Mission Organization Part II - Camera Gear

 

 

Well hi there. Sorry if I've been MIA all of a sudden. It's just that once you encourage your baby to crawl (see my last Cooper update post) then you will inevitably be chasing him/her around alllll day and allllll night. Dude is getting into everything. Apparently crawling and pulling himself up trumps sleep. Oy. The only way I was able to get this post up was because I gave him my purse to play with and he entertained himself with my wallet and driver's license for almost an hour. :)

 

A long time ago I had purchased a set of nesting wooden boxes from Homesense. At the time I had no real spot or purpose for them but I snagged them up anyway because the color was perfect and darn they were cute. They've been in my dining room for a long time and housed a pretty random mishmash of stuff, primarily old magazines, our adoption binder, and some camera stuff.

 

 

 

I needed a place to keep ALL of my camera gear so I chose these boxes for a few reasons.

 

a) The boxes have lids to keep dust out.

b) They are lined with black fabric to prevent scratches on the camera equipment.

c) The lids flip up easily so that I can grab what I need quickly.

d) The boxes are kept in a central location so that I can find and use my camera quickly and easily.

 

 

The first box has just enough room for the equipment I use the most frequently: the camera body, my two go-to lenses, and my battery charger. {Note: The camera is missing from the box because I was using it to take the pictures, hee hee.}

 

 

 

In the second box, I keep the camera gear that I don't use quite as frequently: a flash, a small tripod, filters, my kit lens, lens cleaner, camera cables, and my old point-and-shoot.

 

 

The bottom box houses larger items: a tripod, a reflector, and a camera bag. All of the items in the larger box were previously all over the house. I'm glad that now everything is in one convenient spot.

 

 

I am loving this set up! Although with little mister motor-pants on the loose I might have to find a way to secure those boxes shut for a few months. :)

 

P.S. Here is a picture that I snapped with my iPhone to show you how snug-as-a-bug my little camera fits.

 

 

P.S.S. Just in case you were thinking about breaking into my house to steal my camera I have two great big (vicious) dogs, we have a state-of-the-art security system (a baseball bat), and I always bring my camera with me whenever I go out. So there.

 

;)

 

P.S.S.S. Where / how do you store and organize your camera stuff?