OWC Creator
Nate Luebbe
Who Am I? How Did I Get My Start. What Are My Interests?
I grew up in the mountains of Colorado, spending nearly every waking moment out in the woods hiking, climbing, and exploring. Although I’m is still semi-feral, I’ve channeled my love of nature into becoming an Eagle Scout, college graduate, and now work as a full-time nature photographer specializing in landscapes and wildlife. I combine my past work as an environmental scientist with my storytelling capabilities, and use my photography to encourage responsible wilderness ethics and promote conservation efforts.
I’m a member of the Sony Alpha Imaging Collective, Sony's handpicked ambassador group, and I teach workshops all over the world, with a particular focus on wildlife and astrophotography.
Field Gear
- Sony A1
- Sony A7r V
- OWC Atlas Ultra SDXC UHS-II V90 Cards
- OWC Envoy Pro Elektron
Workstation Gear
- Mac Studio with LG 5k Ultrafine monitor.
- OWC Thunderbay Flex 8 RAID System
Tips, Tricks, and Gear
I frequently carry 2-3TB of SD cards into the field, which can make organization complicated. In order to help remember which cards have photos on them, I flip them around once I've shot. When I open my card case if I can see the label on the card, then the card is empty (or ready to be formatted), and if the card is flipped around that means it has photos on it and should NOT be used!
High-performance, highest quality memory cards for the most demanding video recording uses of professional filmmakers and continuous burst mode shooting by advanced photographers.
The fastest, toughest mini-sized SSD available. It’s crushproof, dust-proof and waterproof for transferring gigabytes of data in seconds.
- USB 3.2 (10Gb/s) Port
- Up to 1011MB/s
- Waterproof, Dustproof + Crushproof
The industry's first Thunderbolt 3 storage, docking, and PCIe expansion media workflow solution. Perfect for digital imaging, VFX, and video editing.
- Dual Thunderbolt Ports + DisplayPort 1.4
- Up to 2750MB/s
- Up to 8 x 2.5" or 3.5" Drives
- Compatible with OWC U2 Shuttle
- Includes SoftRAID
- RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) or JBOD
- USB 3.2 (10Gb/s) Type-C
- 3 x USB 3.2 (10Gb/s) Type-A
- DisplayPort 1.4
- SD Card Reader
- CFexpress Card Reader
- 85W Power Delivery
- Display support up to 8K
- Includes Thunderbolt cable
- For Mac
OWC Gear I Like
My time on assignment is often spent in adverse conditions. Nothing would make me sadder than capturing the photo of a lifetime, and then losing that image because my drives aren't up to the task. I love that the OWC Envoy Pro Elektron is dust proof, crush proof, and waterproof so I KNOW the content I create will make it back home with me. No matter what the journey holds.
Workflow
OWC Atlas Ultra in the camera —> OWC Envoy Pro Elektron for editing in the field, and then when I come back home I back everything up to my OWC Thunderbay Flex 8!
