Non-professional photographers who carry their camera at all the times?

Always have mine with me, well most of the time

I am an unprofessional photographer who carries his camera all the time. I have missed far too many shots over many years to not carry it. For example the very last time I left the camera in my work truck on a job site, I was on the way to the porta-john, and about 30 feet from me was a bobcat watching me. He did not bolt off, and was just watching me heading in that direction. So this is why I always carry a camera with me, when I am out and about.  

KenMan wrote: As my wife     - "Why do you always need to carry your camera, you aren't always taking photos with it" - I'm always ready!  

I think are wife's are talking, because they are saying the same thing. 

When I first got started my camera was with me 100% of the time, I woulds say that is about nearly the same now.  Perhaps 10% margin of when it's not with me.  

Conner wrote: When I first got started my camera was with me 100% of the time, I woulds say that is about nearly the same now.  Perhaps 10% margin of when it's not with me.  

I'm just about the same, it's nice to have a point and shoot camera too

Why is there a need to carry a camera all the time? Go live your life. I usually bring a camera along if I'm going out and about where I expect I may want to take pictures. I don't usually bring it along going out to dinner, shopping, etc. Realistically it's not going to be possible or reasonable to photograph every cool thing you see every day, and what would you possibly do with so many pictures anyway? It seems lately like life is passing a lot of people by while they're trying to take pictures of it.

icepics wrote: Why is there a need to carry a camera all the time? Go live your life. I usually bring a camera along if I'm going out and about where I expect I may want to take pictures. I don't usually bring it along going out to dinner, shopping, etc. Realistically it's not going to be possible or reasonable to photograph every cool thing you see every day, and what would you possibly do with so many pictures anyway? It seems lately like life is passing a lot of people by while they're trying to take pictures of it.

+1. What she said.

garyrhook wrote:

icepics wrote: Why is there a need to carry a camera all the time? Go live your life. I usually bring a camera along if I'm going out and about where I expect I may want to take pictures. I don't usually bring it along going out to dinner, shopping, etc. Realistically it's not going to be possible or reasonable to photograph every cool thing you see every day, and what would you possibly do with so many pictures anyway? It seems lately like life is passing a lot of people by while they're trying to take pictures of it.

+1. What she said.

+2

Never leaves my side, which is another reason I'm excited about moving to mirrorless.  Smaller!

Rarely carry my camera, if I did I would have to leave it in the car on many occasions and I am not prepared to do that, I am of course always slapping my forehead when I see that wonderful missed opportunity. 

icepics wrote: Why is there a need to carry a camera all the time? Go live your life.

I think that's been addressed already.

icepics wrote: Go live your life.

Photography is part of our lives.  Are you suggesting we have no life if we don't conform to what you think is the norm?

icepics wrote: Realistically it's not going to be possible or reasonable to photograph every cool thing you see every day, and what would you possibly do with so many pictures anyway? 

Not all of us shoot film.

icepics wrote:  It seems lately like life is passing a lot of people by while they're trying to take pictures of it.

Could be worse, life could pass you buy and you don't have any photos of it.

photobod wrote: I am of course always slapping my forehead when I see that wonderful missed opportunity. 

This is why we carry our cameras with us. 

I'm not lugging around all my gear. I just have a mirrorless in my bag at all times.

icepics wrote: Why is there a need to carry a camera all the time? Go live your life. I usually bring a camera along if I'm going out and about where I expect I may want to take pictures. I don't usually bring it along going out to dinner, shopping, etc. Realistically it's not going to be possible or reasonable to photograph every cool thing you see every day, and what would you possibly do with so many pictures anyway? It seems lately like life is passing a lot of people by while they're trying to take pictures of it.

Well when I first got started, yes I carried my camera around with me nearly all the time.  These days, thankful to a marginally OK camera in my iPhone, I always have a camera with me.  However I don't carry my DSLR with me all the time.  

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

icepics wrote: Why is there a need to carry a camera all the time? Go live your life.

I think that's been addressed already.

icepics wrote: Go live your life.

Photography is part of our lives.  Are you suggesting we have no life if we don't conform to what you think is the norm?

icepics wrote: Realistically it's not going to be possible or reasonable to photograph every cool thing you see every day, and what would you possibly do with so many pictures anyway? 

Not all of us shoot film.

icepics wrote:  It seems lately like life is passing a lot of people by while they're trying to take pictures of it.

Could be worse, life could pass you buy and you don't have any photos of it.

photobod wrote: I am of course always slapping my forehead when I see that wonderful missed opportunity. 

This is why we carry our cameras with us. 

Exactly!
I am always living my life, and it is far from passing me by. It just so happens my cameras have accompanied me along the way, to help me remember some of the things I saw. I do not really find it to intrude much.

I sure will when I get my new camera.  But then again, I'm a complete newbie!