June 25th, 2010 by Brian Cooney

Stone wall in Lebanon PA

While digging through my iphoto library, I found this picture of a stone wall I saw in a park in Lebanon PA a few years ago.  This was taken long before I had ever even thought of owning a Digital SLR camera,  with a Kodak point and shoot.  I remember taking a long walk through the park, and just thinking this wall was beautiful.  At that point in time, I didn’t take many pictures, but I always had my point and shoot in my pocket, and when I saw something that really struck my eye a frame would be made.

I carry my SLR with me just about everywhere too, but it is usually in a backpack, not a pocket, so it is far less accessible.  Sometimes, I wonder how many images like this one I miss because its so much more work to get the SLR ready to create an image than that old Kodak.  If the Kodak didn’t have a broken screen, maybe I would just carry both.  Do you carry a point and shoot when you don’t have your SLR?  Or do you just carry a Point and shoot all the time like I did back then?  Do you ever miss a shot because you just cant get the camera out of a backpack fast enough, and its just not convenient enough to always have it in your hand or in super easy reach?  And if you do miss those shots, does it bother you, or do you just shrug it off?