Over one thousand of AJ Stetson’s photographic portraits are part of the permanent collection of New York’s first museum, the New-York Historical Society.

A dual citizen of the United States and Italy, AJ is a New York City-based photographer who strives to promote empathy, and to share the radiance of others through image-making with curiosity and wonder, authenticity and integrity. 

A drone pilot and scuba diver, classical singer and fitness trainer, AJ captures still and moving images aerially, underwater, on location, and in the studio.


Credentials and Certifications:

Phase One Certified Professional (POCP)

FAA Part 107 UAS (drone) pilot

ACSM Exercise Physiologist

PADI Advanced Open Water scuba diver


Masked NYC Exhibition, September 9–October 7, 2020
Chelsea International Photography Competition
Featured in the Black Box Gallery
Art on the Ave NYC, Columbus Avenue, 76, & 77 Streets, November 12, 2020–January 31, 2021

Gear


Cameras

  • Two Sony Alpha 1 cameras

  • FujiFilm GFX II


Lenses

  • 50mm F1.2 GM

  • 85mm F1.4 Sigma DG DN Art

  • 135mm F1.8 GM

  • 400mm F2.8 GM

  • 1.4x Teleconverter

  • 2x Teleconverter

  • 16-35mm F2.8 GM

  • 24-70mm F2.8 GM

  • 70-200mm F2.8 GM

  • 24mm F1.4 GM

  • 28mm F2 

  • 35mm F1.4 Zeiss

  • 35mm F2.8 Zeiss

  • 90mm F2.8 Macro

  • FujiFilm GF 110mm F2

  • FujiFilm GF 55mm F1.7


Lights

  • Two Profoto B10 Pluses

  • Two Profoto B10s

  • Two Profoto A1Xs

  • Three Profoto Connects

  • Two Rotolight NEOs

  • Two Westcott Strobe/Monolights

  • Three LumoPro Speedlights


Aerial

DJI Mini 3 Pro, w/ ND filters


Underwater

2 Outex Pro Kits & 180mm Dome

previously used a Nauticam Housing for the Sony A7R III–awesome tool!


Gimbals, Microphones, Modifiers, Filters & more

  • Zhiyun-Tech WEEBILL-S Gimbal

  • Two Sennheiser 416 microphones

  • One Neumann TLM 103 Microphone

  • Two boom poles with XLR cables

  • Two Pre-Amps: MixPre-3 & Apogee One

  • in Studio: Apollo Twin & full mixing board

  • Full complement of ND filters for all Sony FE lenses, and Black Pro Mist in 1/4, 1/2, and full strength

  • Dozens of lighting modifiers: softboxes, octabanks, stripboxes, each with grids; Many colors of gels; scrims, umbrellas, diffusers, reflectors, bounces

  • Backdrops: six 10’ tall hand-painted backdrops in various colors and textures; Black, White, and various colors of Seamless

Contact me at AJ@AJStetson.com for a complete list of available studio and location gear