What to give a photographer?

If you have a friend or relative who is engaged in photography, you are very lucky. Almost certainly you will periodically become completely free of charge of beautiful and professional photos, which are captured in the best possible way. Therefore, with the approach of any holiday or the birthday of the photographer, you will certainly want to give him the best gift. Speech in this article will go about how to choose a suitable souvenir or gift for a person who likes to take pictures.

Let's start with practical gifts. Your friend will be able to use them in the course of his work and will often remember you with a kind word and with gratitude. Many photographers are not rich, because the creative person thinks more about self-realization, and not about profit. Therefore, photography lovers often need to replenish their work kit.

• Shooting in nature usually lasts a long time, besides in these conditions there is no way to charge camera battery. A spare powerful battery in such cases is very helpful.

• Tripod to place the camera during shooting is also a very necessary thing. Of course, if your friend or relative is a big professional, then he probably already has this device. But in this case it would be useful to buy him a lightweight tripod for use on trips.

• Even novice photographers quickly accumulate large amounts of footage. What to say about those who are engaged in this business for many years. Capacious hard drive or memory card with a large volume will not be exactly superfluous in the arsenal of those who are keen on photography.

• One of the problems of winter landscape shooting is the strong freezing of fingers. For lovers of photos on sale are available special gloves. They warm the fingers and hands, while not complicating the process of photographing.

• Perhaps your friend, a photographer, has spent a lot on photographic equipment, and at the same time has to carry his work kit in an ordinary bag or backpack. Meanwhile, it is rather inconvenient. Professional photo backpack It will please everyone who is seriously engaged in photography and often carries photographic equipment with them. Comfortable sections are provided in a special backpack, besides the camera and lenses are protected from damage as much as possible.

• A good gift can be educational book on photography, retouching and computer processing of images. Everyone needs to get new knowledge and improve in their field. It will be pleasant and useful for beginners to receive from you a paid pass to a photography workshop or a subscription to attend courses to improve the skill of the photographer.

• If you strongly doubt your competence regarding photographic equipment, accessories and accessories for it, simply donate to a friend certificate of purchase in a good photo shop. In this case, he will be able to choose what he really needs.

Usually all professional accessories and photo accessories are not cheap. If you still want to present something useful to the amateur photographer, and at the same time have a little money on hand, you can consider relatively inexpensive but necessary things for the photographer:

• good and strong strap for carrying the camera;
• optics cleaning kit;
• photo frames of various formats and styles;
• case for a compact camera.

Also keen photographer can donate any things that will talk about his occupation. Most people are very pleased to receive even a very inexpensive trinket, stylized as a subject of his favorite activity.

This gift can be added to the main gift or to give it on the occasion of a small holiday.

• The most popular souvenir from this series at the moment is a cup for tea, a thermos or a glass in the form of a lens.
• T-shirt for a guy or a top for a girl with a print on a photo theme is a gift that is always appropriate.
• The original key chain or pendant for a bag in the form of a camera will be able to please both amateur and professional.
• Recently, piggy banks that are in the form of photo frames are gaining popularity. All coins lowered inside are visible through transparent glass. When filling such a piggy bank, round money is sometimes quite accidentally added up to fancy compositions.
• For birthday, you can order and present a birthday cake made in the form of a camera model. This will amuse not only the hero of the occasion, but also the guests of the holiday.
• Photographers themselves are not averse to getting high-quality and beautiful pictures with a loved one. Therefore, it will be very original to give a photo lover a certificate for his personal photo session with a professional. Let him try himself as a model. In particular, such a gift will please the girls.
• Buy tickets to a photo exhibition and go there with a friend. At such an event, a photographer can gain experience and simply enjoy looking at interesting and high-quality pictures of colleagues.

At the end of the article is to give a few tips on the issue of unwanted gifts for a person who is seriously interested in photography. Listening to them will be especially useful for those who are not themselves a photographer and have little understanding of the nuances of this activity.

The only exceptions are those cases where your friend or loved one discussed with you the desired gift in advance and named specific models of the parts or photo equipment he needed.

• Do not give a professional or semi-professional camera. Each photographer chooses the equipment in accordance with their needs and preferences. Often, you have to spend weeks reviewing and comparing the characteristics of different models, reading reviews and reading reviews on a particular model. High cost is not a criterion of universality. You can trite not to guess with the brand of the manufacturer, giving the friend-photographer a technique to which he has no accessories. Therefore, in order to start working with your generous gift, he will have to spend a lot on their purchase.
• With lenses, things are the same. Dear professional models have a rather narrow purpose. Therefore, each photographer selects lenses, as they say, "for themselves." Buying an expensive model, you risk to miss with a choice. The one who receives it will be forced to put your gift on the shelf or sell to colleagues. In this case, both will inevitably be upset.
• Flashes have a lot of characteristics: power, range, brightness, etc. In addition, many models are suitable only for a particular camera. Do not risk poking "finger in the sky." Without having understood this question, it is almost impossible to guess with the choice.
• In light filters, one of the main characteristics is the diameter.Already in this question, you are most likely to make a mistake if you do not discuss your future gift with the photographer himself. In addition, all filters, with the exception of the most simple, protective and ultraviolet, are designed for specific shooting conditions.

You can find out about donating a photographer within 1000 rubles by looking at the video below.