Photography gear envy

I read a lot of posts in photography forums. Yesterday, I read a post where a photographer was showing off all his high-end photography gear. I’m curious now, what do his photographs look like? I can’t help but look and see. I had an idea of what they probably looked like and I am unhappy to report I wasn’t wrong. To me, they were merely snapshots. They were what appeared to me to be the proverbial, “I see something, I point my camera, and snap, voila!”

Don’t get me wrong, I know we all have different styles of photography, but in reality, these photographs could have been taken with a cellphone, or entry-level gear. To me, it is sort of having a high-performance car and never driving over 25 mph. Maybe I’m a bit envious of someone who can indiscriminately spend thousands of dollars on top-of-the-line equipment.

In my way of thinking, if you’re that into photography, spend a bit less on equipment and spend some on photography training. I know, I’m really letting my jealousy shine, but I’m into results and to me, if you have top-of-the-line stuff, you should have top-of-the-line photographs.

My jealousy races on, but I guess I’ll just have to take my middle-of-the-line stuff and show what can be done with it to create art and top-of-the-line photographs. Now, I’m getting in gear and dusting off my abilities.