hey guys, in today's video I'm going to be sharing with you the best photography
gear for beginners who want to start taking photography a little bit more
seriously, but since I'm a Nikon shooter I decided to bring on my friend and
fellow youtuber-- Jamie Tulane Watson! she's going to come
and share her Canon alternatives so to start us off Jamie is going to be
sharing the camera body that she recommends for Canon shooters: hi
everyone! thanks so much for having me today joy. so my first recommendation for
beginner gear for new photographers would be the Canon 5d Mark 3 or the
Canon 5d Mark - the reason for this is eventually you're going to want to
upgrade to a full-frame camera anyhow so I would recommend starting
with a full-frame camera right away so the canon 5d mark ii is actually
discontinued you can find them used for a really good price a nice shot on that
camera for years if you want to go to something brand new the Canon 5d Mark 3
will be awesome the camera body that I recommend for Nikon shooters is the
Nikon d600 or the d610 this is a full-frame camera body which means the
sensor size that captures the image is bigger than a crop sensor and a lot of
entry-level camera bodies so your image is going to be larger you're going to
have more details in your shadows and your highlights and a little more leeway
when you're editing it's actually super affordable as far as full-frame camera
bodies go especially since many cameras have come out since this camera making
it much more affordable next you're going to want a starter lens I have two
starter lens recommendations for you the first is the Canon 50 millimeter F one
point-four lens this is a great lens that's around the $500 price point it
has that low aperture so it's good in low light and will give the blurry
backgrounds you're looking for but the prices also raise my next favorite lens
would be the Canon 35 f/2 now of course it's mo it's more expensive cousin is
the 35 millimeter F 1 point 4 and that runs around $1,500 I believe but the 35
f/2 is around that 300 to $500 price point on Amazon and that's a great lens
to start I always recommend prime lenses cuz I love their ability to shoot in low
light and they really get you used to composing with your feet
you can't just zoom in on the lens you need to move your body to achieve the
right composition awesome thank you so much Jamie next I want to share with you
a lens that I think every new photographer should have and that lens
is the Nikon 50 millimeter 1.4 g-series lens don't worry I'm gonna link all of
this down below but basically it's so versatile and cheap that I think every
photographer should start out with it it's a full frame lens meaning that when
you put it on a full-frame camera body you will get a true 50 millimeter focal
length I'm actually using a 50 millimeter to film this video right now
so as you can see you could use a 50 millimeter for almost anything you could
use it for portraiture some of your detail shots shooting in tight spaces
the 50 millimeter is especially great if you want to get that soft creamy bokeh
in the background but you want to keep your subject really sharp my favorite
flash for Nikon photographers is the nikon sb-910 this is a fantastic flash
for a couple of reasons its able to recycle really quickly which means when
I'm firing I can I don't have to wait you know five seconds for it to recharge
it can rapid-fire like crazy and it doesn't overheat so I've shared with you
a camera body a lens and a flash but I want to give you guys a couple of my
favorite accessories that I think every new photographer should have the first
accessory I think every new photographer should have is a five-way reflector when
this baby opens up it has a silver side and a gold side just like it says in the
name there are five different sides the sides that I use most are the silver
side and the scrim the scrim is amazing if you're in a really harsh lighting
scenario you can open it up and it basically just diffuses the light over
your subject if you were to hold it between the light that's harsh and your
subject every photographer can use a reflector so if you don't yet have one
definitely get your hands on one of these finally I'm gonna recommend my
favorite lens bag it's called a shoot sack I've been shooting with this lens
bag for the full 10 years that I've been shooting and I absolutely love the
ability to have lenses right on my hip any point in the day I mainly shoot
weddings and so I don't want to be taking the time to go back to my lens
bag the back of the ceremony site and grabbing the lens that the lenses that I
need I have a rolling suitcase that I have at the back of the ceremony so I
really prefer to have two or three lenses sprayed on my hip I just shoot
with the one camera and I can change out the lenses as I see fit so it's the
shoot sach lens bag it's a wonderful purchase for beginners the next
accessory I want to share with you guys is this fun little bounce card so as you
can see here I'm using the white side but it also comes with a silver side and
what this does is it just spreads the light up and kind of down back when your
subject again so if I were shooting let me see I turn this around and this is my
camera underneath I would tilt it one or two clicks forward and that way I'm not
shooting directly at my subject but I'm able to get like a really beautiful
spread of light into whatever my subject is or whatever the object is that I'm
shooting so this is a super affordable attachment that you can add to your
flash and sometimes if you're adding this to a less powerful flash kind of
helps direct that power so you don't lose as much on the ceilings or where
you don't want your light alright guys I hope that this collaboration has been
helpful for you to see both the nikon and the canon perspectives of the best
gear when you're starting out and starting to get serious about
photography before you go be sure to check out the collaboration we did over
on Jeannie's channel we answered five ways you can get more people to book you
through your website this is super value packed and you're not gonna want to miss
it so be sure to check that out on her Channel give this video a thumbs up
before you go and let me know what are your must-haves photography gear what's
that first piece of gear you bought that really helps you get started in your
photography journey tell me below I'll see you guys next week bye guys