who has shooting buddies??

[saravrose]

obviously nobody is lucky enough to have all of their friends be photographers. Just wondering who has shooting buddies? Or who is by themselves a lot of the time. do you take camera-less friends and family with you??

[weka2000]

Im part of a group GKPE we have outings on a regular basis. I do find my best photos are done when Im alone, I can zone out the distractions and focus. Mind you even in the group I seem to walk ahead of the rest :rolleyes:

I try to get my wife and kids to come out with me, or when they go out I try to finds something to shoot.

[Wazza]

I have my girlfriend, iKirst, who's a member here.

And also the GKPE group as Weka has already pointed out. :p

I just like to have fun there, and generally don't take anything too seriously.
I also shoot better stuff when I'm alone.. (or with Kirst ;))

[Jon Foster]

I do very little shooting on my own. Our son is really into photography now and our two girls are starting to get the bug too. And I'm usually with my wife most of the time so we always end up together doing whatever...

Jon.

[RichardtheSane]

I'm a lone shooter
Although I've got a coupleof friends into photography they just don't seem as keen as I am to get out and shoot :)

[mbze430]

I have shooting buddies.

[Moppie]

Im part of a group GKPE we have outings on a regular basis. I do find my best photos are done when Im alone, I


I also shoot better stuff when I'm alone..




Gee guys, thanks. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :p :p


The GKPE are I guess informal gatherings making them groups of "Shooting buddies" (I have a friend who would get a good laugh out of that term ;) ).

But, I also do my best work on my own, although not nessacarly totaly alone, i.e. some of my best shots have been on GKPE's, just when Iv wondered off and done my own thing away from the group. :cool:

[Balliolman]

Solitary stereoshooter here, probably the best way too, though I would not mind meeting others for a shoot ...

[EoSD30fReAk]

i've got a shooting buddy.

we like to go to the zoo and parks to shoot together but i also shoot alone at all kinds of events he isn't interrested in.

[tommykjensen]

I too shoot alone.

[condyk]

I normally prefer to potter around on my own ... one of the crummiest shooting experiences of my life was a tour around the Kalahari NP in South Africa over 10 days with others who got too bored too quick, were more interested in the barbeques of an evening, or just wanted to moan about irrelevant stuff and chit chat. I wouldn't mind a shooting buddy now and again as it's easier to get out when you have to meet up with someone, but they'd have to be a pretty amazing, laid back, funny geezer to not get on my nerves within 10 minutes ;-)

[Photodawg1]

Definitely prefer shooting alone. When I first started out shoooting for small local newspaper, I used to get very rattled when the big guns showed up. When I realized I was holding my own, I starting becoming friends with a few and feel pride that they consider me a colleague. I absolutely am alone when shooting nature or wildlife. I have to pay attention and be ready at 100% to capture the unknown minute and listen to where the action is.

[Big_B]

I prefer shootingh with other people but it's often difficult to organise so I generally shoot alone. Except for today, as a group of us from POTN are meeting in central London.

[75D]

I usually shoot on my own. I find that way if I want to spend time in waiting for a shot I don't feel if I'm holding someone up.
I sometimes go with my wife and we have different views on things so it makes for a different perspective.
Have nothing against going out with a small group to shoot a specific theme, it's good to see how someone else sees the world through the camera.

Wayne

[sprinkles]

i have different shooting buddies for different types of 'shoots'.

one buddy for studio stuff where we will split the cost of studio rental, MUA...

& two buddies for street photography stuff, events... though i usually meet one at a time. however, currently one of them is currently in scotland & the other is currently in australia. so no buddy street photo stuff for me in a while. :confused:

i think shooting with someone is great for exchanging ideas & concepts... but sometimes it can be a wee bit fustrating especially if someone wants to go off much earlier.

i shoot alone too, though sometimes its a little difficult to get my fat ass off the couch to go shoot, unless its work. :mrgreen:

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Ah yes, they call me the lonesome shooter. I've not once had anyone shoot with me, and I like it that way. I think it'd just distract me somehow, and I'd hate anything to take away from my already "lacking" work.

[StevenRaith]

I tend to shoot alone, but I do have buddys who shoot and offer advice for me [what with me being a newbie to this really] and suchlike - normally meet up at open race circuit public trackdays and snap cars, etc.

Generally I mess about by myself tho.

[thomascanty]

My dog is usually with me. She has a hard time focusing on the right subject, though.

[saravrose]

I like being by myself. Except for the times when I want to go places that just aren't 'safe' to go alone. And then I bring a friend. It can be a challenge having somebody who isn't a photographer with you. The worst experience I had in portland when my bestfriend decided to show me around. He literally stopped for about fifteen seconds when I asked him to and then kept walking. In all he gave me about an hour and a half to go through roughly ten blocks of downtown Portland, and he refused to start before one in the afternoon...:confused: anything I got that day went down to extreme luck.
But, I do have a cousin who is extremely laid back, and allthough she's not a huge photographer she understands the concepts of taking time to set up a shot.
And then there's my uncle. Who loves to go take photos, of animals, all animals all the time. I do too, but... there's only soo many pictures you can take of a mountain goat before it's time to move on. different styles, different perspectives. Now, if I can talk those inconvenient folks into letting me go hiking in canyons alone, going into caves, and snowshoe walking in the mountain's without somebody trailing me i'd be in heaven.

sari.

[O/confusion]

they'd have to be a pretty amazing, laid back, funny geezer to not get on my nerves within 10 minutes ;-)

Dave--
I gather that's how Mr. Cheney felt about his shooting buddy, too!:lol:

regards,
Terry

[condyk]

Dave--
I gather that's how Mr. Cheney felt about his shooting buddy, too!:lol:

regards,
Terry

Terry, I fear discussion of AmeriCAN's and their love of weapons could soon drift us into banned territory, so we had best lay the topic to rest here and now.

Personally, as I do not carry even a potatoe gun and indeed do not have need of one in this peaceful land, then I would simply slip down one of our quaint English alleyways and leave my dull-witted buddy wondering what happened to me ;)

[Big_B]

Personally, as I do not carry even a potatoe gun and indeed do not have need of one in this peaceful land, then I would simply slip down one of our quaint English alleyways and leave my dull-witted buddy wondering what happened to me ;)

Try that in Camden at 3am ;)

[saravrose]

nope.. please lets keep this to shooting with cameras and not firearms. pretty please, i'll bake ya a pie.....

[Big_B]

Perfect, I'm starving. Will you pop it in the post? :)

[saravrose]

Perfect, I'm starving. Will you pop it in the post? :)

:D I make a killer coconut cream pie.. or if it were summer strawberry creamcheese or banana cream (which i've been told is good but I hate bananas)... or peach pie... see, now I want to bake instead of go to work...:confused:

[Big_B]

Sounds tasty! Lemon cheesecake is my favourite - I might make one right now :)

[condyk]

Try that in Camden at 3am ;)

You sound like a chap used to poking around dark alleys at night so I will take your advice sir ;) Do you keep your weapon in hand at such time?

I think pies are much tastier than weapons. Women throughout the world have a duty to teach their men to bake ;) Though even then I suspect some innocents would still be mugged and robbed with a well aimed flan :rolleyes:

[saravrose]

You sound like a chap used to poking around dark alleys at night so I will take your advice sir ;) Do you keep your weapon in hand at such time?

I think pies are much tastier than weapons. Women throughout the world have a duty to teach their men to bake ;) Though even then I suspect some innocents would still be mugged and robbed with a well aimed flan :rolleyes:

actually in my family it's the men who cook... my uncle's taught me everything I know....

[saravrose]

Did he teach you irony :p

:lol: :lol: :lol: maybe a little... But they did teach me how to throw spaghetti on the wall to see if it's done, the correct way to slice a pepper, how to tell when a steak is done. How to shoot tequila so you don't look like a girl, how to drive, how to change oil on a car, how to change a tire, and on more than one occasion I had my outfits picked out for me in highschool... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[liza]

I'm not much of a cook at all, so I'm afraid I can't teach anyone to bake. Thank God for crockpots and microwave ovens!

As for shooting buddies, I have two who shoot sports with me. We all use different brands of cameras and one of the guys shoots only film (though we hope to lure him over to the "dark side" soon). The three of us like to bounce ideas off one another and compare shots during and after ball games. I call the two of them Obi Wan and Yoda because of their combined expertise and years of experience.

[saravrose]

that's nice liza... I would love to have friends like yours...

sari

[liza]

They're a couple of older guys who went to high school together. They've kind of "adopted" me and have given me some valuable input over the past year.

[rudgej]

I've got a friend that I make definite photo-shooting trips with. When I go somewhere with my wife I take the camera (note the subtle difference in priorities ;) ). In fact, I've arranged to visit Germany for a photographic week with my friend (and not my wife :shock: ). I dare say that I'll just have to force myself to go on another holiday with my wife to make up... ;)

[Big_B]

You sound like a chap used to poking around dark alleys at night so I will take your advice sir ;) Do you keep your weapon in hand at such time?

I think pies are much tastier than weapons. Women throughout the world have a duty to teach their men to bake ;) Though even then I suspect some innocents would still be mugged and robbed with a well aimed flan :rolleyes:

I keep my standard issue British Rail BLT on me at all times. Contains enough mayonaise to knock a man out at 50 paces.

[Claire]

I mainly shoot alone, but also with a friend of mine (who recently exchanged her film camera to a Canon 350D :D).

[Jaymz]

I only shoot alone, mostly. Sometimes my wife and kids will come along. I don't have anyone around here that is interested in photography, aside from the family event snapshots.

[::John::]

My wife usually comes out with me and is excellent in picking the right angle on shots but she was getting bored just watching so I got her a P&S at Christmas - she now is taking better pictures than me.

Sometimes I go out alone - especially the last few night shoots I have done.

I have also had the pleasure of meeting up with a couple of people (who happen to be members here) and doing a couple of shoots with them. I really enjoyed the experience - plus it gave me a chance to try some different gear firsthand.

Yesterday, for example, we were on a spectator boat shooting a yacht race. Paul and I swapped 70-200mm lenses for about 30 minutes - mine was the stock standard f/2.8 - his was the IS version with a 2x extender on it - quite a different perspective!

I like the ability to choose shooting buddies - and, yes, I enjoy the experience.

[mson]

I would say most of the time I shoot alone. It allows me to take my time and not worry about someone else getting bored or slowed down. It also allows me to "lose myself" in photography and forget about any stress.

We have a group of 6 people who try to get together for photo trips once every month or two. We try to come up with a theme then compare and critique after.

[::John::]

...and critique after

Agreed. Paul, Mike and I met to shoot the Chinese New Year parade - a grand event in itself - but I learned more from the chat over beers in the pub afterwards.

[dancad]

I'm traditionally a lone shooter. The few hours I spend in the wild are my time of solitude.

Having said this, here is a timeline of what happened during the last year shooting buddy-wise:

- I met Blackburnian
- I met liv2trip
- liv2trip and Blackburnian met
- I met Stephen Stephen
- liv2trip and Stephen met
- liv2trip and I met Gary Fairhead, who already knew Busbyea
- Blackburnian met Gary, and Busbyea
- Blackburnian and Stephen met
- I met Busbyea
- Busbyea met Stephen
- you get the drift...

OK now I'm getting confused myself:lol: . But the beauty in this is we meet regularly and we are now all members of POTN. There is hardly a weekend when not at least two of us meet somewhere. Even when I go out by myself, I'll frequently run into one of the guys, and vice-versa. So it's now a 50/50 split between being alone and having a buddy(ies)...each with its advantages.

[KevC]

Hm... I got a friend completely into photography... he used to shoot with one of those pseudoSLRs but i'm like 'if you want to shoot sports, good luck. you can't do it with your point and shoot' then i showed him my drebel. biggest mistake ever, now he has a drebelxt and a whole bunch of lenses. I think he's gonna buy an L soon :eek: He dubs me "most expensive friend ever" hah.

Anyway I always shoot by myself. Though we keep saying we'll shoot together, we can never find the time :(

[staciecd]

I usually shoot by myself, but looking for a group in the area. My boyfriend is very supportive, so when I want to wander off, he is right by my side. I don't think that he likes my stories of wandering off by myself and getting lost in London at midnight.

Stacie

[saravrose]

I usually shoot by myself, but looking for a group in the area. My boyfriend is very supportive, so when I want to wander off, he is right by my side. I don't think that he likes my stories of wandering off by myself and getting lost in London at midnight.

Stacie

yeah... I tend to go places alone that aren't the best idea i've ever had... But, I have an afternoon off and decide to go for a drive in the country... one thing leads to another and I'm hiking into Devils ladder with just me and my camera, while my cellphone sits in my car and my family thinks that i've gone to the movies....

[defordphoto]

I have an awesome shooting "buddy."

Been married to her for 21 years. :)

She got me a D60 for my birthday several years ago and then she took some photo/photoshop classes through her employer (Hewlett-Packard) and then wanted a camera of her own. Yeah baby!

Aha! It was then time to upgrade to the 10D and "you can have the D60." And it's just progressed from there...1DMKII/20D...

It's always fun going on hikes and such and the many different things we see differently.

[Spiral Photo]

My fiance (Hazelwest) and I shoot together from time to time. We both have DRebels, but she's got the XT.

[iKirst]

I've met almost all of the GKPE members of POTN. We meet on a semi regular basis, for informal shooting time.
I've only belonged to POTN for a little over a month, so I guess I didn't mess about.
Shooting buddy, in general, is my far better half, Wazza :)
He has nice lenses - what can I say :lol:

Prior to that, I was a lone wolf with photography. I'd waft about the city snapping in my merry own time. Most of those photos will never ever see the light of day :p

[CyberDyneSystems]

Though I do most of my shooting alone,.. it's great fun to get together with others.

Scottes and I seem to have a season starting mid Spring that will last till end of summer early fall where we get together perhaps monthly ... Plus there's the larger get togethers. I enjoy this in a very different way from shooting alone.

[Tom W]

Mostly shoot alone. Sometimes, during events like air shows or sporting events, I'll have a shooting buddy around, but when I'm off on a creative bender, I don't want people around. Too distracting.

I also shoot alone when pixel-peeping. :)

[sam walker]

I'm a birder my friend is a birder and was a film photog. I became a digiphotog with my 2Megpix oly. After I got the Fugi 5000 I loaned Mike the oly to use while out birding. He soon bought the Fugi5000. He has a good eye for birds and photographic knowledge so we go on bird shoots together. He has outgrowned his Fugi and plans on a DSLR one thats name starts with N. Mostly I go out alone.
Sam
Sam

[saravrose]

here are my two favorite shooting buddies...my little niece who has a little canon point and shoot... and my uncle who is shooting with this really weird device... :) :) .... but he did buy my pro 1 from me.. I am slowly turning everybody over to canon. :D

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/saravrose/IMG_6510.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/saravrose/IMG_4274.jpg

[Meaty0]

I shoot alone. But I'm thinking of hiring a Sherpa to carry all my photo gear when I want to shoot from "high places". I'm regularly carrying 60 lbs of photographic and hiking gear:)

[Woolburr]

I'm more inclined to have a beer and talk shop with fellow shooters after the last shutter has clicked for the day.

I did spend an afternoon shooting on the Blue Ridge Parkway with another "nut". Since we were shooting landscapes, we were able to converse during the course of the shoot. Our styles are decidedly different and it made it very difficult to exchange much information while actually shooting. (I like using a monopod and wandering around a bit to see if I can find an interesting angle or a unique perspective. His take is to pull up in a parking area, set up a tripod and snap 1 or 2 shots, then move on to the next parking area. The only time he didn't mind waiting for me was during the last stop of the day, where we were treated to a spectacular sunset and decided to stay put and shoot.) I shot 126 images, he shot 19....but I digress........

[saravrose]

I'm more inclined to have a beer and talk shop with fellow shooters after the last shutter has clicked for the day.

I did spend an afternoon shooting on the Blue Ridge Parkway with another "nut". Since we were shooting landscapes, we were able to converse during the course of the shoot. Our styles are decidedly different and it made it very difficult to exchange much information while actually shooting. (I like using a monopod and wandering around a bit to see if I can find an interesting angle or a unique perspective. His take is to pull up in a parking area, set up a tripod and snap 1 or 2 shots, then move on to the next parking area. The only time he didn't mind waiting for me was during the last stop of the day, where we were treated to a spectacular sunset and decided to stay put and shoot.) I shot 126 images, he shot 19....but I digress........

that sounds like the difference between my uncle and I... I tend to 'think' things to death, and he takes a shot.... and if he get's it great... if not,oh well.. I see a composition that I want and if it takes me a hundred shots, i'm going to stay put until I get the photo that I have in mind... At the end of the day, he'll have sixty images, i'll have filled 3G's worth of memory.....

sari.

[elTwitcho]

I shoot exclusively alone, but I long for one other dedicated like minded artist to share ideas with and learn from. Sadly most of the people around here are either lone shooters, have their tightly knit group already and don't want to take anyone on (and I don't blame them) or just want to get together and socialize with their cameras

[Wazza]

I've met almost all of the GKPE members of POTN. We meet on a semi regular basis, for informal shooting time.
I've only belonged to POTN for a little over a month, so I guess I didn't mess about.
Shooting buddy, in general, is my far better half, Wazza :)
He has nice lenses - what can I say :lol:

Prior to that, I was a lone wolf with photography. I'd waft about the city snapping in my merry own time. Most of those photos will never ever see the light of day :p

Far better half? Turn the mirror around on yourself. You're the far better one. And my gear list is not as impressive as someone like Belmondo or CDS but certainly does the job. :)

[Rob612]

Prsonally, I prefer to be alone. Give me more concentration on what I am doing.

[Photodawg1]

WOW! 60 # !...then again...I should weigh my gear it feels like a ton usually on this old back...
I shoot alone. But I'm thinking of hiring a Sherpa to carry all my photo gear when I want to shoot from "high places". I'm regularly carrying 60 lbs of photographic and hiking gear:)

[weka2000]

wazza + iKirst get a laptop each :)

[Halliday]

I shoot alone, but usually of people :)

[cfcRebel]

I'm very lucky to have a shooting buddy. He's my photography teacher too ever since i started digital photography last year. We've been shooting together once a week at local parks. I still have tons to learn but shooting together definitely accelerates my photography learning curve.

[SonicYan]

I have a shooting buddy as well. He only lurks in this forum and has only posted twice I think. We're pretty much into the same thing (cars and girls :p ), and we started becoming serious about the same time, after we went to this car event as media with only dinky P&S cameras and we were surrounded by pros in big white lenses. We got our Rebels shortly after. :D

[Tdragone]

Most of the time I too shoot alone; unless my only photog friend (Who works retail) has a day off.

Here's one rare pic of me while shooting (He shot this of me at the San Diego Zoo):

http://www.pbase.com/tdragone/image/55779386/medium.jpg

He was walking toward his reflection in the lens too quickly for me to MF on him; this is all I got:

http://www.pbase.com/tdragone/image/55654343.jpg

:)