Photography - how often do you go outside just to shoot?

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#279951 18-Nov-2020 16:36

Just curious about this. We see so much stuff online and with magazines. How often do you go outside alone or with other likeminded people just to pursue your non paid hobby to shoot?

I know there are pro photographers who rather leave their cameras home and go on a family holiday to relax and chill. Some prefer just to chill and drink beer. Others have engagements they spend with others and with their family and friends which then even if they took their camera occasionally it's not so much about themselves but just capturing some shots with their time together with others. Yep earlier on I used to be one of those who made it a habit, every week I need to drive out to shoot, on many days at work I took my camera out for a lunch walk around and shoot. I went on a trip overseas and I took my travel tripod out everyday, haha. Yep I have been known to use a tripod in a bright summers day overseas at 12pm because I wanted to get the highest IQ, hahah. These days I tend to be a lot more deliberate, I don't go out every week just to photograph a potential sunset of a place I have taken so many images from already.

With travel stuff, I am really enjoying my Ricoh GR since it is so small and many others recognise it as a good travel camera. Similar to the Fuji X100 cameras ....

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#2606436 18-Nov-2020 17:30

I seldom go out without a camera. I always have my iPhone on me of course but I nearly always put my DSLR in car when going out.When I go on holidayI take two cameras with me.

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#2606608 19-Nov-2020 08:48

I've taken a lot less photos with my cameras this year than ever before - but I have taken a lot more with my iPhone and have done more editing, too. I've also used my GoPro more for interesting and unusual shots, like in rockpools and other "previously unthought-of" areas...

But yeah, my DSLR and Point and Shoot have stayed in my camera bag largely...but I intend to do more over summer and improve my meagre skill set.

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#2644483 30-Jan-2021 21:32

Handsomedan:

I've taken a lot less photos with my cameras this year than ever before - but I have taken a lot more with my iPhone and have done more editing, too. I've also used my GoPro more for interesting and unusual shots, like in rockpools and other "previously unthought-of" areas...

But yeah, my DSLR and Point and Shoot have stayed in my camera bag largely...but I intend to do more over summer and improve my meagre skill set.

Phone cameras are so good, and so convenient. I only take my DSLR kit if on holiday with a car (from home). As a retired professional photographer, I hate being asked to 'bring my camera and take a few pictures' when we go to an event or social do.

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#2644627 31-Jan-2021 07:32

Virtually never. I just use the camera in my phone. Too much hassle with a 4 year old. I have two DSLRs and use them about three times a year. Ex professional photographer.

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#2675866 16-Mar-2021 22:37

Generally when I go somewhere, I take my camera, but I won't necessarily use it. I heard a talk by Andris Apse a few years ago, and one of the things that impressed me about him was the ability to visualise the potential of a location, and only capture an image when that vision was realised.

It's too easy to snap away just for the sake of it, but it's also infuriating to be caught out somewhere without the equipment to capture an image when the potential is there.

For just documenting things, often a phone is good enough, but I still enjoy having the capabilities of a DSLR available to me for situations that merit it.

I think whether you use a phone, something like your GR, or what I'll do sometimes; put a fast 35mm prime on my APS-C body, and forget the gear focus and just look for opportunities worth photographing, and not worry if you don't encounter any, can be more rewarding than taking a bunch of gear and getting trigger happy.