14 November, 2023
Confessions of a Failed Camera Flipper
For the longest time, I owned only one camera. When I bought a new camera, I just donated or gave my old camera away, and I usually hung on to a camera for years. In fact, I was...
Kary Schumpert's Posts
9 November, 2023
Camera Manuals, Coffee, and a Big Duh Moment
I have a confession. I rarely read the camera manual. Yeah, I know. Pretty dumb. That’s why I confessed. Recently, though, I have reformed. I dug out all my camera manuals...
8 August, 2023
Running With Cameras
I love photography and I love running. I am just now getting back into shape after a longer-than-I-thought break from running. Most of the time, because I am covering very short...
20 June, 2023
Photography as Play
In elementary school, I played piano and basketball. My mom, even with a stretched budget, always made sure we had money for piano lessons, and the fees for the elementary baske...
4 May, 2023
The Case for Always Taking Your Camera
In all of the photography advice I have ever received, the most common is to always bring your camera. You never know when you might come across something that you want to aim y...
4 May, 2023
The Case for Not Always Taking Your Camera
Okay, it might be blasphemy to write this for a photography website. The other night, on a beautiful spring evening, I took Jupiter the dog for a little walk before dinner. I wa...
10 April, 2023
Nikon D40 – an Ode to my First “real” Camera
(The idea of an ode to my first "real" and favorite camera is inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Odes to Ordinary Things. I love that we can pay allegiance to those beautiful, ordinary ...