Tote Bags for Photographers

[ricardo_cordeiro]

Hello,

 

Following the global anti-plastic war, I've been using tote bags more and more, and started to search for something that I would like to wear. Didn't saw anything that really caught my eye, so being a graphic designer, photographer and illustrator, I decided to put my skills to work and create some designs myself.

 

I called it "The Photography Lover's Tote Bags":

 

 

 

Here are the various versions in yellow (I have a thing for this color):

 

 

 

And also in a more discreet natural cotton:

 

 

 

So what do you think? Would you wear such a accessory? And which design you prefer?

(please note that these aren't intended to carry gear, just bags for general use)

[Robin Smith]

Never. Urgh. Nothing wrong with tote bags, but why they have to say what you have inside them: why?

[ricardo_cordeiro]

Never. Urgh. Nothing wrong with tote bags, but why they have to say what you have inside them: why?

It's not supposed to carry photo gear, just general use tote bags :D

[Sanford]

I don't know about the rest of the country but Ca has outlawed tote bags for now in stores and forced a return to paper and plastic.

[james_sampayan]

I don't know about the rest of the country but Ca has outlawed tote bags for now in stores and forced a return to paper and plastic.

 

CA or certain grocery stores? I know CA has temporarily lifted the ban and 10 cent charge on single use paper/plastic bags, but outlawed customers from using their own tote or reusable bags? I can't find specific info on that.

[Sanford]

OK James, hyperbole on my part. Lets say "discouraged" and at least one store, Trader Joe's, will not bag your groceries if you bring your own bag.

[Jochen_S]

design preference: TLR // Follow up: The other oddball. That I can't figure out what you meant to draw speaks against your graphics though.

FTR: I like my RFs quite a lot but don't fancy to advertise that. IMHO an everyday bag can never look shabby enough. Tote bags seem of very limited use to me. They might be OK to carry groceries home, from the garage, after hauling them in side cases. But another kind of bag, that you could starp on your rear seat for a highway passage, after shopping a little bit more seems way more desirable. YMMV but better keep it zero, when we are talking tote bags on the handle bar.

When I used them my way, they became dirty and required washing, so bright dirt sensitive colors and "premium designs" are nothing I'd buy.

I refuse plastic or paper bags from stores, to carry my stuff home; what I buy tends to end in my classic mid sized Gebirgsjäger style everyday backpacks or Ortlieb (knockoff) sacks on the rear seat. If I was to label those. I'd beg folks to write "dirty laundry with holes" in Romanian or Russian on them, with a bold feltmarker, hoping that might repel pickpockets.

[charles_escott_new]

Nice designs Ricardo, well done! The TLR version in yellow is my favourite. All the best, Charles.

[Robin Smith]

A tote bag is not a bad thing to carry stands and lights and other doo-dads to a photo shoot, which is where I thought you were going with the design, If the intent is just to put a design on a tote bag, then anything is game. I wouldn't get one, but many would probably disagree. I prefer abstract designs in general.

[ricardo_cordeiro]

Thanks for all the feedback so far, every opinion helps!

I've been able to even change some things based on feedback I've been getting around the web. Also got a few sales! :D

[hjoseph7]

Why advertise that you got camera gear in your bag ?

[Ricochetrider]

I like these.

I have a few such "tote bags", I keep them in my car for use at the grocery store or market & use them all the time- a couple I have actually bought but mostly I've found them along my way, at events and whatnot.

 

I am guessing these are not meant for carrying cameras, per se- although one certainly could use something like this for camera carry, if that's what they want to use it for.

 

Do I see a market for such things? Yes.

Would I personally buy one? Currently, I am well stocked on tote bags.

[Sandy Vongries]

No guess needed - see the last line of the original post.