, you can’t beat it. Only about 14” square, it’s perfect for run-and-gun style shooting, excellent for portable video as well.
APUTURE P60X
Need a powerful, temperature adjustable light for tight spaces without breaking the bank? Look no further. The Aputure p60x is bright, battery operable and light weight. Throw a few in your camera bag just in case. Absolutely brilliant little package.
APUTURE BARN DOORS
All barn doors are the same, right? Well, no.. These are different. Not only are they bowens-mount compatible ( huge win), they have a removable grid to help with light spillage, and a magnetic gel holder and multiple levels of light diffusion. Excellent barn doors.
5-IN-1 DIFFUSER
There's so many reasons these diffusers are popular among photographers. Simply, they work. They’re lightweight, collapsible, dirt cheap, and work beautifully for most any photography project. Pro tip: Trying to decide between two sizes? Get the bigger one.