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As 2020 draws to a close, I want to share with you some of my favorite GEAR and GADGET finds from the past year. Photographers often hear the quote, “it's not the camera that makes the picture, it is the photographer”. They usually hear it from a person who has tens of thousands of dollars worth of camera gear. I like to take a slightly more practical approach and that is simply that all the gear in the world won't make you a great photographer, but the right gear can make your task much easier and help elevate the quality of your work. How's that for politically correct? But it's true. At the end of the day if you don't build a solid foundation of photography knowledge — you know that physics stuff, and if you don't make a real effort to be creative — well then all that gear will not really matter. Let's keep it real — we all like our toys and for me, when I find a toy that makes my job easier or helps me simplify something — that is a big win in my books. I have links to all of these in the show notes. Full disclosure — a few of the links are affiliate links, so I will make a few pennies if you use the links, but I assure you — I am not being paid to show any of this gear and these are pieces that I actively use in my daily work. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Links for Episode #228 of the TOGCHAT Photography Podcast Olympus Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/getolympus I hope to see you at 1:00PM ET on 12/3 for my exclusive livestream. Spiffy Gear KYU-6 — https://tog.chat/kyu6 Spiffy Gear Facebook Group — https://www.facebook.com/groups/412643845788123 Datacolor SpyderX Elite — https://tog.chat/spyderxelite Datacolor ColorReader EZ — https://tog.chat/colorreaderez Light Painting Brushes — https://tog.chat/lightpainting LightPaintingPhoto YouTube Channel — https://tog.chat/jasonpage My video using the Light Painting Brushes at PhotoPlus Expo — https://video.joeedelman.com/photoplus2019 Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III — https://tog.chat/em1markIII Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4.0 PRO Lens — https://tog.chat/12-45mm GVM G100W Bi-Color LED Video Light — https://tog.chat/gvm100 Stella Pro CLX10 and Stella CL2000 — https://tog.chat/stellapro Enter the discount code: edelman20 at checkout. Godox AD300Pro — https://tog.chat/ad300 Home Again Studios — https://www.homeagainstudios.com Save 30% use discount code: EDELMAN30 Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ispphotographers/ Do you have a QUESTION for next weeks TOGCHAT LIVE? Post it here: https://tog.chat/question Live-Online Photography Presentations https://www.joeedelman.com/edu/ Looking for a PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR? https://joeedelman.info/mentor If you subscribe to the TOGCHAT Photography Podcast on iTunes or any platform that allows reviews, please take a moment to rate and review the show to help me move up in the rankings so that other photographers can find me. I hope you will join me every WEDNESDAY at 6:00pm ET (USA) for a LIVE episode of TOGCHAT™. https://tog.chat/live MY WEBSITE & BLOG https://www.JoeEdelman.com SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel so that you don’t miss NEW VIDEOS! https://tog.chat/ytsubscribe WANNA SEE MY GEAR? https://joeedelman.fyi/gear ========================== LET’S CONNECT - Follow on INSTAGRAM: https://tog.chat/instagram - Like & Follow on FACEBOOK: https://tog.chat/facebook - Follow on TWITTER: https://tog.chat/twitter FTC Disclosure: No sponsors have paid for inclusion in this video. I am an Olympus Visionary photographer, a StellaPro Champion of Light, a Delkin Image Maker and TetherTools Pro. These companies may have provided various pieces of gear that were mentioned however, all words and opinions are my own, and I was not asked to include their products.