After entering many contests for an Epiphanie bag, I decided to just order one as I really needed a camera bag that could actually hold all of my equipment I carry around, including my 70-200 f2.8 lens and having a bag that is stylish is a huge plus too.  I ordered the Lyric bag in plum and was impressed off the bat by how quickly it was shipped.

I received my bag last Wednesday and gave it a trial run on Saturday on an outing with my family.  Here are some photos I too (all were taken with my iPhone) and my comments about my experience along the way.  Enjoy and I hope you find it helpful if you are thinking of buying one of these bags.

This is the box I received, it was clear who it was from and I was super excited to open it up and take a look inside!

Epiphanie Box

Once I opened it up, there was a nylon bag in the same color as the bag I ordered.  It contained my bag.  For a sec I thought, wait, that doesn't look like leather at all and then I realized that was not my actual camera bag.  Nice to have a dust protector for when I'm not using the bag often (hmmm, will that even happen?)

Just out of the box

Now for the good stuff, at home, I opened it all up, ok, I did that at work but I waited to photograph it.  Here the bag is Saturday, in the daylight, filled with stuff.  It has the following items in it and shut fine and looks fine:  Nikon D90 camera with Tamron 70-200 mm f2.8 lens attached, a 12-24 f4 lens, my Dreamy Diana Lens (I should have brought my 50 mm for this trip instead and it would have fit just fine).  It also has my big wallet, my glasses case, my keychain with keys, lip balm, my iPhone, 2 extra camera batteries, a remote shutter release and I think that covers it.  Not in the bag but could have fit in the bag include one of my Speedlight flashes and my iPad but the flashes are in New York right now and the iPad wasn't needed for the outing.  So, here is the bag full and fully zipped closed.

Epiphanie Lyric bag in Plum, mostly loaded

Here is the view looking down into it.  You can see that even with all of my stuff in it, there is room to spare.  I also apologize for the garbage on the floor of the car.  This photo was taken on the way to Starved Rock.

Looking inside

Here is a final photo of me wearing the bag.  I'm taking my camera with the 70-200mm f2.8 lens out of the bag.  It's easy to access when you can fit it pointing down like that.  You will see I used the longer strap since I had heavy stuff and we were going for a light hike.  If I had not brought the big lens and was just around town, I'd keep the braided strap on.  It's super cute.  I removed it as I prefer only one strap on at a time.

Me with the bag removing my camera with the 70-200mm f2.8 lens on it.  I have it a touch over 1/2 way out.  

My son was kind enough to take this photo for me.

I hope that helps anyone who is considering the bag.  I really like it and see it becoming my go to every day camera bag.  You can find out more about Epiphanie bags on their website.  There are also lots of giveaways so check out their blog or do a google search for current ones running.