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Printing photos on canvas is not only a means of preserving your photograph for many years, thanks to the natural longevity of canvas, but doing so also creates unique, personal art. Unique, because it is from yours or another’s photo – photos that no one else will have unless you share it. Personal, because it is from yours or another’s photo – photos that mean something special. And it is art because the source photo is an expression of the photographer.

I think sometimes people only look at canvas prints from photos as a means for doing family portraits. And that is a really good thing! But many forget all their other photos, those wonderful scenes captured as they viewed it – with all its wonder. There is a great line in a movie from years back spoken by a character who had become a photographer. She said she looked through the viewfinder and would look around until a question or a curiosity arose like “how” or “why” or “when” – then she would snap the picture. This method applies to any potential photo, be it of people, nature, structures, whatever. I have seen incredible photos of flowers and insects and other tiny life that has been caught by a zoomed in lens, bringing a totally different perspective to the subject and giving it a world of its own. One of my favorites is the intricate spider web glistening in the sun, wet from dew. Nature is only one “genre” that has unlimited subjects for canvas art to grace your walls.

So, take your camera for a walk! If you don’t have nature areas to trek through where you live then just walk around the neighborhood…the park…even your town or city streets. Look for the large “money shots” then look within those shots…zoom in and see what is there, panning as you go for different angles, different perspectives. I think sometimes we lack confidence and focus too much on what we have read or maybe learned in the classroom. Try not to fixate on what you “think” good photography is (other than to have your digital camera set properly!), rather, step out of the classroom…step out of the proverbial box. If you are looking at a beautiful stream, look closer. Zoom in. Perhaps you espy an errant wild flower growing crookedly from under a small rock…maybe stones in the water that are only visible when you get right over top of them. Do you see any frogs, lizards or bugs? This is their world, their home…look for their experience. Don’t forget odd shaped rocks…twisted trees or branches…the lonely toadstool…wild flowers up close and personal.

If you are photographing in a town or city, you have just as much – if not more – to investigate. Wherever you are, zoom in…view from standing…sitting…look behind, look down, look up…find different viewing positions – all of which gives you different perspectives of your subject. Explore!

With its outside Dimensions of 19 x 12 x 10 inches the Tenba Shootout Large Shoulder Bag is the biggest bag from the Tenba Shootout Shoulder Bags series.

The Large bag will fit 1-2 professional size SLRs with 6-8 lenses, flash and accessories, and it will also fit a medium format camera like with 4-5 lenses.

The outside of the shoulder bag is made of Water-repellent, dobby / diamond ripstop nylon, an excellent combination of light weight, weather resistance and durability.

Each interior access point is shielded by a weather-sealed, heavy-duty rubberized YKK zipper.

Running out the exterior shell are welded steel D-rings, that wont bend or break, no matter how much weight you put in the bag, and Duraflex clips that ensures years of reliable use even in extreme temperature conditions.

There are pockets on the front and side of the bag, to store and organize your various accessories, from spare batteries and memory cards to cables, compact disks and mobile hard drives. All of this pockets are sealed behind the same water proof YKK zipper that protect the main compartment, so your accessories stay just as safe and dry as your camera gear.

Inside the right and left pockets there is a midi wallet on one side, and a cell phone iPod pouch on the other. For faster access to your phone and memory cards the pouches can be removed from the side pockets and snapped on high to the handles of the bag or under the shoulder strap

A slim rear pocket is great for any kind of documents that you need to carry, plane tickets, magazines or maps of the world.

If you want to securely attach the bag to your rolling luggage or briefcase, a zipper at the bottom of the rear pocket quickly converts it into a trolley strap.

The bottom of the bag has two tide on straps for larger item that wont fit inside, ideal for a small tripod, umbrella or a jacket.

Behind the accessory pockets there are red zipper pulls that give you quick access into the main compartment of the medium and large size shoulder bag. These Quick Access doors, clearly identified by red zipper tabs, allows you to swap up lenses and instant retrieval of flash and other equipment through the side of the bag, all without opening the main cover.

Behind your spinning convenience, this will also help keep the inside of the bag dry in the wet weather, since keeping the top close will prevent the rain from falling in from above.

Each Shootout Shoulder Bag includes Tenba’s exclusive Weather Wrap in the zippered pocket on the bottom; it’s a fast, easy secondary rain cover that provides another layer of protection, when weather conditions are terrible.

But since it is completely removable, it can be drive properly when wet, cleaned when it gets dirty, and replaced if it gets torn or damaged

Tenba Shootout Backpacks are built to be the most waterproof and comfortable photo and video backpacks in the world. The outside of the Back Pack is made from Water-repellent, dobby diamond ripstop nylon, an excellent combination of lightweight, weather resistance and durability.

And each interior access point is protected by a weather sealed rubberized YKK Zipper.

On the front of the bag there is a bungee cord that provides quick storage for a rain jacket or a wind breaker.

Behind the bungee cord is one of the many special features of the Shootout Backpack: a multi stage tripod carrier that Tenba calls “the Mystic System“.

The 3 stages of the Mystic System accommodate virtually any size tripod.

In Stage 1 there is quick storage for a small tripod. Just attach the 3 velcro loops around the legs and then engage the compression straps at the top of the front flap.

From a medium size tripod the front flap bends in the middle and attach to clips on the bottom, to create what Tenba call Stage 2.

By lowering the tripod by up to 5 inches, this put the weight back in balance.

If your tripod is too big for this configuration, then you can get the Stage 3, by folding the front flap all the way down and clipping the compression straps around the bottom of the tripod legs.

This will allow you to carry a tripod that is much larger than the Back Pack itself, while still maintaining proper weight distribution.

If you are not using a tripod the compartment still has a fully weather-sealed zipper around it, which makes it perfect for storing delicate camera and computer accessories.

Around the side of the Back Pack is another exclusive feature: quick access pods that give you the ability to swap up lenses, flash and other equipment without ever taking off the backpack.

The storage capability of the Side Pods varies according to the size of the camera bag, but for the medium a large sized backpacks the Side Pods would fit a pro size zoom lens, like a 240-70 2.8.

All this is designed to insure that you will never miss a shoot because you backpack gets in the way of your work. The expedition-grade harness system combines substantial padding and ventilated mesh material to provide hours of carrying comfort.

All Shootout Backpacks except the smaller mini size include a full waist belt to insure that the weight of the bag is evenly distributed to you lower back and hips for you body can safely support the weight.

The Waist Pad is even removable for those times when there isn’t enough weight in the pack to require it.

Dedicated top and side handles make it easy to carry the pack when your shoulders need a break or when you want to load into the overhead compartment of an airplane.