Customer Stories
Customer Story – Jill Coats' Journey From Solo Creator to Commercial Director
For Denver-based commercial director Jill Coats, a great advertisement should never actually feel like one. Over the past decade, she has traded her childhood camcorder for large-scale production crews, building a career centered around what she calls “short films disguised as ads.” Rooted deeply…
Comparing the Canon EOS R5 Mark II and EOS R5 While Photographing Tigers in India
Wildlife photography is an incredibly enjoyable and addicting artform. It can be immensely rewarding when planning, effort, skill, knowledge, and a little bit of luck all come together to let you capture that dream shot. And at times, it can also be quite frustrating and difficult. Even when you do…
Starship Flight 9: Photographing History, Triumph, and Turbulence
When have you felt most locked-in behind a camera? Was it on the sidelines, framing a game’s do-or-die play? Or perhaps glimpsing a rare animal after days of patiently waiting in harsh conditions? For me, it’s the instant all 33 Raptor engines ignite beneath SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle, the…
How Brandi Nicole’s Creative January Helps Inspire and Encourage
The start of the new year marks new beginnings and a fresh start on your goals and ambitions, so you’ll often see people manifest their resolutions for the year. By contrast, creativity is often considered something that cannot be forced but rather nurtured. However, portrait photographer Brandi…
Customer Story – How Jonathan Harper Photographs Cars in Unique Ways
If there was ever a type of camera that you could clearly define as a niche product, it would probably be infrared converted cameras. While very neat from a technological perspective, they don’t get a lot of use in the professional photography world. When you think of infrared photography, you…
Photographing the Largest Rocket Ever Flown
SpaceX, the trailblazing aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, continues to redefine the possibilities of space travel with its ambitious Starship program. The recently completed second integrated flight test of Starship Super Heavy marked a crucial milestone in the journey towards the company’s…
Female-Focused Nexus Looks to Push the Bounds of What to Expect in a Ski Documentary
A few months ago, we were able to sit down with Lensrentals.com customer and filmmaker Shannon Corsi, as she told us about her upcoming project, Nexus – a documentary focusing on five groups of female skiers, as they highlight their love for winter sports and the challenges that come with it. Well,…
Customer Stories – How Shannon Corsi Brings Winter Sports to Life
With the 2022 Winter Olympics having just recently wrapped, people everywhere have a newfound respect for winter sports athletes. However, that respect is nothing new for the person we’re highlighting for our Customer Story today – photographer, producer, and director, Shannon Corsi. I’ve…
Customer Story – How Philip Grossman Uncovers the Mysteries of Chernobyl
I’ve always had a fascination with abandoned buildings – and it’s actually how I got my start in photography. Sifting through old and abandoned warehouses and paper mills is a pretty common thing when growing up in the midwest, and always gave me an excuse to have a camera strapped to my neck,…
How Nathan Armstrong Captures some of Music’s Biggest Performances
Here at Lensrentals.com, we have a vast inventory of gear and a staff of highly knowledgeable people to help you figure out what you might need for your upcoming shoot or production, but we rarely get insight into what you’re doing with the gear you rent. But now and then, we get some insight, and…
How Josh Hasty has Carved His Corner in the Horror Genre
We rent out a lot of stuff, actively work as an intermediary to your creative projects, and get you the gear to help bring your vision to life. Every now and then, we get wind of the project you’re working on and think it’s worth promoting to our blog readers. We highlight these in a series we call…
How Ballet Memphis Was Able to Produce a Nutcracker Performance for Everyone to See
This year has been incredibly different and has caused all industries to reflect on their business strategy and find ways to offer their services remotely and safely. This is uniquely true for industries that thrive on congregating people together. The struggle can often breed innovation, and that…