My Favorite tools and accessories for photography

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CARLEEN Camera Bag

My go-to camera bag for any portrait or family session!

In the ‘Carmen every day’ I fit two bodies, two lenses + a phone, wallet.

In the ‘down-to-business vintage flower design,’ I fit two cameras, two-three lenses, a laptop, a wallet, a planner… It also has several pockets inside and out. Great if you need to travel for a portrait session! I am obsessed!

I also have the sd card wallet, and I love it!

Visit their website here at Carleen.com and use the code OAKES at checkout to save some $$!

The Unscripted posing app

Alright, this one changed my life. As you all know, I am a French girl living in Orlando. English is not my mother tongue, so when I started to book sessions I was panicking on how the heck I would make my clients pose, how to tell jokes to make them laugh, or just what to say to them?

The app offers prompts and poses, inspiration and so many amazing features like sun tracker, camera setting guide, contracts and emails templates, and a helpful facebook community. The design of the app is fabulous. It’s easy to navigate and save your favorites poses. I use it for all my sessions and it definitely was a game changer. I love the fact that you can submit your own poses, get featured and discover beautiful work of other fellow photog.

Get the app here and use the code johannaoakesphotography for a discount!

Inly; Invoices, contracts & payments

You are getting started in photography? You need a professional program that allows your clients to sign contracts and make payments? But you are getting started right, You do not want to spend too much… Well, I have been there and I chose INLY. I never changed since then. This platform is easy to use and allows you to send invoices, contracts, gather your clients signatures. There are other features like forms, calendars, friendly reminders… I really love using Inly for my business. It makes everything looks professional and payments are secured.

Use code https://www.inly.com/share/johannaoakesphotography to get 24$ credit!

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Pic time

Pic-time is the workspace I use to deliver beautiful online galleries to my clients. It is easy and very fast to upload all the images high-quality. It is also very important to use a platform that is reliable because it is also part of the experience you are giving to your clients. I can customize it with my brand colors, I can put my logo and more important I can make some additional sales with prints, photo books, frames or cards. I am very confident using PicTime because I tested all the products they are offering at a photography conference and I was amazed by the quality. I always get great feedbacks from my clients when they discover their final gallery. If you want to try it first they offer a free plan!

Or use the code UJGK5B to get a free month!