Do you "hunt" photos?

wadesworld

Just curious if others go out on specific photo "hunting" sessions.

I try to carry my camera lots of places, and often find the best photos are the unexpected.

Sometimes I find when I go out consciously hunting for photos, I have a certain vision in my head and many times waste the light driving around looking for my vision.

Obviously there's no one answer, but curious as to the stories of others.

JustPlainMe

wadesworld wrote:

Just curious if others go out on specific photo "hunting" sessions.

I try to carry my camera lots of places, and often find the best photos are the unexpected.

Sometimes I find when I go out consciously hunting for photos, I have a certain vision in my head and many times waste the light driving around looking for my vision.

Obviously there's no one answer, but curious as to the stories of others.

I don't have any epiphanies or life changing stories, but I am guilty of this, and of staging photos (not posing people, but staging scenes) as my first interest is digital scrapbooking.

But by participating in Project 365 (a keeper-quality photo every day for a year), I've found that I now have to carry my camera with me everywhere---the grocery store, the bank, the pool, restaurants, the library. I've even taken some interesting shots from inside my car while I'm driving. (Not recommended!)

Now that I'm used to hauling it around, it's fun to be able to whip it out and capture the unexpected. I often have visions in my head of an end product, but my lack of creativity frequently keeps me from getting there. Just having my camera with me everywhere has forced me to let go (sometimes) of the planned-ness of it all, and to start to document the real-ness of it instead.

Art Scott

wadesworld wrote:

Just curious if others go out on specific photo "hunting" sessions.

I try to carry my camera lots of places, and often find the best photos are the unexpected.

Sometimes I find when I go out consciously hunting for photos, I have a certain vision in my head and many times waste the light driving around looking for my vision.

Obviously there's no one answer, but curious as to the stories of others.

My cameras are in my vehicle all the time....at least my Minolta A2 is......a lot of thetimes bothe my KM 7D (dslr's) are along with the A2 (landscape camera Pro-Sumer P/S).......
As far a "hunting" for shots.....yeah I do......mostly wildlife tho or if I see a cool landscape I moght sit for a couple hours for sweet light ..... I have actually prked along turnpikes (tool roads) for 2 or 3 hours waiting for the sweeet light and get harassed by the state troopers for just sitting in the grass....I pull completely off the asphalt into the grass and usually sit on top my car hood (or a lawn chair) with camera on tripod pointing at my scene.....it is pretty obvious I am not broke down or having a vehicle prob of any sort.........

so yeah I go hunting for photos.....all so called scouting....seriously if you're going into a new area for the 1st time you're not really going to know the best vantage points for shooting.......I also go into new towns (especially college towns) to see what the weekend night life is about.......was just in Lawrence Ks this weekend and they had all sorts of street musicians playing in their entertainment district......got some cool shots of a trio playing the scrub board, guitar and squeeze box.....nope not an accordion.....a squeeze box.....just like
momma had:D..........but I noted a lot of acrhitecture for days gone past I want to return for at least a 2 day shoot maybe more as the college will present aome interesting sites also..............

Cygnus Studios

I never leave home without the camera. Serves 2 purposes. First, people will always engage me when the camera is in hand. Second, it is always available for those spur of the moment shots.

pathfinder

Michael Reichman describes two types of Photographers : Hunters and Fishermen.

Hunters roam around, moving constantly, looking for the light and the subject.

Fishermen stand quietly, in one place, like a heron, patiently waiting for a fish to swim by.

Both types are good!

davev

pathfinder wrote:

Michael Reichman describes two types of Photographers : Hunters and Fishermen.

Hunters roam around, moving constantly, looking for the light and the subject.

Fishermen stand quietly, in one place, like a heron, patiently waiting for a fish to swim by.

Both types are good!

I use the trolling motor to move around the shoreline while casting towards the shore for bass and northerns.
While hunting, I sit in a blind or tree stand.

So, I'm not sure if I'm a hunter or fisherman, but I wander around guessing where the better shot it.

jogle

I guess the strobist style of setting up and controlling everything is like dynamite fishing then?