I totally blew it that last 2 days, because I didn't take my camera with me to work

[Leica All Day]

I usually carry my camera everyday with me wherever/whenever I go out in Bangkok, but the last 2 days, I decided not to take my Leica with me......well, the 1st day I saw something interesting and was kicking myself thinking, stupid me for not bringing my camera to work......then tonight, as I was walking home, I saw something that I really wanted to photograph......

Instead, I shot these 2 photos with my iPhone 4......I am bummed by them....well, I learned a lesson and hope I learn from this.....

This guy was working on some electrical wires.....

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This I shot tonight, I am bummed I did not have my Leica with me....



cheers, michael

 

[raid]

Well, you had the IPhone with you, so this beats having no camera at all, Michael.

 

[Leica All Day]

Well, you had the IPhone with you, so this beats having no camera at all, Michael.

that is true my friend, that is true......I hope I don't make this mistake again......

cheers, michael

 

[raid]

Have a small camera in your pocket, such as the Olympus XA or Minox GT.

 

[randolph45]

no tools?

no tools?

M
Intresting no tools that i can see and whats with the balaclava .Ninja style electricians

 

[Leica All Day]

Have a small camera in your pocket, such as the Olympus XA or Minox GT.

Good advice Raid, but I usually take my Leica with me......I do own a Yashica T4 but sadly, it hasn't been used in a long time......and to be honest, I have no idea why I didn't take my camera (Leica) with me the last 2 days.....I just looked at it in the morning and said to myself, "no camera today".......stupid me.......I learned my lesson (hopefully) and I will be able to capture interesting things in the future.....

cheers, michael

 

[Leica All Day]

M
Intresting no tools that i can see and whats with the balaclava .Ninja style electricians

The way they work out here is so crazy in terms of "safety"........I was looking at this guy standing about 3 floors high and not wearing any safety equipment such as a safety belt.....but that is just the way things are done out here......

as far as the ninja mask goes, that is so they do not get "dark skin"......

cheers, michael

 

[Calzone]

A few years ago, a pitcher for the New York Yankees crashed a small plane into a high rise building near the East River behind the auction house Sotheby's. The building that houses my research lab was evacuated because it was just two doors down.

Anyways I had the opportunity of a lifetime to make a AP photo that could of changed my life, if I had a camera. I was on the scene before the news crews and later that night when I watched the video it did not capture what I saw those first initial 5 minutes. I was at the right place at the right time, but I blew the shot because I had no camera with me.

Now I almost always carry a camera even though I might not be actively shooting.

Cal

 

[Nescio]

It happens all too often to me as well. Even up to the point of saying sometimes that I take my best pictures without a camera...:bang:

And since my G7 stopped working (G7 & G9 owners beware; mine blew out because of the famous loose screw time bomb, but of course I only found out when the damage was already done) I miss my never ready P&S when out in my habitat.

But hey, no excuse anymore to leave my XA's on the shelve (if I can remember which one works 100%).

Nescio

 

[mfogiel]

Well, these do not look like Pullitzer winners, but the point is another one: when you have a camera with you, you tend to keep your vision sharper, you exercise your eye. I normally feel naked if I don't have a camera with me in the street.

 

[Griffin]

I always keep my Olympus Trip in my car so I can forget it when I get out..

 

[Leica All Day]

Well, these do not look like Pullitzer winners, but the point is another one: when you have a camera with you, you tend to keep your vision sharper, you exercise your eye. I normally feel naked if I don't have a camera with me in the street.

haha, yeah for sure, no Pullitzer prize photos.....but still, I wished I had my Leica and 35mm 1.2 with me,,,,,

cheers, michael

 

[kbg32]

A few years ago, a pitcher for the New York Yankees crashed a small plane into a high rise building near the East River behind the auction house Sotheby's. The building that houses my research lab was evacuated because it was just two doors down.

Anyways I had the opportunity of a lifetime to make a AP photo that could of changed my life, if I had a camera. I was on the scene before the news crews and later that night when I watched the video it did not capture what I saw those first initial 5 minutes. I was at the right place at the right time, but I blew the shot because I had no camera with me.

Now I almost always carry a camera even though I might not be actively shooting.

Cal

Cal,

A friend of mine got that shot!

 

[slava]

I just feel naked without my camera... :S is it normal?

 

[Calzone]

Cal,

A friend of mine got that shot!

Keith

I had access on 72d Street behind the police. Airplane parts were on the sidewalk and street. The flames were a lot more dramatic than on the news b-roll that night. I thought the building would be a goner because the flames were spreading so fast.

It would of been a great-great shot because I was so close. Wish I had my Leica with 28 Cron on that day. I would of had airplane wreckage in the foreground.

Cal

 

[Particular]

Keith

I had access on 72d Street behind the police. Airplane parts were on the sidewalk and street. The flames were a lot more dramatic than on the news b-roll that night. I thought the building would be a goner because the flames were spreading so fast.

It would of been a great-great shot because I was so close. Wish I had my Leica with 28 Cron on that day. I would of had airplane wreckage in the foreground.

Cal

I can imagine the surprised faces at the news desk when they get breaking news shots in B+W!

 

[denizg7]

More power to you. Photographing accidents where people were killed and homeless people are two thing I won't do.

if someone is drowning or in need of help I would never take a chance to photograph but help instead. I am sure all of us would do the same

 

[jsrockit]

I can imagine the surprised faces at the news desk when they get breaking news shots in B+W!

Hahahaha, so true. By the time you developed them and scanned them, the news would have been over Cal. 😉

 

[Archiver]

The question I have for you, Michael, is why you seem to be at a higher vantage point than the ninja electrician. You look like you're on the next pole! 😀

I have a near-pathological need to carry a decent camera wherever I go. If I walk to the work car park without a camera I pat my clothes to make sure that I at least have a cellphone.