BeArt's List of 40 Best Gifts for Photographers! [Update: July 2021]
The holidays are a few short weeks away, which means a mad rush for buying perfect gifts. Let us help you out with your shopping list, or in case you are a photographer who wants to throw some hints at your loved ones for what they can buy you!
Read on for 35+ great gifts any photographer would love. We mixed it up a bit to some fun-to-have and some practical items!
1. Camera Cleaning Kit: Every photographer needs a cleaning kit. Here are two price points: a versatile one for $15 on Amazon or the more comprehensive pro kit from Altura for $29.99
2. Pixelstick Light Painting Tool: This programmable LED light tool lets a photographer play around with words, shapes, and more things. It comes with an extension handle and folds for easy storage and travel.
3. 100 Photographs That Changed the World: This iconic book should grace every photographer's library!
4. Annie Leibovitz Master Class: This unique opportunity to take the first online class offered by Annie Leibovitz on her portrait philosophy. Learn her philosophy, how to develop concepts, work with subjects, shoot with natural light, and bring images to life in post-production.
5. Giottos Rocket Air Blaster: A must-have gift that's quick and easy to use to blow stuff off a camera lens. This air blaster pushes air out the tip when you squeeze the bulb.
6. Zeiss Lens Wipes: When you need to do more than blow your lens, these handy lens wipes will do the trick.
7. National Geographic Magazine Subscription: This is a particularly great gift for the landscape or wildlife photographer in your life.
8. Bokeh Masters Kit: Photographers can create any number of fun images using this bokeh kit.
9. Neewer LED Ring Light Kit: This well-priced ring light kit ($169) has an inner and outer ring light, a stand, a soft tube, a Bluetooth receiver, and more.
10. Lomography Smartphone Scanner: This is a nice idea for the photographer who loves to shoot in 35mm because it allows them to easily digitize color negatives, color slides, and black and white film using a smartphone.
12. Joby GorillaPod 1K Flexible Tripod with Ball Head Kit for DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras: A compact and funky-looking flexible tripod for a DSLR is a handy gift for positioning and steadying a camera.
13. Square Jellyfish Metal Spring Tripod Mount for Smart Phone: Easy to set up and use, this smartphone tripod offers flexibility and utility. Use it vertically or horizontally in seconds. It works with virtually any smartphone, MP3, or thin pocket camera, even the larger Galaxy Note II.
14. Xiaomi Portable Photo Pocket Printer: If you're looking for a unique gift, try this pocket printer! All it needs is a phone or other mobile device Bluetooth connection to work. The user can customize the photos with text and borders before printing out gorgeous, glossy prints.
15. Selfie Ring Light with 50" Extendable Tripod Stand & Flexible Phone Holder: This 10" Ring Light features three light colors (Warm, Cool White, Daylight) and 11 levels of brightness in each, 33 options in total. It includes an adjustable & stable Tripod that extends from 15" to 50". There's a three-way pan head with a handle that allows for tilt and swivel. It even comes with a Bluetooth remote for touchless operation.
16. Lensball: A nifty item for capturing ultra-wide-angle photographs. It comes in two sizes: Pocket, perfect for travel, and Pro, engineered to produce high-quality images.
17. Handheld White Balance Filter: For the photographer who needs to change their white balance easily without much fuss, this small, lightweight filter is easy to use and store.
18. DJI Mavic Air 2: If you have a big budget, this is an ideal gift for the gadget or drone lover! Use it to take aerial images, videos, and more. Among the many tools and equipment it comes with, you get an Intelligent Flight Battery, battery charger, AC power cable, low-noise propellers, and much more. It's not an inexpensive gift at $799.
19. Spider Holster Black Widow Box Set: The photographer can carry their camera on their hip instead of around the neck. Its nifty holster and pin keep the camera securely in place and act as a theft deterrent in crowded areas.
20. Portable Studio Portable Folding Lightbox: This Photography Studio Softbox LED Light Soft Box Tent Kit for Camera Photo Background offers super bright LED beads and provides average light for your product. Use it with a micro USB cable or your phone power charger. It's easy to carry, and its collapsible design is handy, easy to assemble, and space-saving.
21. NK 5-in-1 Reflector Photography 24-Inch 60cm Photo Studio Portable Collapsible Round Light Reflectors/Diffuser Accessories Kit: Photographers will appreciate this practical gift! It includes a disc reflector, zipped round carrying bag, five different reflective surfaces to fill in, reflect, diffuse, absorb or soften the light. It comes with a zippered carrying case and has a durable and flexible steel frame that's easily folded into a small size.
22. Canon Selphy CP1300 Printer: This rechargeable battery-powered printer can create 4x6 prints on-the-go. It's equipped with a large 3.2" tilting LCD screen you can use to check settings, apply effects, and preview images before printing. This interface also provides access to direct printing from the USB host port and SD card slot. A handy gift any photographer always on the go will appreciate out in the field.
23. Memory card: SanDisk Extreme Pro 64 GB is probably the best card for digital cameras. It's fast and with sufficient space for most photographers, and comes with a limited lifetime warranty. It's a reasonable price per gigabyte and a worthy investment and gift for a busy photographer.
24. Pictar Mark II smartphone camera grip for iPhone and Android: This handy smartphone grip allows you to take pictures easily while firmly holding onto the phone. It has top-of-the-line features that include a cold shoe and tripod mount, a programmable physical zoom ring, and a multi-state shutter release.
25. Neewer CN-160 LED Dimmable Panel Light For $25, and you can't go wrong with this light. Powered by AA batteries or large rechargeable DSLR batteries, its lights are dimmable and small (about 5½ by 6 inches), making them practical for small spaces.
26. BlackRapid Sport Breathe Original Camera Sling: This super comfortable with its sling-style connects to the camera's tripod socket. The attachment piece can slide along the strap, so the camera dangles by the photographer's side when not in use, making it more comfortable and easier to use the camera than a traditional neck strap.
27. Polaroid Originals OneStep 2 is a classic for any photography buff! It has a nifty automatic exposure system that allows for manual focus. This is a fun gift for any age or expertise-level photographer!
28. Ilford Obscura Pinhole Camera "Kit": If you need a unique gift for a traditionalist, this is it. This pinhole camera kit allows them to play around with medium-format film. It includes the camera, an exposure calculator, ten sheets of 4-by-5-inch Ilford Delta black-and-white film, a three-tray light-tight box for exposed film, and 20 sheets of 4-by-5-inch Ilford Multigrade IV RC paper.
29. ExpoImaging ROGUEGELS-U Gels: This kit from ExpoImaging (includes a set of 20) makes it easy to bring some dramatic color sense to photographs. Chose from several Lee filters for reds, yellows, blues, and greens, or use the correction gels to balance your flash to ambient light. The kit includes a gel-band attachment and padded storage pouch.
30. Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6: Users can have some fun with this instant camera and its 3.4-by-2.4-inch prints. The quality is impressive, given the instant nature of the image!
31. 50mm Prime Lens for Canon: Every photographer needs a prime lens. This YONGNUO YN50mm F1.8 C Lens (large aperture, autofocus lens 50mm/f1.8) for Canon EOS DSLR cameras will make the Canon user you know happy.
32. Lomography LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 color negative film: This creative negative film captures images in fun colors not original to the object. It is designed to produce false colors with an overall purple hue! It can be developed at any over-the-counter box store and will be a hit with the creative photographer.
Magnetic Photo Frame: This hanging photo rope is a creative way to display photos using a metal cable and magnets to avoid damaging the prints.
33. Platinum Universal Lens Cap Holder: Some of us have a habit of losing our lens caps. This universal holder solves that problem. It can attach to any lens and any lens cap.
34. Underwater camera: A fun gift for the swimmer or diver photographer! Its many features include an intuitive touchscreen, 4K/24fps, 2K/30fps, 1080P/60FPS video resolution, and 20MP photos. The camera optimizes shots with a Sony sensor and delivers quality images and video.
35. ZONMAN DSLR Camera Univeral Waterproof Underwater Housing Case Pouch Bag: This handy underwater pouch works for Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Pentax digital SLR cameras. It's a good compromise if the photographer doesn't have an underwater camera, keeping the equipment safe.
36. Pelican 0915 Memory Card Case: Another excellent gift for the photographer who tends to lose things! This memory card case keeps the cards safe. It comes with dedicated slots for microSD and miniSD cards, a water-resistant seal, and a virtually indestructible casing.
37. Selens Universal Flash Gels Lighting Filter SE-CG20-20 pcs Combination Kits for Camera Flash: Colored Lighting Filters, or Gels, are Often Used as Accent Lights, or to Add Dramatic Color to Backgrounds or Selected Portions of a Scene for Artistic Effect. Change Color Balance of The Image, Flash Gels Help to Improve the Color Balance of the Image.
38. Zhiyun Weebill 2 Gimbal Stabilizer for DSLR Cameras: Strong structure with upgraded motor torque and performance. Compatible with lens combos of mirrorless cameras and DSLR cameras, for SONY A7S III+ 24-70mm F2.8 or LUMIX 55+ 24-105 F4. NIKON Z 6II+ 24-70 F4, or CANON R6+-15-35 F2.8. Integrated 2.88" touch screen with the retractable & flip-out design. Parameter adjustment and monitoring in all shooting angles with just a few taps, Notice: Video Transmission Transmitter (AI) (Purchase separately) is required for image transmission via WEEBILL 2 screen.
39. Movo VXR10 Universal Video Microphone with Shock Mount: Essential compact shotgun microphone for recording YouTube Vlogs, Tik Tok, interviews, family vacation trips, live music, outdoor events, tutorials. External microphone for iPhone, Androids, Cameras, Camcorders, Audio Recorders, Tablets, and Laptops. Use as iPhone microphone, DSLR microphone or camera mic.
40. BeArt-Presets Discount: Finally, for the Lightroom and Photoshop users, a BeArt-Presets Sale, allows them to get their own preset and actions from our vast catalog of great collections with a 30% Off discount.