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GiorgosSeirlis

WedSeminars.com

Yervantphotographer:

Daniel Ilinca

editorialSeptember and hopefully is prodicted to be “hot” in many areas.

Traditional is a “strong” month for weddings but not only for that.In politics we have the German elections and all the upcoming announcements of the government.

Back to “us”, is a month we also regroup and have many activities running.

The two-day seminars of Yervant in Portugal, Romania and Turkey (details and bookings available at www.wedseminars.com) and the preparations of Keda for his seminars in Athens and Thessaloniki, preparation for our “e-Contest” for this semester and the announcements for the “qualification system” and also some very strong plans for promotion and advertisement of photoweddingstories website, promising a fairly “warm” autumn and for us all.

friendlyΝikos Pekridis

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What happens here,stays here! an article fromXaris Sgouramalis

Monthly statisticsan article fromChris Kontsaloudis

Presentation ThinkTankTurnStyle Series

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DanielIlinca

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1. How did you characterize your style?Creative conceptual photography.

2 . What do you think about the future in photography?Photography came along long before we had the equipment. I think photography is stronger and better than ever before.

3. What is the difference on wedding and fashion ?In wedding photography you need to stay focused if you want to catch the perfect moments. For fashion photography, you don’t have the same stress I think. BUt you will have to be extra careful to the smallest details and always please the editors. I wouln’t describe myself as a fashion photographer, i’m more like a fairytales writer with my camera.

4. Do you shoot weddings ?No. But somethimes I do some “trash the dress” shootings. I know it’s hard work and a big responsability.

5. Name us some great photographers who inspired you Wedding and no weddingI am not so familiarized with weddings photographers but I like Nik Pekridis photography. Also I have some friends in Romania, very talented wedding photographers.I love Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, David Lachapelle, Avedon... and many others, it’s a huge list.

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6. What do you know about Pws?I read about it on facebook, one year ago. I think it’s a great idea. Easier for the brides and for the grooms to decide what photographer can fulfill their desires and expectations in the wedding day.

7. What are your future plans?I want to travel a lot and do more advertising /commercial photography.

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PWS> When did you start wedding photography business ?Yervant started Professional Photography Service in 1981.

PWS> Could you define your style ?Fashion Meets Wedding

PWS> Why did you choose wedding photography among other styles ?I love the challenge of REALITY and no graphic designers, stylists or art directors setting up a shoot for me, I like the fast pace of reality, see it, visualise it, capture it and deliver it. I have stated many years ago “ I am fashion photographer, portrait photographer, landscape photographer, commercial photographer all within any five minutes of a wedding day”.

PWS> What are the main differences of wedding photography ?Every wedding is unique therefore every wedding bring a different approach. The couple and their personality, what they are wearing, what theme and feel they are exuding, then there are the technical aspects like the LIGHT on the day, the time frame I have to work in, the location I have to shoot, each of the elements mentioned make each and every wedding unique and totally different from each other. I need to react to any of the elements given on any day and shoot according to them and produce results based on those, that is why this business is so exciting and so varied, each wedding is a new canvas to paint on.

PWS> What do you advise to beginners about wedding photography ?PLEASE, PLEASE, do NOT shoot and burn a CD. That is 50% of photography. To be a professional, you must deliver 100%, that is 50% in the capture and 50% in printed results. Go and learn retouching, finishing and delivering a FINAL full results. It is NOT a photograph until it is printed !

PWS> How a wedding photographer can create his/her own style ?Go with your heart. See the way your eyes see and not how others have done it many times before you. Be brave to experiment, and be brave to be CREATIVE and break some rules, go with your art and be creative and you will soon see a pattern in your style that is uniquely you. That becomes your signature style.

PWS>. You will be in Istanbul for PWS Seminar on 23-24 September. Do you know any about Turkish wedding photography, any names ? What would you like to say to our Turkish wedding photographers before you give seminar ?I am very excited to be in Istanbul in September 2013. I shoot many many Turkish weddings here in Australia, I will be showing the results of a really beautiful wedding I shot just recently of a Turkish couple, I have to say it was one of my favourite wedding results. For me, any wedding is still a celebration of two people getting married, the principles are much the same all over the world.

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September 16-17, Porto ,hotel Hf Tuela ,http://www.tue-laportohotel.com/ September 19-20, Bucharest,Ramada North hotel, http://www.ramadanorth.ro/en/ September 23-24, Istanbul,Suadiye hotel,http://hotelsuadiye.com/indexEN.html -

See more at: h t t p : / / w e d s e m i n a r s . c o m / s e m i n a r s / s e m i n a r s /yervant/#sthash.380ULLrp.dpuf

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The couple hire a photographer like me to receive more than just traditional and necessary pictures, they hire me so they can have Photographic Art, so I will be sharing many of my images and my principles of creating Photographic Art at the seminar and hopefully excite you all to think outside the usual and be comfortable to be more creative and artistic.

PWS> How do you prepare your albums ? What do you offer your couples ?All my albums are individually designed. We retouch every image that the couple have selected for the album, we then create a beautiful story book layout for them to recapture the best of their wedding day story. All my albums are printed in Italy by GraphiStduo whom I consider the world’s best printers and album manufacturers. I will be spending a lot of time on Album design during my seminar in Istanbul.

PWS> As a matter of whole world wedding photography market, what is your idea for next 10 years of this market ?I strongly believe that the circle of Shoot and Burn CD is almost over, these scouts came fast and going out fast too, that type of business is not sustainable and cannot survive long run, so I see back to reality, back to the real craft of photography and more need from the marketplace for ART images. Couples around the world are moving more and more for art images and something that they or their friend cannot do, they want a Professional Photographer to deliver them something beyond what can be done on a

digital camera or an i-phone. So I predict that the most creative and those who supply high quality results are the ones who will survive the next 10 years.

PWS> How do you choose your locations for outdoor / indoor shooting ? It all depends on the day and actually the moment. I do not pre select too much as I rely on LIGHT more than anything, so I will decide on light and create images based on light. For me, I see light first then the background, other photographers see the background and then put their couple in it, I do the opposite.

PWS> is the biggest wedding photography educational organization of Turkey. And Turkish wedding photography education sector is at its beginings. What would you like to say educational view of wedding photography in terms Turkey?I am so proud to be associated with PWS. I have known the organisers for many years and admire their evolution, and their work and their ethics. Be grateful that PWS is in Turkey and support them so they can keep bringing many from around the world to inspire you and educate you.

Yervant

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GeorgeSeirlis

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George was born and grew up on the island of Samos. From his fa-ther a professional photographer, he learned from an early age the secrets and art of black and white photograph the transitional passage in color photograph, and nowadays digital technology.

Even though his studies were technical education, eventually chose to fol-low what he loved, and make his hobby a profession.

In recent years, wanting to focus on wedding photography he has set up in the center of Athens, the company “ephos” which specializes in wed-ding photography and videography.

He is a member of Elite Wedding Photographers, and along with several col-leagues, through continuous training and exchange of views, he offers his customers a modern look in wedding photography.

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Οι φωτογραφίες και τα κείµενα που υπάρχουν σε αυτή την ηλεκτρονική έκδοση υπόκειται σε δικαιώµατα πνευµατικής ιδιoκτησίας του κάθε δηµιουργού. Απαγορεύεται η αναπαραγωγή τους µε κάθε τρόπο χωρίς την έγγραφη άδεια του PWS.

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Old-School Photos of People Posing With Old-School Cameras

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One of the big trends in the camera industry these days is the stuffing of “big camera” sensors into “small camera” bodies. After all, if you can get the same image quality from a camera that’s smaller in size, why wouldn’t you want to? (That’s the idea, at least).

The quality and portability of cameras these days would be quite astonishing to pho-

tographers from back in the earlier days of photography — the days in which you needed both hands and a strong back to work as a photojournalist. In this post, we’ve compiled photos from those “good ol’ days” to see how far photography has come.

The photograph above shows baseball player Her-man Schaefer hijacking a 5×7 press Graflex camera during a game between the Washington Senators and New York High-landers in 1911. Thank good-ness for the portability of cam-eras these days. This is what a portable large format camera looked like back in 1914:

It appears that back in 1937 it was perfectly normal to snap news photos at the US Senate while holding a cigarette between your fingers:

Here’s a photo showing members of the White House News Photographers’ Asso-ciation posing for a group picture while clutching their top-of-the-line cameras in the 1920s:

Another group portrait of photographers in the White House News Photographers’ As-sociation. This one features 17 of them, and there are tripods:

A photographer pos-ing with his camera and tripod outside the White House in the early 1900s:

Old-School Photos of People Posing With Old-School Cameras

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This photograph shows photographers lining up to cover President Taft’s inaugura-tion ceremony on March 4, 1909.

They stand at the ready with their boxy cameras above a snow-covered wall:

A 1927 photograph of President Coolidge posing with a group of photographers in a field while wearing a cowboy outfit.

A 1950 portrait of Frances Benjamin Johnston with her camera. Johnston was one of the earli-est American female photographers and photo-journalists:

A tourist photographing in Taos, New Mexico in 1940 using a special candid camera. The direction he’s facing makes it look like he’s shooting one way, but the camera is actually capturing something to the side:

In 1939, when star college quarterback Davy O’Brien visited Washington to receive a prestigious award, he paid a visit to Presidential Secretary Marvin H. McIntyre at the White House.

To demonstrate his passing tech-nique to McIntyre, O’Brien grabbed a camera from a news photogra-pher nearby and pretended to use it as a football:

This photo shows a young boy playing make believe with his sister. They made a homemade “Kodack” camera and are pretending to use it to shoot a por-trait of the sister and her doll:

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Old-School Photos of People Posing With Old-School Cameras Old-School Photos of People Posing With Old-School Cameras

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Photographer Theodor Horydczak was well known for his photos documenting the places and happenings of Washing-ton DC. Here he is framing a shot while lying on some grass with his massive camera:

This 1938 photo shows a traveling pho-tographer shooting in Columbus, Ohio with his sidewalk portrait camera.

Children fooling around with a photogra-pher Russell Lee’s camera during the US government’s Farm Security Administration photo project:

Four unknown guys from the early 1900s hanging out with their cameras in hand:

Three guys posing with two cameras in the early 1900s:

A group of early-1900s pho-tographers posing with their cameras on steps:

Perhaps this is what paparazzi photographers looked like a century ago:

Finally. think being a photographer’s assistant these days is tough? Back in 1873, photogra-phers’ assistants had to sometimes transport heavy loads of camera equipment from place to place on mules:

Old-School Photos of People Posing With Old-School Cameras Old-School Photos of People Posing With Old-School Cameras

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Do you believe thatyour photographs have

something to “say?”!

x [www.photoweddingstories.com]

The aim of this publication, as was mentioned before, is not to feature only the communityof PWS and the photographers that participate in it. From the beginning wewanted it to serve another aim. Any photographer who wants to can have their workfeatured, even if they do not belong in the PWS but rather to other correspondingassociations!In this way they will have the opportunity of making known their work to their colleaguesand in general to anyone who reads this publication. Therefore we will beglad to feature any photographer, professional or not, in one of our columns even iftheir photograph is not related with to the genre of wedding photography. We believethat through such initiatives we will continue to promote photography in Greece andall together we add one small stone to the new reality that is created around us.Those who are interested can contact us or send a sample of their work to the PWS email.

Many thanks!

[[email protected]] x

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What Happens Here... Stays Here...

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As in zombie movies , where the bad thing with the dead is that they do not remain dead, so in the real world, the wrong thing with photographers is that they do not remain photographers. For some people out of necessity, for other people also out of necessity, because of a curse or a microbe. For economic needs, not an expression need. At this point, many times I do the parallelism between a client, a bride, which rarely,if EVER, we do not recognize to her the right to express an opinion on how to make a photographer his job and photographer, who believed himself having the SAcREd and InAlIEnABlE right to have an opinion beyond the photograph. At this point i have to say that the photographer IS oBlIGATEd to have an opinion if he has the appropriate knowledge and is also oBlIGATEd to hAVE that knowledge. I close this parenthesis and move to the point at issue: the photographer beyond the art of photography he makes graphic design and stylistic art. Through the lbums that he designs inside, he sets photos, decorates, converts and enriches them with various programs.dId hE “own IT“? dId “hE STudIEd” IT? no. He learned quite literally roughly from what he saw around him and what he is learning from the various seminars. Is he a designer - website developer? He is pushing himself to become one, many times! Does he possesses the noble sport of promotion??? (marketing to greatbritain). Certainly not, but is difficult to change what he did until today. Saying until now, because the last few months many began to

suck on marketing as one, deus ex machina, that will suddenly solve all or many of the issues while it is just another link in the great chain of entrepreneurship. Does they possess techniques of filming-imaging-narrative description? Neither this but whatever that impress them (so simple!) and believe that will leave you speechless customers, they are adopting it, without a second thought! In conclusion, while the customer has NO right to challenge the SPEcIAlITY of the photographer on what he does, the photographer himself practically does NOT recognize any SPEcIAlITY to other professionals that he replaces. And the trick question is, how can we ask our customers to honor you by their choice and paying a lot of money emphasizing the value, the specificity and professionalism in what we want to offer and at the SAmE time wE underestimate what we offer by noT assigning them to specific good and recognized professionals? I know what most of you will answer: “It’s a matter of cost, economy” ‘well, why does the same answer bother us when we hear it from our customers???!

Xaris Sgouramalis

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What is eliteweddingphotographers;It is exactly what it says!There is nothing new ..

Now the site of PWS has become open to everyone.For photographers and candidate pairs.A universally commerce page..But we could not have “forget” the essenceand the reasons why the photoweddingstories exists.Promote good wedding photography.And here we would say, it appears, is reborn the eliteweddingphotographers.A restricted society of professional photographersrecognized for the quality of their work.

And what if someone wants to join us... can he?YES he can!It is sufficient to place his work on the other’s judgmentand If he collects more than 80 points he can join the... elite.

1. The participants of the monthly contest (only full members) have the right to upload one photo every month and vote for all others except their own.

2. We vote with ratings from 65 to 100 points where 65 is “unprofessional depiction” and 100 is the perfect.Over 80 points is considered that a picture has been “produced” correctly while above 85 points means that the picture is excellent.

3. The photos which are participating in the competition must belong to their creator (not from seminars or workshops unless they belong to the rapporteur) and should be categorized as wedding, fashion or portrait. Any other post will be deleted as unacceptable.

4. Images that “carry” insignia of their creator will be deleted

5. In order someone to become a full member, he must collect 79 points average.

How to become a member of the elite wedding photographers; ...

1. Filling in the online application 2. Evaluation of the web site and portfolio of candidate 3. Collect at least 79 points in the monthly competition or merit award in biannual or annual convetion 4. Annual subscription $ 130/100 Euros or State in www.photoweddingstories.com

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In today’s article I would like to explain how we keep monthly statistics on how many contacts for wedding or christening we have every month, how many appointments we do and how many deals we have. I will also explain why it is so important and what conclusions can we make and what choices should we do.

Α. What information we keep monthly.The information we want to record and have monthly are

1. Contacts(via e-mail, phone or in store) for:- Marriage- Marrying with no available date- Marriage and Baptism- Marriage and Baptism with no available date- Baptism- Baptism with no available date

Κείμενο

Χρήστος Κοντσαλούδης

2. Appointment for:- Marriage- Marriage and Baptism- Baptism

3. Deals for: - Marriage- Marriage and Baptism- Baptism

4. Recommendations / promotional activities to:- Marriage (includes the Wedding + Baptism)- Baptism

5. Recommendations / promotions that finally made for :- Marriage (includes the Wedding + Baptism)- Baptism

B. Where Do We Collect dataThe information may be recorded either on a table on a printed paper, or (the ideal) in an excel file like this below:

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how to keep monthly statistics as a wedding photographer.

why it is so important?

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Facebook 1A customer 1A customer 1A customer 1 1PROMOTES DEALSpws 1InternetFacebook 2A customerA customer 1A customer 1

C. How we collect dataEvery time someone contacts us for wedding or christening, we update the table. Always ask to know how they found us to to fill the table and particularly its recommendations (and to thank the person who is responsible). After each appointment we update our table. As soon as we make the deal for a photo shoot, once again we update the table.

D. How we use the information1. We see the trend per month for the contacts we have for photographyα. MonthlyKeep an eye how much increased or decreased the total number of contacts we have per month, having always in mind what are the promotions that are running each month to assess their effectiveness.

2013 (details are indicative): Leads JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPWedding 5 15 15 10 6 1 4 1Wedding no date

1 1 1 1

W&B 2 1 2 2 1 1W&B no dateBaptism 2 7 6 14 2 8 6 1Baptism no date

1 2

TOTAL 10 23 23 25 11 11 13 3 0Meeting Wedding 2 5 5 2W&B 1 1 1Baptism 3 1 1 1 1TOTAL 2 6 8 4 1 1 1 0 1Booked Wedding 1W&B 1Baptism 1 3 2TOTAL 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0

Wedding Promotionpws 1Internet 1 1 1 1 1Facebook 1A customer 1A customer 1A customer 1BaptismPromotionpws 2 1 1 1Internet 1

Leads JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP

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4. We see the relationship between contacts, appointments and deals. A. Contacts per appointment b. contacts per deals c Appointments per dealsHigh deals rate per appointment may mean that we have very low price for our service, while low deals rate per appointment means the opposite.

5. We accurately track our contacts come from (recommendations / promotions) and what deals we have per recommendation source.We are interested to know exactly where our contacts come from and the percentage amount to please these recommendations and to evaluate our promotional activities.eg, if a promotional activity in Google Ads brings us 30 contacts per month for wedding may be a good number (depending on our goal). But if out of these 30 nobody agreed with us then perhaps we should reassess our advertising message, or even the medium itself.

In a few words, it is very essential to keep detailed in-formation on this business. If we hav them we can build on our strategy to develop tactics to implement and make the necessary corrections, if necessary. But without detailed data we walk in the dark.START TO COLLECT YOUR DATA NOW!

PS1.Those who want to send them the excel file with form with the monthly statistics, just send me an e-mail at: [email protected]. Christmas is coming. Have you planned anything to do for your customers this Christmas;(you can read a relevant article of mine here: http://photoweddingstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pws-magazine-11.pdf)For more information, any help or even advice on Marketing and Branding specific to photographers, do not hesitate to contact me.

Christos KontsaloudisMarketing for Wedding Photographers

www.ckp.gr/marketing-for-photographers

b . On an annual basisWhen we have now kept stats for over 12 months, we can see the seasonality in the contacts we have (as always with our current promotions). E.g., if you see a significant drop in the number of our contacts during the Easter month and see that last year you had the same thing happening, then we do not worry and we do not need a change in tactics.If you see for example, another month having a significant drop in the number of your contacts and see that last year there was nothing similar, then you probably need to look at ways to advertise more and better with a promotional activity maybe.

2. Watching exactly how many appointments we do per monthThe appointments we make with potential customers is a cost allocated to each deal we make. For this we must be always aware, to have a certain maximum number of appointments as a limit for each month, according to the pricing we do.If for example we have a limit of 10 appointments per month, and we have reached half of the month and we have already done 8 meetings,we should need to check this number, ie giving the range of our prices before appointment or even more details for our proposal for the shooting.

3. Seeing the trend per month for our sales a. On a monthly basisWe watch how much the number of deals increased or decreased per month.b. On an annual basisWhen we have kept stats for over 12 months, we can see the seasonal-ity in sales. eg if we are in May and we are quite behind from our goal and see that last year the same thing happened, then we are not very con-cerned and we do not need any immediate change in tactics, but if we see that last year there was nothing similar, then we will have to see if the deals rate per appointment has fallen so we do some corrections.

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Carry your essential camera gear in the small, lightweight and body-conforming TurnStyle 5.Designed for urbanite photographers, it’s ideal for a casual day of shooting. This body-conforming bag converts from a sling bag to a beltpack, enabling you to move and shoot freely while providing rapid access, flexibility and convenience.

The customizable interior enables you to configure the bag for each job, with designated pockets for a mirrorless system, two to four lenses, a small tablet and small accessories. Besides the tough, wa-ter-resistant fabric, a rain cover is included for heavy downpours.

TurnStyle Series

Key Features:

• Easy rotation for rapid access to gear and accessories• Converts from a sling bag to a beltpack for increased comfort and flexibility• Padded velour pocket fits a small tablet

Gear Profile:Fits a mirrorless system with two to four lenses plus a small tablet. The front organizer pocket holds chargers, memory cards and other small accessories.

Examples:• Fuji X-Pro1 with 50mm f/1.4 attached + 38mm f/2.0 + 60mm f/2.8 with hoods reversed• Olympus E-P2 with 14-42mm attached + 17mm f/2.8 + 40-150mm f/4 - 5.6 + VF-2 viewfinder + FL-14 flash

Technical Specifications:Interior Dimensions: 6.3” W x 11” H x 3.5” D (16 x 28 x 9 cm)Exterior Dimensions: 7.1” W x 13.8” H x 3.9” D (18x35x10 cm)Small tablet compartment: 6.3” x 8.7” x 0.4” (16 x 22 x 1 cm)Maximum weight (with all accessories): 0.8lb (0.3kg)

Materials:Exterior: All fabric exterior treated with a durable water resis-tant coating, plus fabric underside is coated with poly-urethane for superior water resistance• YKK® RC Fuse (abrasion resistant) zippers, 420D velocity nylon, 250D shadow rip-stop nylon, 3D air mesh, Y-Buckle, double gate keeper, nylon webbing, 3-ply bonded nylon thread

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Interior:

Removable high density closed cell foam dividers, 210D silver-toned nylon,

polyurethane backed velex liner, Phthalate-free PVC (meets REACH standard)

clear mesh pockets, 2x polyurethane coated 210T seam-sealed taffeta rain

cover, Nylon binding tape, 3-ply bonded nylon thread.

Features:

• Fits a mirrorless body + 2-4 lenses.

• Slim, contoured, body-conforming design

with a wide shoulder strap provides a very

comfortable fit.

• Breathable air-mesh back panel keeps the

back cool on hot days.

• Easily accessible front organizer pocket for

batteries, memory cards or other small

accessories.

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Product TurnStyle Series List:

TurnStyle 5 (Charcoal)Small lightweight and body-conforming, the TurnStyle™ 5 fits a mirrorless system + 2-4 lenses + a small tablet. The front organizer pocket holds chargers, memory cards and other small accessories.

TurnStyle 5 (Blue Slate)Small, lightweight and body-conforming, the TurnStyle™ 5 fits a mirrorless system + 2-4 lenses + a small tablet. The front organizer pocket holds chargers, memory cards and other small accessories.

TurnStyle 10 (Charcoal)The lightweight, body-conforming TurnStyle™ 10 fits a standard DSLR + 1-3 lenses + a small tablet. The front organizer pocket has ample room for chargers, memory cards and other small accessories.

TurnStyle 10 (Blue Slate)The lightweight, body-conforming, medium TurnStyle™ 10 fits a standard DSLR + 1-3 lenses + a small tablet. The front organizer pocket has ample room for chargers, mem-ory cards and other small accessories.

TurnStyle 20 (Charcoal)The large yet lightweight, body-conforming TurnStyle™ 20 fits a standard DSLR + 1-4 lenses + a large tablet. The front organizer pocket has ample room for chargers, mem-ory cards and other small accessories.

TurnStyle 20 (Blue Slate)The large yet lightweight, body-conforming TurnStyle™ 20 fits a standard DSLR + 1-4 lenses + a large tablet. The front organizer pocket has ample room for chargers, mem-ory cards and other small accessories.

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In the last page, we want to give you an alternative view,

maybe curiously beautiful or beautifully curious.

Or in simple words, an image that make you travel…

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