Photography Laptop Case (aka Pimp Your Laptop Case)

Photography Laptop Case (aka Pimp Your Laptop Case)As a pro photographer specializing in 'location-based' advertising images (which is photo-speak for in-the-field instead of in-studio), I often face the challenge of shooting under conditions that do not allow for the comforts of Mac Pros and Cinema Displays to review images, download cards, or shoot direct to the hard drive. (We often have to helicopter into locations, are out in the remote without option at generator, or find ourselves in places where speed and efficiency are key.) As a solution to this problem--and in the theme of 'do-it-yourself'--my team and I recently developed a cool custom laptop case for addressing these needs using simple, durable, and readily-available materials. Today, we end up using this setup a fair bit and I thought that many in our community might benefit from a quick instructional video highlighting how to put their own one case together for cheap. Hopefully, pro shooters find this a nice compromise for those times when you can't get your big-boy computers on location, and amateurs find this a great solution for taking their laptop along for the ride.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• photography
• photo
• Chase
• Jarvis
• computer
• laptop
• do-it-yourself
• case
• bag
• camera

[mg149ex]

Oh Yeah? Why give the prices for all the components? Just selling a case....baloney!

[achaser123]

Not selling anything - just sharing an idea.

[mg149ex]

Couple of hundred bucks? How about a couple of thousand? Three thousand to be exact....and to say nothing of the H2 Hasselblad he's shooting (another 30,000). Get real folks!!

[achaser123]

Er...ah...sorry friend, but the title of the video is Laptop CASE, not laptop and hard drives. It's fair to think that photographers have computers and storage devices. This laptop CASE setup does cost a couple hundred bucks. Not a couple thousand.

[AUsluicerman]

Is that your set-up for airline travel?If so is it part of your carry-on? TSA must love that one!

[achaser123]

It sometimes gets checked in baggage and sometimes gets carried on -- both without problem (at least 30-50 trips).

[westiegirl09]

Good luck taking my photo!

[iWorkCase]

Nice idea, if you´re looking for a location laptocase case that works for all of the MacBook Pros, external HyperJuice batteries, hard drives, a perfect sunshield and tripod mount have a look at the iWorkCase. Many of world renown photographers use it.

[mrnicekevin]

I would love to see an updated version of this

[podivan22]

$1,999 for that Apple remote, damn! ;)

[1440hk]

A lot of gear to carry - why so many cards if you are downloading to HD. Myself I find the Digimate II-plus better holds a 80gig hard drive and it reads all your cards and fits into your pocket. If a customer needs to see photos, just plug into any computer.

far better.

[Mcgrath2212]

cool case u should show the other laptop case u have with the hard drives at the top of the case that would be pretty cool too

[nightshade2021]

I really like this sweet case. Good job man.

[ivahardy18]

LOLs amazing how far your educational vids have come guys!