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              Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Gear Carried Through A Waterfall

              If you ever need to carry your gear through a storm or even a waterfall, the Lowepro DZ 200 waterproof backpack is your ticket. But that’s not what this post is really about…no way! Craig Pulsifer is a videographer and photographer based out of British Columbia (that’s Canada for you across the sea). Instead of waiting for clients to come to him, Craig decided to start making his own commercial videos for products he personally uses like the Lowepro bag. While covering a story in the Philippines, Craig decided to hire a few local assistants to help him film video and audio clips for an exciting extreme style commercial he wanted in his port. The results might actually be better than the normal videos created by Lowepro themselves! By pushing his own creative talent and keeping the production level high, Craig has produced a compelling advertisement for his own personal show reel that will certainly help land him bigger jobs down the road. I still don’t think I’ll lend him any of my gear for his next adventure through the jungle!

              April 21, 2011
              Patrick Hall
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              • http://twitter.com/CrustyJuggler66 Si

                Dream bag for out here in Asia…

              • Anonymous

                Very cool film, I love my Lowepro backpack too, the normal rain-covers are excellent at keeping out the water. I’ve used it hard for a few years and it shows no signs of age at all, great quality bags!

              • http://www.facebook.com/max.leitner1 Max Leitner

                Lowepro just makes very uncomfortable bags! I would stick with a F-Stop Loka and a drybag.

              • http://www.facebook.com/usuqa Paul Monaghan

                Or you could just go without the bag and use pentax ;).

                Anyway nice video.. Looks allot like the bag I have except mine isn’t waterproof.

              • http://twitter.com/DSLRCollege DSLR College

                Great video, I have a lowepro backpack for my DSLR and Macbook Pro, it’s a great back.

                Mines is not waterproof and if it was i would be scared of taking it under a waterfall but it’s nice to know.

              • Anonymous

                Nice. Would have been good to see the gear all dry and undamaged.

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=553701239 Khairulharis Bin Karem

                hmm he could really sell the bag by just clicking that shutter button as proof that the camera is indeed in still working condition! haha nice vid thogh ;)

              • http://twitter.com/asoshkin arnold soshkin

                Beauty of editing. The bag could of been stuffed with tissues or other material for all we know. Cool video though.

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1425921288 Jennifer Wuelfing-Tu

                Very cool! Makes me want to go to the Philippines :)

              • http://twitter.com/michaelknowlton Michael Knowlton

                I’ve thought about doing something similiar for quite some time now, but I’ve always been hesitant to produce a “commercial” for a product in fear that I could potentially be infringing on rights. Any insight on this?

              • http://www.patrickhallphotography.com Patrick Hall

                Very interesting question. My thought was if you could make a solid commercial that got a lot of attention then they may ask you to remove it but also offer you a job. I personally think it would be foolish to remove a really well made video that is sending free traffic to my business but not every business has the same view as me.

                He’s not selling these bags directly so I wonder if this would fall under some sort of creative copyright law vs infringement. Anyone know?

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1511020134 Buckaroo Banzai

                I’m sure TAMRAC would offer him sponsorship!

              • Kevin Steele

                Hey Craig, Just came across this :-) great idea, nicely done!

              • http://twitter.com/craigpulsifer Craig Pulsifer

                Desperate times call for desperate measures, bro. Thanks.

              • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WZFNDSQFYXL2TP3NP2AVEQV32U RUSS

                I think the guy did damn good. To me, it also shows a determined mind can accomplish much. He did what he set out to do. :-) Well done.

              • http://twitter.com/NightLifePhoto Dave Persaud

                I would definitely need a bag like that when dealing with a lot of drunk clumsy people in a packed club.. Def dont want to have any drinks spilling on my gear..

              • http://profiles.google.com/quiroga George Quiroga

                Great advertisement. I hope that Lowepro gives him a bag or a gig for his effort. I have several Lowepro bags and they are my favorite.

              • http://twitter.com/craigpulsifer Craig Pulsifer

                Technically, it is a violation to use a copyright (as in a brand/logo) without ‘express written permission’. So if a company wanted to take issue with a project like this, they could.

                For the record, the Watertight gig does have Lowepro’s consent.

              • http://www.facebook.com/danielcaseyphotog Daniel Casey Photog

                I love this bag!  I’ve been swimming out to a sandbar to shoot kiteboarders, taken it on river trips, surf trips, road trips, and even on a bahamas trip and there was enough room for my cloths (boardshorts and cash) to live out of it for a week like a beach bum!  It has never served me wrong and will most likely continue to be the only bag I consistently use!

              • http://www.facebook.com/danielcaseyphotog Daniel Casey Photog

                I love this bag!  I’ve been swimming out to a sandbar to shoot kiteboarders, taken it on river trips, surf trips, road trips, and even on a bahamas trip and there was enough room for my cloths (boardshorts and cash) to live out of it for a week like a beach bum!  It has never served me wrong and will most likely continue to be the only bag I consistently use!

              • http://www.facebook.com/craig.pulsifer Craig Pulsifer

                Live the dream, Daniel.  Live it well.

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