7 unique and useful gifts for photographers

Finding gifts for photographers can be tricky, so to help we’ve rounded up some of our tried and tested products by our resident photographer, from memory storage to tripods, here are 5 suggestions for levels and abilities.

JOBY GripTight ONE | £49.95

Simple, smart and secure. Featuring the JOBY GripTight ONE mount and the Impulse Bluetooth camera remote control, the HandyPod Mobile Plus is an aspiring mobile content creator’s dream. You can use it as a mobile rigid tripod or as an ergonomic handheld support on the go.

Manfrotto Element MII tripod | £114.95

Perfect for hobbyist and aspiring photographers who use compact cameras, CSCs and DSLRs cameras Manfrotto Element MII Aluminium Blue is lightweight on your shoulders and stable on the ground.

Personalised Photo Book | from £9.99

A personalised photobook is a perfect way for photographers to display their favourite images from a shoot as a physical album of their most amazing shots. Compile their favourite memories – whether it’s from a family holiday, wedding or fun weekend away. They’ll be blown away when they get to look back at their cherished memories.

PhotoSport Outdoor Backpack | £164.95

The Lowepro PhotoSport Outdoor Backpack is designed for adventures! With its lightweight build, integrated removable camera insert, a 2 litre dedicated hydration pocket and attachment points for walking poles and all those hiking essentials, this is the perfect gift for any outdoor photographer.

PictoScanner | £34.57

PictoScanner, is a way to scan in old film negatives and slides, bringing your old photo’s to life. It’s made of cardboard, uses an app on your phone to digitize them, easy to set up and less than £40 from Amazon.

LensPen DSLR Kit lenspen cleaning | £29.95

ontaining everything a photographer needs to keep camera lenses, viewfinders and filters clean, the LensPen DSLR Pro Kit steers clear of solvents, harsh cleaning products and messy lens tissues that can leave ugly and problematic smears that ruin photo quality. Instead, the LensPen Original, MicroPro and FilterKlear cleaning pens all feature a retractable brush with softt, natural bristles for the safe removal of any dust and dirt and a special chamois cleaning tip which follows the contours of your lens, viewfinder or filter removing any fingerprints or smudges in seconds.

This is thanks to the special, non-fluid carbon cleaning compound inside the screw on replenishment cap which is long lasting and designed never to spill or dry out. The kit also comes complete with a microfibre carrying pouch which can double as a cleaning cloth virtually all other cleaning applications

ZAGG Pro Stylus | £69.99

More than ever, you need to be able to work and learn from anywhere. Your tablet helps you do that, but in order to be truly productive, you need a stylus that lets you sketch, swipe, edit photos and more with precision and speed. The ZAGG Pro Stylus lets you do all that with a universal capacitive back-end tip for fast and easy scrolling and an active tip for smooth, clean strokes.

Manfrotto SD Card | from £109.95

An SD card is the perfect gift for any serious photographers, give the gift of storage for their hundreds of photos! Designed to be one of the strongest memory cards on the market, sealed and protected, 3 times stronger than a regular SD card they can withstand up to 20kg of force. Manfrotto Professional SD cards are built to withstand temperature variations from -25 to 85 degrees Celsius. Waterproof and dustproof, the sealed and moulded design protects against water for up to 72 hours.

SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive | from £49.99

With the SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive, the Camera Roll will never be full again! Available in different capacities (64GB, 128GB and 256 GB), this small but powerful 2-in-1 flash drive allows your other half who like to keep things digitally tidy access to transfer files between their iPhone, iPad Pro, Mac computer, and other USB Type-CTM devices, including Android™ phones.