I belong to a social media group that is a camera brand-specific group and it can be a real source of drama. This morning while I was getting my coffee ready I was reading through some posts and noticed one where a member was chiding other members about posting photographs of their top-of-the-line gear and I get it. Some of those people don’t post photographs they take of other subjects but rather just their equipment seemingly to boast about what they have rather than what they can do with the expensive equipment. I’ve seen this plenty of times in other forums.
Maybe I’m a bit jealous because I don’t have the budget to just decide to drop $2,000 to $3,000 on a lens, but at the same time, I have been able to buy some higher-end photography gear. In the end, it isn’t about the gear, it is about the results. I’ve taken great photographs with inexpensive lenses and a 14-year-old 10-megapixel camera.
I also understand wanting to show off a new expensive piece of equipment. Pride in your gear is admirable, to an extent. What I would rather do is show off my new expensive piece of equipment with the final results of the photographs I’ve managed to take with the expensive equipment.
Photography and especially art isn’t about what equipment we use but rather what we can do with the equipment we have. For me, I would rather see an artist showing me fantastic works with basic equipment. That, my friends, shows others they can do it as well.
Photographer Clay 
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