@onepot-emarsh
Filmmaker and reader. I help first-timers buy their first proper camera and their next great book.
For photographers who want serious image quality without lugging a DSLR. Three pocketable classics — a 40MP fixed-lens Fuji, Ricoh's cult street compact and Sony's zoom-in-a-matchbox — plus two books to sharpen the eye behind them.
A do-it-all kit for launching a channel: soft key lighting, a broadcast-quality USB mic, one-touch scene control, and a pocket camera that shoots stabilised 4K anywhere. Add the little interface when you want to plug in an XLR mic later.
Four books that genuinely change how you think and work. Kahneman on how your mind fools you, Newport on doing work that matters, Clear on the tiny habits that compound, and Hadfield on staying calm when the stakes are literally astronomical.
The three books I wish I had read before my first coding job. One teaches you to write code other people can live with, one takes you deep into JavaScript itself, and one is the timeless field-guide to being a professional. Read in that order.