Camera Bags

High-quality, journalistic photo of writer clutching her four-year-old bag and remembering all of the good times they had together.

Congratulations. Your saving, scrimping, and eating nothing but high-protein granola bars for the past year has paid off. You have a brand new camera, but something is missing. That’s right, you require a bag to house your precious.

Your needs are very specific. You didn’t sleep on a mattress on the floor for nothing. You put your heart, soul, and wallet into buying this delicate gear, so there’s no way in hell you’re going to put it just anywhere.

Ask any photojournalist about their bag(s), and their eyes will take on the far-off gleam of a parent describing the birth of their first child. Chances are the photoj in question will have one, two, or maybe even three bags to suit their needs. An outsider may be puzzled by the fiendish bag hoarder, but we know better.

Going on a short assignment? There’s a bag for that. Overnight assignment? There’s a bag for that. Going to fly somewhere? There’s even more bags for that. And guess what. YOU NEED THEM ALL.

Their names are so exciting that you can’t help but dream of them. The Speed Demon. The Slingshot. The Urban Disguise. With so many compartments and interchangeable partitions, they ooze pure sex appeal.

So what kind of bag are you? A belt-pack? A backpack? A shoulder bag? If you’re a rollie bag, we need to have a talk.