The Gear
Camera: Sony A6000
Main Lens: Sony G 18-105 f4 OSS
Macro Lens: Sigma Macro 105mm F2.8 Lens for Nikon Digital (Adapted to Sony E-mount)
The Software
Adobe Lightroom – Managing Shoots, Colour Grading, Exporting for the Web
Adobe Photoshop – Special Effects, Typography, etc…
Adobe InDesign – Making products (calendars, magazines, photobooks, etc…)
Notion – Planning and time keeping
How I use the Gear
The most important thing for me to think about while taking my pictures is the compositon, I can rely pretty heavily on shooting in RAW and not fully compensating for exposure changes in camera, though I do try my best when a scene is not time scensitive. However, if I know that I will miss the shot if I worry too much about my exposure I just try to keep within +/- 1.5 EV to ensure I do not lose details in my shadows or highlights.
While taking pictures I will often take a small burst each time, this is to compensate for partially focus breathing but also unintentional movement during handheld shots, when I have time and space to carry a tripod, I will instead set my camera on a tripod and then use a shutter timer function to ensure by the time I have pressed the shutter and moved away from the camera it has stopped shaking before it then takes the photo (2 seconds or so later).
How I use the Software
Once I have finished a shoot I will copy the contents of my SD Card to my SSD and then I will import the photos from the SSD into Lightroom and then export the full shoot at web quality to put on my website. Once I have done this I can start editing my favourite pictures from that shoot.