I have been an admirer of Emily Falconbridge's camera straps for quite some time now...and when we stayed with her family in San Diego, I became the proud owner of one! Thanks Emily! :) Her straps are just too cool to pass up...whether you just started taking photos or you've been shooting your entire life, you need one of her straps. Why have a boring factory strap around your neck when you can look fabulous with one of Em's?!

Here is what they look like around the necks some amazing women :)

Tara Whitney | Ali Edwards | Cathy Zielske

Emily generously donated the red and orange strap that you see above for a giveaway on this blog. Yay yay yay! So...all you have to do is come out of lurkerdom and leave me a comment. Any comment. Tell me what you are doing this weekend. Tell me how you found my blog. Tell me your favorite thing about summer...or something that no one would ever guess about you. It's a free for all :)

I will choose the winner at random on July 11. Of course, it would be great if you would tell all the photographers you know about her site as well. Or, buy some extra straps for the photographers in your life. She is constantly updating and posting new and different designs, so be sure to check back often.

Let the giveaway begin...

Brett Dennen is our latest obsession (thanks Jeff and Kim!). Check him out...so gritty and folky, with a good message.

Ain't No Reason There ain't no reasons things are this way Its how they've always been and they intend to stay I can't explain why we live this way We do it everyday Preachers on the podiums speaking to saints Prophets on the sidewalks begging for change Old ladies laughing from the fire escape, cursing my name I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same A window and a pigeon with a broken wing You can spend your whole life working for something Just to have it taken away People walk around pushing back their desks Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets Talking 'bout nothing, not thinking about their Every little heart beat, every little breath People walk a tight rope on a razor's edge Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pin Or a thought or a word or a sentence. There ain't no reasons things are this way Its how they've always been and they intend to stay I don't know why i say the things i say, But i say them anyway. But love will come set me free Love will come set me free I do believe Love will come set me free I know it will Love will come set me free Yes Prison walls still standing tall Some things never change at all Keep on building prisons, Gonna fill them all. Keep on building bombs Gonna drop them all Working your fingers bare to the bone Breaking your back, make you sell your soul Like a lung is filled with coal, suffocating slow The wind blows wild and i may move But politicians lie and i'm not fooled You don't need no reason or a 3 piece suit To argue the truth The air in my skin and the world under my toes Labor is stitched into the fabric of my toes Chaos and commotion wherever i go Love, i try to follow But love will come set me free Love will come set me free I do believe Love will come set me free I know it will Love will come set me free Yes There ain't no reasons things are this way Its how they've always been and they intend to stay I can't explain why we live this way; We do it everyday.