Scrims and bare heads imo. Easier to bounce off a scrim than deal with a box out doors hanging over a pregnant lady unless you have grips/assts with you

I hot an msi from costco that works really well for editing when i travel. Plenty of umph even for prem pro

I’m a never mac kind of person though

So sports is a tough one.

It’s super easy to over shoot and the reality of the relevent life of the pics is very short.

What I mean is pics from a game more than 2 days old hold no value to anyone except maybe selling to players.

Shoot all you want because if you see something you already missed the picture, but remember 90% of sports photography is telling the story.

My advice is set a goal of 10-20 photos that tell the story of the game and 1-2 portfolio/bangers for your use.

Only exception is if you are making money from volume then 2-5 images per player but that is a grind and is a very small portion of the profession

Cheap filters are a gamble.

Don’t be surprised when you get color cast and softness issues

Also be careful with the threads I have had 2 polaroid filters freeze up onto lenses and were a giant PITA to get off

Nations Photo lab has always done a decent job for me on canvas

Talking to clients. Just had one yesterday that had 4 people on it.

An account rep, a contract specialist, an AAD and the AD.

All so they could say “yeah your insurance is good, we will reach out with a SOW sometime next month and propose a schedule.”

Just because you leave the corporate world doesn’t mean your clients do

GL! Hope you enjoy cold calling and sitting on teams calls with a bunch of people that have no idea why they are on it.

Oh and shooting like 2-3 times a month