My Cool Photographer’s Shirt
Posted on 03 February 2010
A couple Christmases ago I had a photographer’s vest on my wish list, but I wasn’t really sure how much I would use it (I live in Florida and the idea of extra layers of clothes on a Florida photo shoot isn’t very appealing) and my wife knew it wasn’t very high on my list. I didn’t really expect to get the vest, so I was amazed and happily surprised when my wife got me this great photographer’s long sleeve shirt. It’s all cotton, has a vented back panel, a nice compliment of 4 pockets with Velcro closures, and this cool tether inside the upper sleeve so if you roll the sleeves up (they’re pretty loose sleeves) you can hook them in place so they don’t unroll. All in all, a very cool, sweet looking, comfortable photographer’s shirt. - I had never heard of anything like it.
I remember exclaiming, “This is sooooo cool! Where on earth did you find a photographer’s shirt?! This is great. And so much better than a vest because I can wear it in lots more situations.” She smiled at me and in her most patient, kind, loving, Christmas morning voice she said, “It’s a fishing shirt.”
I’m not a fisherman so I had no idea there was such a thing. Since then I’ve noticed that lots of folks I work with wear one to work now and then. And a wildlife photographer I really admire, Moose Peterson, has a bunch of these things and wears them almost exclusively. (On some occasions it takes me a while to grasp the obvious.) Oh, and they’re great for traveling too.
The ‘go to’ brand is Columbia and these are almost always in stock at Beall’s and all over the place online. Where we live, the items in stock locally are usually the light pastel colors, but you can order black and dark khaki online. Columbia shirts are around $45 to $50, but I’ve seen some lesser-known brands on sale for as low as $15. If you’re a photowalker or outdoor shooter, grab a few of these so you’ve got one whenever you need. And if you ever get hired to take pictures of a fishing trip, you’ll really look the part!
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