This one popped up on the radar in Murray Street - and it was completely unexpected - the online catalogue for the main Barbershop site did not list it at all. It was only when I looked at the images provided by or Australian wholesaler...
I was sorely tempted when I saw the " Quiff " in the Barbershop online catalogue to choose it instead of the " Bob Cut " for my studio bag. Now that I have seen an example of the real thing in the Murray Street...
As you'll no doubt pick up before the end of the week - the Barbershop bag company like to name their products after hairstyles or things to do with facial hair. It's a harmless fantasy, and one that I find charming. I note that when...
This week I get to show you a line of products that have captured my imagination - the Barbershop range of camera and photographic bags. There are new stocks of these in Murray Street and Stirling Street - and you'll be well advised to visit each...
Don't be sad, Kamahl. You may be lonesome but doesn't mean to say that you have to have distorted music. I discovered these headphones in the video cabinet at Stirling Street while reviewing rigs for adding monitors and lights onto DSLR cameras. As most modern cameras...
Well, I've teased you long enough...
Do we all remember Dr. No in the James Bond novel? Wasn't a very nice person, was he? His name was chosen for sinister overtones and because everyone reacts negatively to negativity. No? It's the same in the photo game and on the shelves of the...
So good to see you here - out on this limb, so far above the ground. Nice to have company. Don't jiggle, people. It's not that strong a limb. I've asked you all here to discuss the business of names in the photo trade - or more...
The short-range macro lens is an oddity in the optical world. Odd in the sense that the makers of macro lenses nearly always try to get you to buy a longer focal length. Also odd in the ways that it gets used. And this is...
You thought Lifesavers came in little paper rolls? Well the Assorted Fruit and Pep-O-Mint ones might, but you can get other sorts of lifesavers too, and photography sometimes needs them. As we get further from the early start days of digital, we distance ourselves from any...