Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer, Deanne Fitzmaurice knows what makes a great camera bag. As a working photographer and partner in the best camera bag company around, she knows how necessity is the mother of invention, and her company listens to you and the legions of photographers out there about their needs.
And because of that she and one of their top designers, Lily Fisher, came up with what I think is one of the smartest camera bags for the photographer who needs to class it up a bit: Lily Deanne

They have aimed the line, LilyDeanne, towards woman, as they saw the need for a real working bag that had beautiful style, functionality, and was not too girly, as they put it.
Mission accomplished!
Now you can work an event, with the discretion, and smoothness of carrying a handbag. And all the swet ThinkTank Functionality baked right in.
Have a look:

Till next year, anyway.
So why would you go to an event like this?
You can buy your gear online from any number of places.
You can hear photographers speak on youtube.
You can learn incredible an amount of photo skills through way to many media formats. Not all great but, searchable.
This is why: Personal Interaction.
When you look at a new camera, why not have the manufacturer answer all of your questions?

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Today, celebrated photographer Jimmy Chin will be the keynote speaker.
Even if you don’t have G.A.S (gear acquisition syndrome) and don’t want to put your hands on some of the latest photo gear, you’ll want to be there for this.
And now some snaps from the the floor:

The Lume Cube, with 1,500 Lumens, and flash or continuous light, finally in hand:

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This is probably the best overall Photo Event of the year.
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The Solution:
Epson V850 Scanner

The Problem:
As I was writing a post about one of my photo mentors, Dave Heath, I wanted to add a photo from a portrait session I did with him.
It was all shot on 4×5 B&W, when I was a student and bigger was better. Maybe.
I went to scan one of these negs, I realized that my current flatbed scanner, the Epson V600 @ only $200, didn’t have a large enough platen area to get the whole neg.
I realized that I had hundreds of B&W negs, and a ton of color transparencies, that may never see the light of day, unless digitized.
Then the research mode kicked in.
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