I love attending our town’s camera club meetings, but my camera was starting to blend into the crowd. How so, you ask? As we attend lectures or review images for competition, we all sit with our cameras grasped in our sweaty little hands. As I scanned the room checking out everyone’s cool cameras, I realized that there was nothing unique about mine. Even worse is that my camera looked no different from the men’s cameras in the group!
I’m going to share with you the quick, easy, and inexpensive solution I found to help my camera “girl it up!”
The lost lens cap is a plight of many DSLR users. In my opinion, a cap-keeper is an absolute must have for protecting your lens. They’re extremely inexpensive (about $2.50 on average), but they’re kind of blah. But with some adhesive and some sparkly buttons or beads, they go from ho-hum to fabulous!
All you need for this project is:
Lens cap
Basic cap keeper
Glue (I like epoxy glues best)
A cute button
… and maybe a pair of pliers.
First, I selected a sparkly button with a metal loop on its back. Since I want to adhere the button flatly to my basic cap-keeper, I used the pliers to gently bend the loop back so it lays flat.
Next I applied a drop of glue to the back of the cap-keeper and pressed the button onto it. Most epoxy glues dry quickly, but just to be on the safe side, I let mine set overnight.
Once the button is firmly adhered, your fabulous new cap keeper is ready to girl-up your camera!
Don’t try just buttons! Beads and old jewelry can also add some glitz as well.
Here, I gave an earring a new lease on life by repurposing it!
So give it a go and help make your camera stand out at your next photo event!
Laura Louie
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