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Mango Street

Photography tutorial channel featuring efficient instruction on photography techniques.

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Capture

Cameras8

  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

    $1,999.00cited in 45 videos

    “I'm gonna do it on camera there's a 5d mark for me”
    View source at 1:33from April 2020+ 44 more sources
  • iPhone

    cited in 4 videosfirst cited September 2023speaks highly of it

    “…so I pulled the trigger on the iPhone 15 Pro in Black titanium in this video we'll use this phone for a photo shoot and test out the video capabilities as well”
    View source at 0:10from September 2023+ 3 more sources
  • Leica M6

    $7,000.00cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2024

    “…today I'm going to tell you the story of that time my sister Megan and I shot off two rolles of Porche 160 on a Leica m6 and an Olympus something or other”
    View sourcefrom July 2024+ 1 more source
  • Canon EOS R5 C

    $3,199.00first cited June 2024

    “…and by the way we're shooting on a Canon r5c”
    View sourcefrom June 2024

Lenses9

Camera equipment5

  • Moment CineBloom 20% Diffusion Filter

    $90.00cited in 3 videosfirst cited June 2024positive about it

    “I have the 20% filter which gives the strongest amount of diffusion”
    View sourcefrom December 2024+ 2 more sources
  • Kodak Portra 160 film

    $34.95cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2024

    “…today I'm going to tell you the story of that time my sister Megan and I shot off two rolles of Porche 160 on a Leica m6 and an Olympus something or other”
    View sourcefrom July 2024+ 1 more source
  • DJI Mavic

    first cited October 2025

    “They were more similar to the shots I'd get on the Mavic. And in that case, flying the Mavic would have been better because it does have a nicer camera and can shoot RAW stills as opposed to just JPEGs.”
    View sourcefrom October 2025
  • DJI Ronin-SC

    $229.00mixed views on it

    “This video is semi-biased because DJI did send us the Ronin SC to try out ahead of time and we’ve worked with them in the past, so we are partial to them as a company.”
    View sourcefrom July 2019

Light

Lighting7

  • Broncolor strobe

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited May 2024positive about it

    “To get the clean fresh look we used a bron color strobe and an umbrella so big you could float away with it if the wind hit you just right”
    View sourcefrom May 2024+ 1 more source
  • Broncolor Siros L strobe

    ≈$3,036first cited October 2024

    “…armed with our Canon r5c a 24 to 70 mm lens a bron color ceros L strobe our model jasman and a claw foot tub Rachel went to work”
    View sourcefrom October 2024
  • Colored gels
    “Get creative for this one we thought it'd be fun to incorporate some Colored gels because the colors still projects into the wall so you'll get the black from the shadows but you'll also get the color from the gels”
    View source at 4:12from April 2020
  • Aputure Light Dome II

    first cited October 2024

    “…okay for diffusing the strobe we tried both the light Dome from aperture and an umbrella and ultimately like the look of the umbrella used as a reflector best”
    View sourcefrom October 2024

Editing and post

Editing software22

  • Adobe Lightroom

    cited in 8 videospositive about it

    “…we are using Lightroom classic CC version 8 point 2 point 1 so if you see a tool or parameter in this video that you don't see in your version don't worry too much about it”
    View source at 0:22from April 2019+ 7 more sources
  • Adobe Photoshop

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited February 2022

    “I don't know how long this will take to remove in Lightroom it's probably one of those ones that's easier to take to photoshop”
    View sourcefrom December 2024+ 5 more sources
  • Photo Mechanic

    cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

    “…generally we like to pull our photos phlex using a third-party application called photo mechanic the reason we do this is because photo mechanic is far quicker at loading the previous of RAW files which allows us to really expedite the coaling process”
    View source at 1:38from April 2019+ 1 more source
  • Adobe Premiere Pro

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited August 2024

    “I just made a video about my favorite plugins for Adobe Premiere and I thought why stop there so here are my favorite plugins for After Effects”
    View sourcefrom August 2024+ 1 more source

Recording software1

  • OBS

    first cited December 2024

    “OBS was being weird and then like accidentally canel the Stream”
    View sourcefrom December 2024

AI software2

  • Topaz Photo AI

    first cited November 2024

    “I like gr topaz as a plugin in Lightroom but you can also launch the Stalone version if you prefer so I want to test out the different features and see how they look on my photos”
    View sourcefrom November 2024
  • Midjourney

    first cited June 2023positive about it

    “…okay one of the most impressive platforms for generative art is mid-journey it's a subscription-based Discord with a basic plan starting at 10 bucks all you have to do is message the mid Journey bot type forward slash imagine press enter and type your prompt”
    View source at 0:40from June 2023

Productivity software1

  • Google Chrome

    first cited December 2024

    “I swear Chrome's like one of the buggiest browsers”
    View sourcefrom December 2024

Creator tools7

  • Lickd

    cited in 4 videosfirst cited September 2024

    “Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd.”
    View sourcefrom August 2026+ 3 more sources
  • Final Draft

    first cited May 2025

    “At the end of the day, I couldn't help but appreciate the fact that a few weeks ago, I typed out the words, "Drop TR like it's going out of style into Final Draft, and now 40 people were gathered in a parking lot to bring it to life.”
    View sourcefrom May 2025
  • 4K Video Downloader Plus

    first cited August 2024

    “I can easily find the video on 4K video downloader plus and then just download it in 4K resolution and I'm good to go.”
    View sourcefrom August 2024
  • Animography animated fonts

    first cited August 2024

    “I usually buy these from animography I use them in a ton of videos for this Channel and I got asked about it all the time because they are pretty freaking sweet”
    View sourcefrom August 2024

Platforms

Hosting platforms1

  • Squarespace

    cited in 33 videosspeaks highly of it

    “…if you've watched our videos before you probably know that we are pretty big fans of Squarespace we have been customers of theirs for years long before this YouTube channel even existed and still have our three Squarespace websites going strong”
    View source at 3:19from December 2022+ 32 more sources

Desk

Computers1

  • iPad

    $449.00first cited December 2025

    “And today I wanted to use my iPad to talk about why you're unhappy.”
    View sourcefrom December 2025

Storage2

  • Samsung T5 and T7 Portable SSD

    first cited December 2024speaks highly of it

    “…but I've had many of these Samsung T5 and t7 drives and never have had any real issues over the years”
    View sourcefrom December 2024
  • Backblaze

    positive about it

    “We use Backblaze automatically sync everything to the cloud it's like five dollars a month or something so it's pretty affordable”
    View source at 12:06from January 2021

Everything else

Other2

  • Backstage

    first cited September 2024

    “…we also use backstage to search for background Talent uh but didn't really receive any standout submissions”
    View sourcefrom September 2024
  • Breakdown Express

    first cited September 2024

    “…who showed me the ropes of using breakdown Express with his guidance I was able to navigate and organize auditions and just was able to corespond with talent for call backs and offers”
    View sourcefrom September 2024

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