The Kelly Moore Bag for Photographers

Digital photography has blown up in recent years as the technology surrounding the medium has developed and become more financially obtainable. More specifically, it has elevated the number of female event photographers in the scene. Together a whole new market of fashionable accessories have just begun to emerge. And one of the most talked about coming from Ruston, Louisiana by Kelly Moore’s Bags.

While I was doing some research looking for the best in camera bags, I came across many photographers raving about a new bag from Kelly Moore Clark. Similar to the popular Shootsac Lens Bag, it builds on the event photographer’s need for changing lenses quickly at a moment’s notice. But it takes the function further with stylish form.

The Kelly Moore Bag allows you to keep your camera/lenses/accessories within a few seconds grasp so you never miss a shot. If you’re photographing, and you need to have your hands free to work with your client or a light, the removable, Velcro dividers are deep enough to put your camera lens FACEDOWN in the bag.

It can carry:

• 1 camera body
• 1 flash
• 2-4 lenses (depending on if you stack them)
• off camera cords
• camera batteries
• phone
• keys
• wallet
• double AA’s
• designed to carry an 8″ lens in length and still have room for various cords and accessories.

*for detailed information check out the official Features Page.

Currently Kelly Moore Bags only carries the one design (shown above) for women. It retails for $249, and comes in 7 different colors: Cranberry Croc, Jade Croc, Rich Fuschia, Grey, Black, Purple, and Brown. However the website promises “moore” coming for men as well.

On a more personal note, I’m a huge fan how Kelly runs her business. With her Twitter, Facebook Fan Page, and Blog, she keeps her business transparent and herself very accessible. Yeah, her fashionable bags are still rather new to the scene, but she’s already garnered a lot of exposure. And it’s good exposure. All the reviews I read have nothing but good things to say about her bags. I’ll definitely be picking up one for myself when the messenger bags come out.

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Evolve Showerheads: Stop Wasting Water

Wasting water while waiting for the shower to get hot. We’re all guilty of it. Back when I was living in SoCal, I used to have to wait a full 4 minutes before taking my showers. I blame the bad plumbing design. But in the end, it was still a lot of water just being wasted. Evolve Showerheads has designed a product line to combat this problem, and this past weekend I put it to the test.

For the past half year, I’ve been having to live with a Kohler rainfall shower head that would constantly spray water every which direction. This would be great if I had a roomy walk-in shower like it was designed for. But with my standard 60″ x 30″ bathtub, water would always escape onto the floor whenever sliding open the shower doors. So this weekend I finally set aside some time to get a new one.

With the variety at my local hardware stores, there were only a few main brands that I had to choose from: WaterPik, Kohler, Rain, and Evolve. I’ve heard of them all before except for the last one, which happened to have a huge display case which set it apart from the rest. Advertising built-in temperature sensors and eco-friendliness galore, I decided to read on and find out what this whole thing was all about.

Here’s how it works! The showerhead has has a built-in sensor that detects when the water gets warm enough for showering, and then it “pauses” the shower by restricting the flow of water. Instead of standing right next to the shower, waiting for it to get warm enough, you can brush your teeth or start the coffee or get your clothes ready.

You’ll hear the water stop running when the shower reaches the right temperature, and you’ll know it’s ready. Then, you just walk over at your convenience and jump in the shower. Hit the resume button to start the water again, and you’ve saved gallons of hot water from just running down the drain.

It might sound kind of weird to have sensors and buttons inside your bathroom fixtures, but it really isn’t as it sounds. Once you use it and see how simple it is to operate, you’ll forget what it was like to be without it. But you don’t have to make my word for it. Try it out.