I never really understood the draw of purses. Why do women own so many and why are they willing to spend so much money on a bag?! All the purses I own were gifts, and I pretty much just use the one every day.

Well, now that I want to carry my camera and all its paraphernalia around, I get it. I need one bag for storage and long travel (flights), another bag for hiking (probably a backpack of sorts), a messenger style bag for casual day trips, something a little more fashionable for going out, easily accessible bags for event and wedding portraiture (one being my shootsac!), etc., etc.

I have finally found a bag that is pretty darn close to what I would have designed for myself. It does NOT look like a camera bag, large enough to carry a few lenses and my body, small enough to pass as a large purse, cute enough to pass as a purse, has a long shoulder strap and handles and is red! I love it. It is called ‘Lola’ by Epiphanie Bags. And fortunately, Design Aglow is giving me a chance to win it! So I’ll be crossing my fingers!

Have you seen all the beautiful new products & contest for pro photographers on http://www.DesignAglow.com?

Epiphanie Bags is also having a giveaway! They are giving away a Cannon 4D Mark II or a $2500 Southwest gift card! Pretty awesome. You should check them out.

This past weekend the counter on my camera rolled over, meaning that I have taken over 10000 photos with my camera since I got it, about a year ago on September 27th, 2008. (Of course, Jeremy stole my camera occasionally. )

My camera hit 10,000 photos while shooting Mark and Lindsay’s wedding with Mandy!

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She looks like she is enjoying playing! Her heart is in it.

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The judge of the week at I Heart Faces is Jasmine Star! So I couldn’t help but enter.  What do you think of this shot?

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