This is the first of many “PWU (products we use)” reviews that I’ll be adding to the blog in the coming months. Each and every product is something that we (myself and Anne) actually own and use. We’ve owned a gazillion products over the years and only a few have survived our rigorous shoot schedule and travels around the globe. Later this month, we’ll post our review of the “ultimate destination wedding backpack” Think Tank Photo’s rotation360.
First up is a product from our good friend, Jessica Claire. Hipsacks, harness systems and belt packs all have their respected uses (we own a couple) but none of them “fit” us like our SHOOTSAC’s. The SHOOTSAC works great when you want to travel light for a portrait or wedding shoot.
On a typical portrait shoot, the SHOOTSAC houses my Sekonic light meter, digital calibration target, note pad & pen and one additional lens (usually 50/1.2) since my 24-105 IS lives on one of our 5D Mark II’s, an iPhone and two Pixel Pocket Rocket’s are stored in the back pouch closest to the silver SHOOTSAC clip.
80gb’s of SanDisk Extreme IV’s are safely tucked away in two (we own five) Pixel Pocket Rocket’s from Think Tank Photo. Each Pixel Pocket Rocket holds 10 CF cards, has a space for your business card and most importantly, has a short tether for securing the card wallet to your person or in our case, our SHOOTSAC’s. When we’re on location and we’ve wrapped a shoot, we simply remove the Pixel Pocket Rocket’s from our SHOOTSAC’s and clip them to a belt loop…our cards never leave our person.
The SHOOTSAC is a great all purpose, everyday satchel and when paired with Think Tank Photo’s Pixel Pocket Rocket, you have the perfect match! Shooting or not, I sport my SHOOTSAC daily and it has become my manly man-purse 
Next post, info on our From RAW to WOW! 1 Day Workshop which starts on August 13th at our Dallas studio. We have seats available and we’d love to see you next week! Thanks for reading! JVS
