It fits my regular gear very happily and there’s also a pocket for memory cards. It’s also not too wide which I find helpful when getting on and off the northern line in London at rush hour. It’s lightweight, a great size and super comfy to wear. The F-Stop Ajna is, to me, is the best camera bag I’ve ever used and I’d really recommend it to family portrait photographers or any photographers who have to cart their gear from one side of town to another.
A cool and trendy Dalston which I use when I’m travelling light, and which has earned me so many complements as the most stylish camera bag friends have ever seen, and then an extra-large ICU here at the office where I store lenses that aren’t in current use. I now have three bags: a medium sized Ajna which is my every day camera bag.
#F stop dalston professional#
I had planned to buy an F-Stop bag for years but not got around to it, and then, last year, when I visited Photokina with Canon, talking on their stand and showing my work to a wider European audience, I discovered the F-Stop bags anew as they sponsored the Canon Professional Services lounge and I was able to see all the options. This time I didn’t hesitate. When I’m heading out to photograph family portraits then it’s my black rapid double strap and my belt pack along with my beloved paramo waterproof trousers. So, you can put in a large ICU and still have space for those important extra items. On a landscape trip it tended to be filled with sandwiches and extra layers. The other big selling point to me is the huge amount of additional space in an F-Stop bag on top of the main camera compartment.į-Stop bags are modular, you choose your bag and then your internal camera unit that slips inside and is safely secured in place. If you put your bag down onto wet grass or mud this makes a huge difference and keeping things warm and dry makes for a happy, and considerably less muddy, photographer.
#F stop dalston zip#
This has two huge advantages, firstly the cameras can’t fall out and, as someone who once had the zip fail on a large camera bag while shooting a wedding and nearly lost two cameras and four lenses onto the concrete (thank goodness for the additional safety side straps in that case), this is a huge benefit to my piece of mind.īut also, having the bag open this way up means that when you put it down you don’t get the side wet that goes against your back.
The bags open at the back – so the zip is on the same side as your body.
#F stop dalston full#
When we used to go on landscape photography trips the vans were always full of F-Stop bags and I found myself envious of their obvious benefits. Joe Cornish is an F-Stop ambassador and my friend David Ward is also a big fan. I first heard about F-Stop from my landscape photographer friends years ago. All are really useful, and I find I look for different things in each. I’m now using bags by F-Stop for all three things and thrilled to say that I have become an ambassador for the brand
I use different camera bags for the different situations. I also have some at-home storage bags for additional lenses and equipment that I don’t use so often. On these occasions I will be carrying the bag for the whole session, bringing less equipment and moving around a lot with all my kit on me. I also have a smaller ‘travelling light’ bag, for the days when I’m meeting my clients out and about and don’t have an opportunity to put things down. I have my ‘big bag’ where I cart all my kit to and from my shoots, this needs to fit my cameras and lenses and a all the associated straps and belt packs that I use during the shoot itself. Each person has different needs but as a family photographer who has gone through my fair share of camera bags I thought I would share what I’m using now and why I feel I’ve found the perfect camera bag for family portrait photographers.Īs a family portrait photographer, I use three different types of bag. As years go by, we select different models, try different manufacturers and styles until we find the ‘holy grail’ of bag, the one that we can see ourselves sticking with for years.
Most photographers I know have a huge collection of camera bags. The search for the best camera bag for portrait photographers is at an end.
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