Weather Proofing

Three years ago my first photography instructor and friend David Hessell (www.hessell.net) shared a great tip with our class regarding keeping equipment dry during rain, snow, or other wet forms of weather. He suggested using bandanas, among other items such as shower caps to help keep cameras try and protected. Not a huge fan of shower caps though oddly enough I cleaned out of one my camera bags the other day only to find 2 or 3 of them in it!

I have a dozen different bandanas that I carry around with me to use when I think about it. Nothing beats a 99cent weather proofing job.



Truth by told that a lot of times I just let the camera get wet, let it get soaked. I dont know how many times I have used both of my cameras, the 30D and Rebel XT in rain, snow, dense fog and not taken the time to try to keep them dry. One good example is a prom shoot that Brandi and I did in April or was it May? It started pouring, the couple had an umbrella ready and Brandi and I shot as they walked down the trail in the rain. Every thing was soaked, cameras, clothes, shoes, looked as if we had just gone swimming, yet everything worked!




Camera companies want you spend extra on their biggest and best cameras and lenses for weather proofing when most if not everything is built pretty solid and can with stand some exposure to the elements. I wouldnt hold the camera under the water faucet or anything like that, but a little rain never hurt any one.