Comments on: The Biggest Secret of Photography

By: Verne

Verne — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:24:13 +0000

My camera is always with me no matter where I’m going. When I had a point and shoot, it was a little easer to carry. Now thaqt I have the Rebel xsi, a zoom lens, external flash, and a few filters, not as easy. I had to switch over to a camera bag, so I got the Canon camera bag, put all of my “goodies” in it, and I was back in business. Oh, and the point and shoot is in the bag too.

It only makes good sense to carry your camera with you at all times, this is when you can get the best surprise shots.

By: David Neely

David Neely — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:02:33 +0000

Yes, carry a simple point and shoot always. I use a Nikon 5700 and it takes great pics. My Canon and my Sony bags of gear stay put until necessary.

By: Dave Whiteman

Dave Whiteman — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:43:19 +0000

How true this tip is. Last week the Ulysees motorcycle group was in town. They are “older” motorcycle enthusiasts not the “Gang” type of people. Anyway, on Saturday they were wrapping up after the week long meet and there were motorcycles heading all points out of our local area.

I had to go and chop wood and was going to grab my Point and Shoot but didn’t. Driving along the freeway wa came across a tricycle motorcycle ridden by an old fellow. He had a black helmet, leather jacket and the bike was quite colourful, but what caught our attention was his long whispy whickers which were flowing either side of the helmet in the slipstream. It must have been 12 inches long coming out of each side of his helmet.

What a shot it would have been! As we pulled along side him, and with a speed setting of 1/60th the background would have been blurred but the bike, the rider and the flowing whiskers would have been perfectly sharp, It would have been what I call a Stunner for sure.

So… take heed of this tip and take your camera everywhere. Good advice.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:21:19 +0000

I just got around to reading this… I started carrying my camera around the first of the year when I was invited to participate in a 365 Challenge. My pictures and eye is definitely getting better and better. I have a little P&S, but my goal is to get better with my DSLR, so that’s the one that I carry. I’ll be glad when the weather warms up and I feel more like exploring the city more

By: marc silber

marc silber — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:00:14 +0000

Sorry I got behind on these, I had many to look at!

These make a great series. I love the beach shot. Please bump up the contrast on that it’s a great shot, just needs a bit to make it pop, possibly even make it B/W, try it and see. The clouds and reflections are fantastic.

Work on it and send it to my FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/profile.php?id=703369904&ref=name

Good work

By: jen

jen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:51:37 +0000

Hey,

I’ve emailed a couple of shots to you, would it be better to post them on flicr too?

Jen

PS thanks for the help.

By: Tom B.

Tom B. — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:49:57 +0000

Ed Krimen,

You use what you have. If all you have is a P & S, then that is what you use. Same with a DSLR. If you have both, then you can chose which is more appropriate for where you are going. But personally, if I had both kinds, I would still take the DSLR to as many places as possible. Because it is a better camera, and I would want to get better at using it to the fullest. which means using it as much as possible.

By: Jim Flanagan

Jim Flanagan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:10:58 +0000

I agree with this, but I’ll admit, I haven’t practiced yet. Living in Chicago, I have concerns about temperature extremes in the winter. I have nowhere to leave the camera except in my truck while I am working, so that is a problem when it is 5 degrees F.

I definitely have to start carrying my camera as much as I can when it warms up.

By: Ed Krimen

Ed Krimen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:43:44 +0000

I agree with the comments above by steven and norm burnham: Great photography is not about the camera. Take a compact camera with you everywhere, not a DSLR. I’ve written more about this in my Photobird Daily article entitled "Take Your Camera With You Everywhere". The photo in the article was taken at sunset with a tiny 5-megapixel point-and-shoot camera.

By: Ed Krimen

Ed Krimen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:42:21 +0000