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Manny Ortiz

Portrait photographer teaching photography tutorials on YouTube.

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Cameras28

  • Hasselblad X2D II

    $7,799.00cited in 6 videosmixed views on it

    “After six months using the Hasselblad X2D2, I want to share with you the good, the bad, the quirks that I found, and in the end why recommending this camera is just so freaking complicated.”
    View source at 0:04from April 2026+ 5 more sources
  • Sony a7R VI

    $4,499.99cited in 5 videosfirst cited June 2026speaks highly of it

    “Look at how the on the A7R 6, I'm able to recover that blown out highlight on her shoulder.”
    View source at 5:39from July 2026+ 4 more sources
  • Sony A7S III

    $3,699.99cited in 5 videosspeaks highly of it

    “…the A7S3, I've said it for the longest time, is my my favorite video camera ever because it was a hybrid camera, but also I never dealt with overheating with the A7S3.”
    View source at 8:34from October 2026+ 4 more sources
  • Sony a1

    $6,198.00cited in 4 videos

    “So, I went back outside to take some more photos with this lens. And on the Sony A1, I started to have those same issues that I had on the A7S V where the lens and the focusing will kind of pulse a little bit and then it will just kind of stop working all together.”
    View source at 7:50from February 2026+ 3 more sources

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Camera equipment30

Light

Lighting28

Editing and post

Editing software7

  • Manny Ortiz Portrait Color Grading Presets

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2026speaks highly of it

    “For the majority of this tennis shoot, I used the Milan preset that's in the Urban Portrait Pack.”
    View source at 13:34from July 2026+ 1 more source
  • Evoto

    first cited April 2026positive about it

    “Evoto I like tethering to Evoto because you can show the client an edited image of themselves rather than a raw image.”
    View source at 6:44from April 2026
  • Adobe Lightroom

    first cited June 2026positive about it

    “In Lightroom, I can click super resolution and it'll more than double the size of the actual file.”
    View source at 9:05from June 2026
  • Capture One

    first cited July 2026

    “Look, I made sure to run these tests on both Lightroom and Capture One because they definitely process raw photos a little differently.”
    View source at 5:46from July 2026

Creator tools1

  • Pinterest
    “Pinterest is, like, my go-to place for, like, ideas and inspo.”
    View sourcefrom February 2023

Platforms

Hosting platforms1

  • Squarespace

    cited in 14 videosspeaks highly of it

    “I personally have been using Squarespace for everything. It's where my clients can see my work in its best quality. It's where I manage my online store and where I sell my off-camera flash mini course that I built entirely on Squarespace using all of their templates and all of their AI tools.”
    View source at 5:54from March 2026+ 13 more sources

Desk

Computers3

  • iPad

    $449.00first cited April 2026

    “These are 100 megapixel files and they transfer pretty quickly over to the iPad.”
    View source at 6:27from April 2026
  • Mac

    first cited April 2026

    “Um especially when I'm using Canon late I've been using a lot of Canon lately and and I can't even get the Canon to appear as a drive on my Mac.”
    View source at 9:26from April 2026
  • MacBook Pro M3 Max

    $3,906.70first cited September 2026

    “Well, this video cost me a lot of money because prior to pressing record, I spilled water on my MacBook.”
    View source at 9:34from September 2026

Peripherals1

Storage1

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