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I've been curious about everyone's picture taking habits when exploring.
Sometimes when I'm out and about I prefer to just take it all in and not take pictures. I'm not much of a photographer and I like to take mostly landscapes of the area just so I can show people to give them a general idea.
Anyone else choose not to take pictures sometimes? Or is it just me?
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I may not always take pictures when I'm out skulking, but you better believe I have my camera with me regardless. It's a great answer to the question,"Hey, what the hell are you doing here?!"
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Posted by Technomancer
It's a great answer to the question,"Hey, what the hell are you doing here?!"
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True. I have only gotten stopped a couple of times. I try to go as low risk as possible. But, telling people I'm taking pictures for a school project can never really go wrong.
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Posted by Marsden107
True. I have only gotten stopped a couple of times. I try to go as low risk as possible. But, telling people I'm taking pictures for a school project can never really go wrong.
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I prefer the truth. I stopped because a was curious about the whatever. Many times I know the history.
Showing a sincere interest in the structure is much better than a generic answer.
What you see is what you get.
Regardless nothing will save you when trespassing on some sites. You caught you will be arrested.
I always have my messily smart phone...
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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I won't take pictures if the location/light sucks. I know others are even more stringent about that than I am, but I always go with the intent of shooting.
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I'll admit that photography is usually my primary concern in looking for places to explore. I always try to go to locations that have some degree of photographic appeal, and I've really strained to try to find photogenic scenes in less interesting buildings. I tend to shoot rather indiscriminately and go for the obvious shots on my first trip to a place, but when I revisit locations, as I often do, I slow down a lot and take far fewer shots, looking for less obvious compositions. Those repeat trips are usually a lot more laid back, and I find myself just enjoying the ambiance of the place, rather than single-mindedly hunting for scenes.
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I wont take pictures if Ive been a few times and am showing others around.
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One of my favorite times exploring was when I was showing my girlfriend a building near downtown Chicago that looked cool and she pointed out a hole that looked like a car had crashed into it. Of course we ducked in and ran around.
Neither of us have any photos, but I was there the day before and didn't see the hole. Two days later the building was gone.
I really love knowing that there was this one space where only a handful, if even that many, had trespassed in, and no one will ever know the inside of other than us lucky few.
RIP weird Chinese buffet, you were beautiful and smelled like rot.
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You can explore without a camera.
It can be way more fun with no agenda,
no extra weight to carry, no
valuable equipment to worry about.
A couple smartphone photos can suffice
as memorabilia, don't even need to
upload them anywhere if you don't want.
I love photography and getting a great
shot but it sometimes gets in the way
of truly just exploring and having a
good time.
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Posted by yaggy
I love photography and getting a great
shot but it sometimes gets in the way
of truly just exploring and having a
good time.
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Well put. This is exactly what I was saying.
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Posted by yaggy
You can explore without a camera.
It can be way more fun with no agenda,
no extra weight to carry, no
valuable equipment to worry about.
A couple smartphone photos can suffice
as memorabilia, don't even need to
upload them anywhere if you don't want.
I love photography and getting a great
shot but it sometimes gets in the way
of truly just exploring and having a
good time.
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truth.
It wasn't until 2004 that I started shooting explores. Meh, never really thought they merited wasting film on.
Always was driven by curiosity rather than being a photo whore.
Mostly now I'll take a few shots if it's interesting. Not trying to make keepers out of shit or keepers at all anymore... back to the basics; curiosity and the desire to explore.
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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That's why I can fit my el-cheapo camera in my pocket! (I use a Canon SX160IS, less than a hundred bucks in the clearance case at Target in February a few years back, just before the new models came out.) I'm not going to win any awards for my photography but it'll be a record of architectural and American history long after I'm gone. Some of the stuff I take, purists would never think to take so my images are priceless to me. Maybe somewhere down the line, they'll be priceless to a future historian too. If someone arches an eyebrow and goes "Holy shit, that's fuckin' COOL!", I win. I may never know it... but I won. I smile at your images all of the time UER. They make me content. You fuckin' win for me every day. 
Here's an example of the amateurish garbage a box-store camera on AUTO can give you when you run it through a cheap photoshop deal purchased at the same shitty department store.
"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?"
"Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?"
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| Posted by Radical_Ed If someone arches an eyebrow and goes "Holy shit, that's fuckin' COOL!", I win. I may never know it... but I won. I smile at your images all of the time UER. They make me content. You fuckin' win for me every day. |
Very well put. I really appreciate just how many photographers are active here, because they give us a look at so many amazing structures and sites, worldwide, that otherwise we'd never be aware of at all, let alone have the chance to visit.
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I specifically explore in order to take pictures of the places I explore.
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Photography is what got me into exploring. When I stop shooting that will also probably be the end of exploring...
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I've taken pictures every time I've explored because I like to have them to look back on once the location is inevitably renovated, demolished, burned or otherwise changed. That being said, if I'm exploring a location for a second or third time, I take a lot less pictures unless it's drastically changed or I've improved my photography equipment in the interim.
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Posted by Radical_Ed
That's why I can fit my el-cheapo camera in my pocket! (I use a Canon SX160IS, less than a hundred bucks in the clearance case at Target in February a few years back, just before the new models came out.)
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I keep a SX150 in my tankbag pretty much all the time. I picked it up on clearance ina Radio Shack somewhere in Colorado after my Nikon P&S died on me on a bike trip a few years ago.
I do most of my exploration by motorcycle. I only take my D5300 if I have something in mind that I want to shoot. I typically find things by noticing something out riding, and I'll either mark it in the GPS for later, or take a short break and check it out. I'll usually do a quick look-see with no camera, as my go-to is that I stopped for a quick break for water, and noticed whatever, and I'm interested in old architecture. Then I will come back with he dslr later.I usually don't do too many pics with the sx150 on that first visit, unless something really catches me.
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I went to a lot of UE spots in high school and didn't take pictures, kind of wish I did now that some of those places burned down and were really spooky and had cool art inside of them. I remember them none the less.
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Every time I've explored without a camera, I've spent the whole time thinking "Wish I had my camera."
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Posted by Marsden107
I've been curious about everyone's picture taking habits when exploring.
Sometimes when I'm out and about I prefer to just take it all in and not take pictures. I'm not much of a photographer and I like to take mostly landscapes of the area just so I can show people to give them a general idea.
Anyone else choose not to take pictures sometimes? Or is it just me?
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I very rarely take photos.
I have thousands but half aren't mine and nearly all are about the people in the location & not the location itself.
I did not get into this because of photography & I have made the effort of using a tripod maybe two times in 30+ years (I have used tripods more often for shooting video).
In my unpopular opinion, photographers tend to get in the way of exploring & exploring tends to get in the way of my socializing) - give me happy snaps any day
Cheer's
Doug
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