SLR Camera Bag

A few weeks ago I was stressing about how to carry my big camera around Disneyland.

I really wanted a Jo Tote 

(I LOVE this one) 

but I bought new road bike shoes instead.  

A friend of mine  found the perfect camera bag for our SLR cameras.

Thanks, Cristi!

  I forgot to take a before pic so this pic is one I found on line in a different color and no wallet.

 I really needed it to go over my shoulder so it could be hands free,

so I added a shoulder strap.

This is the Lily Bloom triple satchel bag. I found it at Sears.

On the outside pockets I added grommets similar to this. 

(It was the biggest one I could find and it came with the tool to set it)

Then I needed to protect my camera.

I found and old shoe box that was for kids' sized shoes (I think around a size 1).  I cut down one of the sides so I could have an opening, and hot glued foam to pad the sides. I also added duct tape (my favorite) to the raw edges just to finish it off.  That part is optional!

It was a perfect fit.

Notice in the above pic that I added an O ring.

I couldn't get my strap hardware  to clip on any other way.

I later added another O ring to the other side.

Before I found my shoe box I found that a

cereal box and a changing pad worked too!

I used a strap from another bag and, Voilà.  Good to go!

Hands free camera bag.

By the way, this worked out really great on our trip!!!