A few weeks ago I wrote an article about photographic GAS (gear acquisition syndrome). You can find it here.
Today, I received an email from 500px.com with a link to another article by an obviously talented photographer named Pedro Quintela who wrote about the same subject on his blog. I thought the points he made were excellent and well worth mentioning here in my blog as well.
This is such an important subject because so many people are fooled into thinking that good photography can be bought by simply getting the best and most expensive photo gear available. But nothing could be further from the truth.
There is also a large group of photo snobs who will look down their nose at photographers who they deem are inferior, not because of the images they produce, but simply because of the equipment they have in their camera bag. The interesting part of this particular syndrome is that most of the time the images produced by these photo snobs may be technically perfect in terms of sharpness and contrast, but the photos themselves have no soul, no real eye appeal or interest! And isn't that really what photography is all about?
As Pedro points out, having "good gear" is very useful, but thinking that the latest and greatest will improve your photographic art is just untrue. He suggests buying gear that will help you get good, solid images and investing whatever other funds you have available into education about this art form, or in photo trips that will actually help you be a better photographer.
There are plenty of other valid points made in his article and he presents the whole subject in a very relaxed and easy-to-read format. Please do read this article and enjoy his wonderful images as he is a photographer that clearly knows his craft. You can read the article here.
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