The ONA Journal

Photographer Profile: Wesley Taylor

We love portrait and lifestyle photographer Wesley Taylor's vision of helping people "celebrate the things that make life worth living—spending time with those you love; enjoying good food, drinks and music; and creating a home that refreshes and reflects who you are."

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Photographer Profile: Carrie Hartsfield

"The impacts of global warming are right in my face. I see them and feel them everyday. Having these things in front of me challenges me to share their story with others."

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What's in Cubby Graham's Backpack

Photographer and charity: water Social Media Strategist Cubby Graham shares what tools of the trade he packs in his ONA Clifton backpack.

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What's In Justin Lee's Hamilton

We first met Justin Lee through his friend Clarence, a longtime Brixton owner and (for a short-while), our next door neighbor in Soho. A commercial, portrait, and wedding photographer, Justin recently took his Hamilton rolling camera bag on a two-week trip to...

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Photographer Profile: Aundre Larrow

We first got to know Aundre Larrow through our friends at 100cameras (one of our non-profit partners), although we later realized that he used to work in the same building in New York City as our team. Over the course of...

Introducing the Clifton Backpack

Backpacks are the perfect solution for carrying your gear around town or on a vacation, but so often the options are too casual for office settings or too large and clumsy for those short day trips. That's why we created the Clifton backpack in our signature...

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Photographer Profile: Marco Secchi

Marco Secchi is not only an award-winning editorial photographer for Getty Images, but also a passionate Leica shooter when many in his field had long abandoned the rangefinder. Having photographed President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II, Marco is no stranger...

Where ONA Goes: The Faroe Islands with Rachel Gulotta

We've been longtime friends of the good folks at Passion Passport, and have featured quite a few adventurers who have gone on Passion Passport trips on this blog, including Mat Rick (Passport Express) and Jeff McAllister (The Bucket List Initiative).The most recent Bucket...

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Photographer Profile: Jay Cassario

Wedding photographer Jay Cassario has had a fascinating career. In a prior life, he was a bodybuilder, and then became a network engineer for one of the world's largest cable companies before finally quitting that job to become a full-time wedding shooter. These...

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What's in Abbie Roden's Palma

We first got to know Abbie Roden a few years ago when she was interviewing at ONA for a social media opening. While she ultimately ended up at The Frye Company, where she's currently a Social Media Associate, we've kept in touch...

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Photographer Profile: Valeriy Poltorak

Valeriy Poltorak is an up-and-coming photographer who is deeply embedded in the Pacific Northwest Instagram scene. In addition to running his own feed under the handle @mrvalography, he is also co-manager of the @IGers_Seattle account. In today's Photographer Profile, learn more about how...

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Where ONA Goes: Iceland with Helena La Petite

Helena La Petite is a food and lifestyle photographer, and you may also know her as the co-founder and creative director of Portfolio Magazine, a lifestyle magazine published by The Magic Elephant. When Helena and her Portfolio co-founder Rasa got in touch to let us...

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What's in William Bichara's Five ONA Bags

We love to hear when customers have put our bags through the paces and come back to us for their next bag purchase. William Bichara now has five messenger bags from ONA, which means that he has now repeated that process...