Laura Brunow MinerInterview
Editor, designer, event inventor (Pictory, Phoot Camp)
Adapted from Laura Brunow Miner's interview on Uses This, published 4 July 2011. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
Is this you? Claim this kit →Hardware
I use a banged up Apple laptop and an external cinema display.
I've got the ugliest iPhone case on the market, the Otterbox, protecting my iPhone 4 from my destructive nature.
I borrow a Canon 5D Mark II from photo friends occasionally but don't trust myself with one.
I shoot with a sturdy 35 mm Lomo LC-A+, or a Canon underwater point and shoot, or my iPhone.
I track my traffic using Mint.
Communication
I host a companion blog to Pictorymag.com on Tumblr.
I've recently gotten really into Facebook groups for planning (before) and staying in touch (after) a creative retreat.
Productivity
Browser
Coding & Development
For photo curating, I have an awesome custom admin built on Django by Jeff Croft.
Design
For photo editing, I use Photoshop.
I designed Pictory using InDesign (publication design habits die hard).
Media
I keep track of my extended photo family on Flickr, and get design inspiration from Dribbble, and keep track of new music on Rdio.com.
Other
I've used Doodle to compare availability for different dates.
I use Virb.com as a website-building platform for my retreat sites.