The Best picture you will ever see is the one you see when your camera is in the trunk of your car!
Jun 21, 2013 10:54:00 #
cssiii
Loc: Gaithersburg Maryland
I was reading the discussion concerning the vest. I also am interested in a method of carrying my camera where it is convenient and easily accessed to get that picture. Granted I am a newbee to the art and craft of photography but already I have seen that best picture disappear before my eyes because my camera was securely tuck away in my Lowepro Backpack. I don't want to walk around like the proverbial Ugly American Tourist with my camera hung around my neck. Does any one have a suggestion as to how to do this better.
Jun 21, 2013 12:12:27 #
I keep my DSLR close and my cell phone closer...has got that almost lost pic several times.
Jun 21, 2013 12:17:48 #
cssiii wrote:
I don't want to walk around like the proverbial Ugly American Tourist with my camera hung around my neck. Does any one have a suggestion as to how to do this better.
Not so much a matter of "I don't want to" - more a matter of convenience for me: Shopping, babysitting, being lazy on the sundeck... I don't leave my gear in the car, but when I'm babysitting, it is kept in my bedroom on the opposite side of house from the sundeck.
It is for those unexpected moments, that I bought a Panasonic Lumix P&S - it easily fits in my handbag or in my pocket. And yes, I even remember most of the time to take it out of the handbag and put it into my pocket and v.v.
Someone here on the Hog once said, "The best camera is the one you have with you."
EstherP
Jun 22, 2013 00:15:59 #
Wear a cape, and keep the camera underneath, hung over the shoulder for quick access. You may look a little odd, but you certainly won't look much like a tourist.
Jun 22, 2013 02:34:37 #
lighthouse
Loc: No Fixed Abode
You will always miss shots.
No one will ever get every shot.
You could walk around with your camera held to your eye all day, every day, and you will still miss shots.
Don't sweat it, just keep your gear where it works for you.
I would hate to feel as if I had to have my camera with me in a holster or whatever all the time in case I missed a shot.
If I got to that stage it wouldn't be fun anymore.
Sometimes its ok to just observe special moments without taking a pic.
Sometimes worrying about "getting the shot" makes you miss the moment.
Sometimes you should just "stop and smell the roses".
No one will ever get every shot.
You could walk around with your camera held to your eye all day, every day, and you will still miss shots.
Don't sweat it, just keep your gear where it works for you.
I would hate to feel as if I had to have my camera with me in a holster or whatever all the time in case I missed a shot.
If I got to that stage it wouldn't be fun anymore.
Sometimes its ok to just observe special moments without taking a pic.
Sometimes worrying about "getting the shot" makes you miss the moment.
Sometimes you should just "stop and smell the roses".
cssiii wrote:
I was reading the discussion concerning the vest. ... (show quote)
Jun 22, 2013 03:41:11 #
Jun 22, 2013 05:33:42 #
and, when you are on the road and there is no place to park...
Jun 22, 2013 05:48:41 #
as the old adage says, 'the best camera in the world is the one you have with you'.
if all else fails, a smartphone will do.
Graham
if all else fails, a smartphone will do.
Graham
Jun 22, 2013 06:21:09 #
Old saying, if you ever say "if I had only had my camera," your are not a photographer. :)
Jun 22, 2013 06:37:27 #
There's truth to the subject line to this post. So many times, while driving along on a trip, the choice view is from a blind curve with no shoulder anywhere near. But those images remain etched in my mind despite thousands of photographs that I forget I even took.
Jun 22, 2013 07:54:00 #
Jun 22, 2013 07:57:57 #
lighthouse
Loc: No Fixed Abode
That's the thing about cliched lines - often they are full of crap.
lbrandt79 wrote:
Old saying, if you ever say "if I had only had my camera," your are not a photographer. :)
Jun 22, 2013 08:17:13 #
rook2c4 wrote:
Wear a cape, and keep the camera underneath, hung over the shoulder for quick access. You may look a little odd, but you certainly won't look much like a tourist.
If you add some novelty-store vampire teeth and a selection of pale makeups, you can probably carry a 5x7 Graflex Reflex and nobody will notice. Another advantage is that this getup will probably be allowed in areas where a "Phantom of the Opera" mask is taboo. :lol:
Jun 22, 2013 08:18:39 #
dmeyer2m wrote:
There's truth to the subject line to this post. So many times, while driving along on a trip, the choice view is from a blind curve with no shoulder anywhere near.
Right. This is a genuine problem. You cannot pull over onto a shoulder that isn't there. I remember the view even though I couldn't take a picture.
Jun 22, 2013 08:25:34 #
cssiii wrote:
I was reading the discussion concerning the vest. ... (show quote)
Welcome to our forum!
There's nothing wrong with being a tourist. It keeps the world's economy rolling along. As for being "ugly," that's up to you. If you don't want to carry the camera around you neck or in your backpack, then you should rely on memory. A good alternative is a pocket or belt camera. I have a couple of little Canon P&S that I can carry in a belt case. It takes about three seconds to see a scene and take a picture.
There are several backpacks that make it easier and faster to remove the camera. Look at the Lowepro Fastpack series.
http://www.lowepro.com/fastpack
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