Recent content by BrianDewey

Sure. The light source is the easy part -- the only light in the picture is the fire in the fireplace, which I think is why the photo turned out so interesting. I have a Canon 5D, and I took this picture with a 24-105 lens at 55mm, f/4. It was an 8 second exposure at ISO 100. I cropped the...

Wyoming Jade -- you're welcome :-) I've been using my bag daily for several months yet, and I still love it (although I still haven't had to stick any secret papers in the false bottom). I think this is the longest I've had "new gear" infatuation. I've been lucky, too: The photo I...

Don't forget David Morgan up in Bothell. They have a small retail store and carry a broad range of Akubra hats. David's very helpful about getting the size right and will provide either foam padding or will steam & stretch the hat if the fit isn't perfect.

Well, part of me is sad not to have taken part in one of those "can you believe it?" coincidences, yet the more rational part of me is happier to know that the fedora-wearing world is that much larger with that mysterious University Village stranger lurking around. (WAAY off-topic, but maybe...

Not really golden era, but: Has anyone else discovered Saddleback Leather? Ever since reading Alan Furst's Dark Star, I've wanted a leather briefcase with a false bottom that can be used to smuggle secret documents through occupied countries in WWII. I recently discovered Saddleback Leather...

Airforceindy, I don't have enough posts to PM... but I might be able to help you. I have a vintage Stetson Whippet, 7 5/8, light grey. I don't wear it enough to justify the space (I guess I'm more of an Akubra man), and I'm worried that one of my cats will eventually use it for a bed (!)...

Maintcoder, you're not in the Seattle area, are you? I saw someone wearing a gorgeous hat with a wide ribbon like this one at University Village tonight. I would've stopped him to say, "Where'd you get the hat?" but I was busy chasing after my rugrat at the playground. It would just be too weird...

What got me in to hats? It's been an evolution: Like many others here, my grandfather was well known for his hats, although they were mostly simple cotton bucket hats. But that was enough to give the right positive mental association with hats. Then, during a trip abroad in college, I met a...