Have you ever sat there and watched the minutes tick by and by, ever so slowly, as UPS or FedEx seems to wait until the last possible second of the day to bring you your long-awaited package?
If you know me, you know how excited I was to get my Shootsac…my lenses have never known a better home! It’s like the Porsche of camera bags. Well just before the WPPI convention this year, Jessica Claire (the genius behind Shootsac) announced the Hip Slip…a Shootsac for your laptop! And since my MacBook Pro is strapped to me like a safety blanket wherever I go, what better gift could I give it than to carry it around in the new Porsche of computer bags?
Of course I ordered it faster than a Porsche goes from 0-60. I had no idea when I would get it…there was only an estimated ship by date for pre-orders. Well, this past Friday, I came home to find a large, beautiful, white package on my front step. If my baby daughter hadn’t been quite so testy, I would have torn into it right there on my front step.
And as I stared at the lovely black and white packaging, I decided that with this new computer bag, I would mark a renewed beginning in my photography business. Up to this point, I have shot weddings and portraits, but not nearly as many as I want to and I have not been able to keep up with all my editing because of my other jobs. That all ends now. I’ve always been a believer in signs, and this one seems perfect. A new home for my beloved laptop, and a new start for my business.
So this means some promises. Both to myself and to everyone else. I promise to be the best photographer and best person I can possibly be. For my daughter, my wife, my family, my friends, my clients, my colleagues, and my future clients and friends I haven’t met yet. No excuses. It’s time to start living life the way I want, not the way others want. I know so many people feel trapped by their jobs and unable to change their lives the way that they want to. I know we can do it. You can do it, and I can do it. All the reading about how to take hold of your dreams and how to work better, smarter, be more focused…all of it is meaningless unless you take that first step and admit to yourself that things can’t go on the way they are. They must change. They must.
Thank you, Jessica Claire, for making this fabulously awesome bag that has become the sign of my renewed dream of life. You are truly brilliant and for that and your inspiration, my thanks is endless. I figured you probably belonged on this cover instead, so I did my best:
If a computer bag could be sexy, it would look like this:
For those of you who have followed my blog for a while, you’ll notice that there’s a different frame around these photos…just a little taste of things to come…soon!
And for those of you who need to make some changes to your life to achieve your dreams, let’s do it together. I’m ready. Are you?
UPDATE: Shots of the Hip Slip in action are coming!
by Phillip Mackenzie
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