My Review of Hidden Cargo Pants

SCOTTEVEST, Inc.

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You'll want to wear these pants every day! Featuring 11 hidden pockets and compartments, they offer the carrying space of cargo pants and shorts, yet are streamlined to look like regular khakis. The un...

Hidden Cargo Pants

Great!

traveling_photographer Seattle, WA 3/4/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Great Design, Practical, Wrinkle Resistant, Comfortable, Retains Shape, Well Made, Durable, Washes Well

Cons: Wears Out Quickly

Best Uses: Casual Wear, Wear To Work

Describe Yourself: Casual Dresser

Comfort vs Style: Comfort Driven

The pants are great. But with my pair, there is a piece of plastic sewn in between the layers of pockets that I can't remove easily and it's quite annoying. I'll eventually take a seam-ripper to them and get it out, but that seems like something that should have been caught in quality-control.

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My Review of Ultimate Cargo Pants

SCOTTEVEST, Inc.

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SeV Ultimate Cargo Pants give you 2 products in 1 - simply zip off the legs and your Ultimate Cargo Pants convert into Ultimate Cargo Shorts!

We've taken a traditional cargo pant look

Ultimate Cargo Pants

Nice product, ...

traveling_photographer Seattle, WA 3/4/2009

 

4 5

Pros: Comfortable, Practical, Great Design

Cons: Wears Out Quickly

Best Uses: Casual Wear, Wear To Work

Describe Yourself: Casual Dresser

Comfort vs Style: Comfort Driven

The pants are great, save for a couple of issues. First, the magnets tend to wear through the fabric surprisingly quickly. Second, the material is heavy as heck, which seems good for overall durability, but the pants get kind of uncomfortable for air travel, as the fabric tends to bunch up.

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My review of Lexar Compact Flash Memory Card Reader (single slot) with Ultra-Thin Firewire Interface Cable.

Originally submitted at Adorama

Lexar Compact Flash Memory Card Reader (single slot) with Ultra-Thin Firewire Interface Cable.

Lexar Compact Flash Memory Card Reader (single slot) with Ultra-Thin Firewire Interface Cable.Lexar Compact Flash Memory Card Reader (single slot) with Ultra-Thin Firewire Interface Cable.

Reliable little device

By zeraphoto from Seattle, WA on 2/12/2007

 

4 out of 5

Pros: Fast , Slim, Reliable

Cons: Flimsy

Best Uses: Professional Cameras

Describe Yourself: Professional

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I tend to go through about one card reader a year for some reason; they simply stop working after a bit -- perhaps I use them more frequently than they're designed for, or perhaps their working life is only about a year.

In any case, this one is the most reliable CF-card readers I've used. My one complaint is that the cover constantly jumps off its track and I sense it's impending demise. This is the first reader that I'd consider replacing with a duplicate, though, despite the flimsiness of the cover, due to its fast data transfer and relative overall reliability.

(legalese)

My review of Lexar Compact Flash Memory Card Reader (single slot) with Ultra-Thin Firewire Interface Cable.

Originally submitted at Adorama

Lexar Compact Flash Memory Card Reader (single slot) with Ultra-Thin Firewire Interface Cable.

Lexar Compact Flash Memory Card Reader (single slot) with Ultra-Thin Firewire Interface Cable.Lexar Compact Flash Memory Card Reader (single slot) with Ultra-Thin Firewire Interface Cable.

Reliable little device

By zeraphoto from Seattle, WA on 2/12/2007

 

4 out of 5

Pros: Fast , Slim, Reliable

Cons: Flimsy

Best Uses: Professional Cameras

Describe Yourself: Professional

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I tend to go through about one card reader a year for some reason; they simply stop working after a bit -- perhaps I use them more frequently than they're designed for, or perhaps their working life is only about a year.

In any case, this one is the most reliable CF-card readers I've used. My one complaint is that the cover constantly jumps off its track and I sense it's impending demise. This is the first reader that I'd consider replacing with a duplicate, though, despite the flimsiness of the cover, due to its fast data transfer and relative overall reliability.

(legalese)

It's been a wonderfully busy summer, ...

Well, it certainly has been a long time since I made the effort to post, ... business has been brisk to say the least, and that's a lovely state of affairs.

Now that things have calmed down a bit with the change of seasons, I've time to catch up on my correspondence, marketing, blogs, etc., etc. I've attached, in no particular order, a few recent samples of what I've been up to these past few months. There's been lots more than this, of course, but it'll give you an idea.

I'm hoping to make use of this blog as a place to share information for current and future clients regarding how to store and access their final images, tips for making shoots go smoothly, tips for staging interior spaces to make them look their best in photos, along with explanations of how things work behind the scenes so as to give a more solid understanding of the whole architectural/product photography process.

Any ideas or suggestions for future topics would be welcome, either by posting a comment to the blog or sending me an e-mail directly.

Watch this space!

Bedknobs and broomsticks

Ever wonder what it takes to shoot interiors? Time, ... lots of time. Not to mention brooms, Swiffers, squeegees, mops, wipes, and not a little Windex.

Back from Texas, ...

Spent most of last week in Matagorda, Texas. It's the last bit of unspoiled Texas-Gulf coastline, and well worth the effort required to visit. I was there for a magazine assignment, and had a lovely time fishing, kayaking, and taking aerial photos of the coastline. I also did my first yacht interior shoot on my return to Seattle; here's one of the results, along with a couple images from Texas.

Planes, trains, ... you know the drill.

So I've been on the road a lot, and am headed for the Gulf Coast of Texas later this week for an assignment. Wisdom to impart? Hmmm, ... networking is where it's at as far as growing one's business.

Home sweet home

Home at last. The snowy trend continued while I was in New England; I was snowed in at the Providence, Rhode Island, airport and had to stay an extra day. But dad's fine and everything's as close to normal as possible back here in sunny Seattle.

Sometimes I've something to say; today I guess I'll just stick with the visuals.

Massachusetts

I'm currently in my hometown in western Massachusetts, helping out the family as my dad underwent hip-replacement surgery last week. Most everything seems to be going well. I haven't had too much time to photograph anything, but it's snowing today and the roads are too slippery to drive the 50+ miles to the hospital so I think I'll go shoot some snowy landscapes.

Today's photo is of a cemetery in southern New Hapmshire that I took last weekend.

Thursday in the evening

It's interesting to me how something so seemingly simple as a mortgage payment can consume a person, ... therefore, I've been busily working. Here's some new work, ...

Home for a while, ...

Just got back from a lovely press trip to northern Utah, and have a couple of weeks to process/sell the images before heading off to New England for two weeks later this month. Things should settle for a bit after that while I focus on my local architectural, professional and manufacturing clients.

I've grown quite fond of Utah; it's a magnificent place. Today's photos are from my most recent trip.

Paris!

My lovely wife and I have decided that we'll spend our third anniversary in Paris. It's not until this fall, but I'm very excited nonetheless as I've dreamed of Paris since I was a child. Now it's time to bone up on all that French language study, ... Tout le travail et aucunes marques Jack de jeu un garçon mat!

Quant à la photo de cette semaine, je pense que quelque chose faire avec les femmes étrangères serait approprié, ...

Oh -- by the way, I'm apparently a pure nerd.

Pure Nerd 78 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 47% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd. The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful. Congratulations! Take the nerd/geek/dork test

Travelin' blues

Well, not really. It just sounded like a good post title. I *love* to travel, domestically or otherwise. My next travel-magazine photography trips are, in order, to northern Utah, Massachusetts, and then to Nashville. Watch this space for some cool travel photographs!

Another year gone, ... what a ride!

It's tough to believe that I'm already at the end of my first full year of self-employment. It's been a hell of a year; things have gone better than expectations and that certainly bodes well for 2006. Here are the highlights:

New Clients:
• McGraw Hill
• Warren Miller
• New York Post
• Power & Motoryacht magazine
• St. George/Zion National Park Convention & Visitors Bureau
• OnRequest Images
• Ramada Inns
• Spectacular Homes of the Pacific Northwest (by Panache Partners, publishers of coffee-table books)
• Several Seattle-area architecture and interior-design firms

Travel assignments:
• Massachusetts
• Tennessee
• Kentucky
• Texas
• Utah (twice)
• Oregon
• Vancouver, British Columbia (twice)

Oh -- today's images are from one of the Ramada shoots.

Here's to a specatular and peaceful 2006!

Weekend Redux

Other than my obtaining a sprained ankle from having slipped on a rocky riverbank, the weekend in Oregon was a complete success, ... we didn't really do much of anything other than explore riverbanks and seashores, skip lots of stones across the aforementioned rivers, and watch some mighty lovely sunsets. We did watch my favorite movie, too -- City of Lost Children. It has the most amazing lighing and set design I've ever seen.

Today's images are from the trip, ...

Road trip!

Time for a photo safari/R&R trip. Headed for southern coastal Oregon, Port Orford, to be exact. Gonna see what I can see. Right now I'm in a motel room in Vancouver, Wash., which is just about half-way to my final destination. Hope this clear weather holds for the weekend; the Oregon coast is a lovely part of the world.

As for today's photo, here's a taste of what's to come.

Another week speeds by

It's true; time flies when you're working your ass off.

Revelations? People aren't always as they seem; no good deed goes unpunished, and if you don't set firm boundaries people will dutifully try their best to take advantage of you.

Tip? Write up the agreement before the shoot. Don't get lazy; you're sure to get bitten in the ass otherwise.

Today's photos don't really have anything to do with anything other than they fit my mood. They're from an art project I did to illustrate the seven deadly sins.

Here's a contest -- tell me which ones these are!

More new clients!

So far this week I signed on with a stock agency called OnRequest images, and landed a new real-estate client. The good news just keeps rollin' along, ... but I don't want to get *too* cocky, lest the photo gods smack me down. Just let me be happy.

I'll be brief, as it's approaching midnight here. Today's image is just something I shot and then simply dropped in a gradiated background, ... it's representative of my emotions of late.