James Skemp's StrivingLife

I'm sure I'll need to tweak it, but I've technically launched my galleries for my photography 'business' (I use the word lightly at this point).

View the galleries online at http://jamesrskemp.com/gallery/

It only took three days, but I'm pretty happy with how things turned out. I'd really like to have the individual photos display a bit better, but ...

I purchased one of these cases (Tamrac 3582 Express Case 2) for a Casio Exilim (EX-Z1200) that I purchased at the same time.

That camera fits this case *perfectly*, so my review may be a bit biased because of that :)

In my opinion, this is a great little case. The padding provided is just the right amount that, the one time I dropped my camera, my heart didn't sink. (No surprise, the camera was fine.)

However, the padding does make the camera a bit larger than it normally would be - approximately 1.5 cm. But, while this makes it a little larger for front and rear pockets, I've had no problem putting this in pockets in the legs of shorts, nor in my various coats' inner pockets.

I haven't used the 'shoulder strap' so I can't make any calls about it. However, it's a bit too thin for my tastes. The material is very well built - I've been lugging it in coat/short pockets, and various bags, since February '08, and it still looks like it did when I purchased it.

All-in-all, if your camera will fit, I'd highly recommend this case.

Yesterday afternoon I took digital photo number 10,000.

Between the three digital cameras that I've owned (and excluding the one that I borrowed from my sister, which was a gift from her friend Char), I've taken the following.

From April 6 2005 to May 9 2007, I took 2924 photos with a Canon 300D (Digital Rebel).

From May 18 2007 to March 29 2008, I took 6447 photos with a Canon Digital Rebel XT (350D).

From February 2 2008 to March 29 2008, I took 776 photos with a Casio EX-Z1200.

They say that your first 10,000 photos are your worst, and since I was only able to pick out a little more than 600 that I thought would be good enough to sell, I do hope that that's true.