Calvert & Fessler Wedding | August 2010 | Elkridge Furnace Inn | Elkridge Maryland
What is hanging around your neck? Do you use a neck strap for your camera? If you have a DSLR you probably have one.
If you get anything out of this post it should be this:
ALWAYS HAVE YOUR CAMERA SECURED TO YOUR BODY.
I have a friend that was on vacation recently and while changing lenses he dropped his camera body into the water. Needless to say, he had to buy a new camera body.
I switched over to a neoprene neck strap in the beginning of 2011 and it made a WORLD of difference. It is probably one of the best upgrades to my gear and it cost under $20.
The neoprene strap makes your camera feel TANGIBLY lighter. Although a DSLR is not “heavy” per se, carrying it around your neck all day photographing a wedding takes its toll.
Jon Barnes and I being a walking advertisement for canon. | Baltimore Maryland 2008
Upgrading to the neoprene strap also stops your neck from being an advertisement of what kind of camera you have.
Sorry for being a bad example of having a neck strap and not using it, this was taken 4 years ago.
The one that I currently use is the OP/TECH Classic Strap.
Does your camera have a neck strap or a wrist strap? Do you use it?
Jessie - While I just have a regular old point and shoot, I use the wrist strap religiously and hound ANY one holding it to do the same. I had a camera get droped and ruined during a hand off one time. The worst part of it was knowing that it could’ve been prevented if the girl I’d just handed it to had immediately put the wrist strap on.
theBAKERSphotography - oh man! I’m sorry. Good on ya for making people use the wrist strap! Remember to check it from time to time I had one that was starting to fray.
thecompositionof - I like the wedding picture with all the bling. I’m surprised no one is wearing a clock around their neck like Flava Flav.