Part One : Fixed Length Straps.
Camera straps are a personal thing, it's why I started making my own years ago, I just couldn't find any I liked, online or in stores.
I came close, but always ended up spending time altering them to what I needed and wanted in a strap.
I only mention it here because for part one of these posts, I'm kicking them off with a strap that quite honestly cannot get any simpler. It's leather functioning at one if it's basic levels. It does one job, it does it well, and it does it reliably, while still having a certain aesthetic appeal. It may come to you new, and still have a fresh off the bench feel, and while comfortable right off the bat, it will break in with use, becoming soft and supple, as well as developing a great patina, with coloring becoming lighter in some areas, and black in others. Looking better with use and age. It's a strap to grow with, and one I hope you get years of use out of. These are meant to be used and abused, not looked at.
Camera straps are a personal thing, it's why I started making my own years ago, I just couldn't find any I liked, online or in stores.
I came close, but always ended up spending time altering them to what I needed and wanted in a strap.
I only mention it here because for part one of these posts, I'm kicking them off with a strap that quite honestly cannot get any simpler. It's leather functioning at one if it's basic levels. It does one job, it does it well, and it does it reliably, while still having a certain aesthetic appeal. It may come to you new, and still have a fresh off the bench feel, and while comfortable right off the bat, it will break in with use, becoming soft and supple, as well as developing a great patina, with coloring becoming lighter in some areas, and black in others. Looking better with use and age. It's a strap to grow with, and one I hope you get years of use out of. These are meant to be used and abused, not looked at.
When I'm designing anything, there's always a few things floating around in my head that I try to stick to, I think most people have their own "rules", as well as Rams' principles that have been embedded in the subconscious. For me, simple always wins. Though the path to simple is usually complicated. I end up heading through a lot of ideas, that might work, but, in the end will not stop bugging me, and I'll just strip things away from there. On something like this strap, it's more of an "if it's not broken, don't try to fix it." situation.
First run available end of July, early August, along with the wallets.
Made from a single strip of heavyweight veg tanned bridle, that has been waxed and oiled for heavy use and durability, as well as water resistance.
Standard strap lengths are 35"-40" end to end.
Available Options Include:
White contrast stitching, or deep brown.
Optional lug protectors for those interested.
Option to add neck pad.
Continue Reading For More Photos & Info.
First run available end of July, early August, along with the wallets.
Made from a single strip of heavyweight veg tanned bridle, that has been waxed and oiled for heavy use and durability, as well as water resistance.
Standard strap lengths are 35"-40" end to end.
Available Options Include:
White contrast stitching, or deep brown.
Optional lug protectors for those interested.
Option to add neck pad.
Continue Reading For More Photos & Info.
I think what I try to stick to most is keeping things, deceptively, simple.
There's a difference between simple, and deceptively simple, and I think that comes through a little in the end.
This first post in the series of these straps, is about the most basic, simple one I'll offer, but I hope will still stand on it's own.
There are multiple steps to get it to the end result. Attention to details, and taking time doing things that might not be thought of at first look. It all probably seems overly obsessive for something like a camera strap, but it's honest design, and a lot goes into each one.
There's a difference between simple, and deceptively simple, and I think that comes through a little in the end.
This first post in the series of these straps, is about the most basic, simple one I'll offer, but I hope will still stand on it's own.
There are multiple steps to get it to the end result. Attention to details, and taking time doing things that might not be thought of at first look. It all probably seems overly obsessive for something like a camera strap, but it's honest design, and a lot goes into each one.
Something that might not be immediately noticed is the lack of branding on these.
I know it's been said before, but I think anyone who designs or creates anything, does it for themselves first. There's a little bit of selfishness there, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. For me, one thing I hate seeing are the company branded straps you can see a mile away. You know the ones I'm talking about, because they've come with any camera you've bought. Subtle they aren't.
I don't think logos belong on certain things, a pair of well made shoes for example, their design and construction speak for themselves, the branding is subtle and on the inside of the shoe. Another is a camera strap, for me anyway. There are a few reasons for myself, besides being ugly in my opinion, there's also the advertising to anyone remotely close to you, what you're holding in your hands, including would be thieves. Another is subtlety. If you're photographing on the street for example, it's beneficial to not have neon colors around your neck when you have a camera pointed at strangers, the less you're noticed, the better.
On mine, I couldn't bring myself to stamp a larger maker's mark into them, opting instead for a small, unobtrusive "T" above the stitching on the right strap end. (I say right, only because for me that's where I attach that strap end.)
On the reverse side of that, you'll find three numbers written on the inside of each strap. First is the run that strap was a part of, second is the number in the run, and last is the amount in that run.
(Coming in Part Two : The adjustable length straps.)
I know it's been said before, but I think anyone who designs or creates anything, does it for themselves first. There's a little bit of selfishness there, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. For me, one thing I hate seeing are the company branded straps you can see a mile away. You know the ones I'm talking about, because they've come with any camera you've bought. Subtle they aren't.
I don't think logos belong on certain things, a pair of well made shoes for example, their design and construction speak for themselves, the branding is subtle and on the inside of the shoe. Another is a camera strap, for me anyway. There are a few reasons for myself, besides being ugly in my opinion, there's also the advertising to anyone remotely close to you, what you're holding in your hands, including would be thieves. Another is subtlety. If you're photographing on the street for example, it's beneficial to not have neon colors around your neck when you have a camera pointed at strangers, the less you're noticed, the better.
On mine, I couldn't bring myself to stamp a larger maker's mark into them, opting instead for a small, unobtrusive "T" above the stitching on the right strap end. (I say right, only because for me that's where I attach that strap end.)
On the reverse side of that, you'll find three numbers written on the inside of each strap. First is the run that strap was a part of, second is the number in the run, and last is the amount in that run.
(Coming in Part Two : The adjustable length straps.)
