My Custom Leather Strap
I've been needing a wrist strap for a while but I couldn't find one that fit good or stayed on tight.
While going through Kensington Market (Toronto) I noticed the leather jackets outside Al's shop.
He noticed that my camera strap was broken and suggested to make one for me. I was ecstatic. He began the process with cutting the leather then taping, sewing, measuring, etc. All while him and I acquainted ourselves with each other.
He told us of his family from Iraq and how he is in the family lineage of Ishmael. At the end of the hour I made a new friend and now have a beautiful strap. I am so thankful that the strap I now have came with an experience and wasn't just picked off of a website or a rack in a store.
Al telling us his stories while making the strap
The advantage of a wrist strap is that you can grab your camera within a second of seeing something you want to photograph and less photographs go missed.
It’s worth it - since I received this strap I have only been shooting with this camera.
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