Peak Design Launches Innovative New Travel Tripod

July 29, 2025May 22, 2019 by Dan Carr

Peak Design have launched a new travel tripod on Kickstarter and based on their past successes with the crowd funding platform, it should come as no surprise that they blew past the $2million funding mark in a single day. Smashing their $500,000 goal with 57 days still to go. “During my travels in 2008 I began wondering why on Earth my tripod was so big. The thing was full of negative space and knobs, and I felt like something designed for portability could do much better,” Peak Design CEO, Peter Dering. During the campaign the new Peak Design Travel Tripod …

I Admit It… Sometimes I Just Hold My Filters

July 29, 2025May 21, 2019 by Dan Carr

Is it a sin? Is it sensible? Have you ever done it yourself? Today we’re going to have a quick chat about hand holding filters instead of using a filter holder.

Photographing a Lynx on the Dempster Highway

July 29, 2025May 17, 2019 by Dan Carr

On a recent wildlife scouting trip further North in the Yukon I found a beautiful lynx, but there was a problem that needed to be overcome to get a great shot…

2 Unique Features of the Backlight Elite Pack I Must Share with You

July 29, 2025May 9, 2019 by Dan Carr

The BackLight Elite pack from MindShift Gear has a few unique features that I’ve never seen on photo packs before.

How to Carry a Tripod with the Backlight Elite

July 29, 2025May 6, 2019 by Dan Carr

Let’s take a close look at the three different ways to carry a tripod on the BackLight Elite photo pack.

Yes, the BackLight Elite Has Different Sizes of Camera Insert!

July 29, 2025May 2, 2019 by Dan Carr

During the initial development and testing stages of the new BackLight Elite photo pack from MindShift Gear, it had just one large removable camera insert. This standard insert is quite large. In fact it’ll hold a 600mm lens, so it’s as big as you could ever hope it to be. At this point in the design process I pushed hard for the designers to create a second option for people that wanted to use the bag with less camera gear, and more other outdoor equipment. Be that camping gear, climbing gear or backcountry ski gear. We went through a few …

This New Camera Bag from MindShift Took Us Two Years of Prototype Testing to Perfect!

July 29, 2025May 1, 2019 by Dan Carr

Over the past two years I have been using various prototypes of a camera bag that I wasn’t able to show you guys, but the time has finally come to pull the covers off and let you see what we have been working on!