Adventure or travel photographers will sometimes find themselves in rather extreme environments. Alaska, Iceland, Antarctica, or even Yellowstone National Park in the winter can be very cold. So, does Haukland's Parka Pro Photography Jacket successfully combat low temps and wet weather?
The Haukland Photography Jacket is an incredible value that is a rare combination of all of the best aspects of cold-weather clothing with specific features that are tailored to photographers. It is, in a word, exceptional.
The Haukland 7in1 Photography Jacket consists of a colored outer jacket, an insulated jacket, and a fleece jacket that can be worn together or separately, and the whole garment is covered in design touches that support photographers in the field.
The high-end winter clothing brand Canada Goose is selling a "Photojournalist Jacket" that was designed in collaboration with a working photojournalist. Unfortunately for many photojournalists, the jacket carries a price tag of $850.
The camera bag brand Langly has unveiled a new weatherproof jacket designed for professional photographers called The Langly Field Jacket. The design was inspired by the US military's iconic M-1965 (AKA M-65) field jacket.
Pixentu is a new wearable photography jacket that's designed to allow photographers to leave their camera bags at home -- it's essentially a wearable camera bag.
COOPH, the Cooperative of Photography, has launched a new rain jacket that's 100% waterproof and 100% designed with photographers in mind.
The "Aposematic Jacket" is not your average piece of men's apparel. For one thing, it's covered with camera lenses, front and back. The garment is designed to protect you on the streets by repelling would-be attackers and helping you photograph them if they get too close for comfort.
It was inevitable. As camera tech progressed, cameras became smaller. As cameras became smaller, their implementation into more areas of technology and culture as a whole became more ubiquitous.
Where we currently are in this ongoing progression is a turning point of sorts where cameras are as wearable as the clothes on our back, and NewViewWear just took it a step further with a new line of clothing that has a camera built right in.
After Polaroid film died off, the The Impossible Project spent years rebooting the factories and breathing new life into old lines of instant film. However, the white-bordered film isn't the only thing Impossible has brought back from the dead. The company has also recreated Polaroid fashion from decades ago, launching the Polaroid Classic Factory Jacket.