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



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