So yesterday I was blogging about how I want to take up some/a new hobby, right? I also mentioned something about how my fight with staying where I am with Digital Photography or moving forward was based in this idea, right?

Well enter yesterday. The decision was made for me by another blogger, who linked me to this guy’s page on the web. Go. Go ahead, take a look at his galleries; I’ll be here when you get back.

You’re back? Good, now we can continue. OK so maybe you know where I’m headed, maybe not, so I’ll just spell it out: There’s no way in hell that I have the kind of talent that this guy does. I’m good, but I’m not that good. And honestly, seeing as how I’m not that good, does it really make sense to keep spending money on it? I mean, let me break it down:

I can take pictures that are 90-95% the quality that I currently take with a $200 Point-and-Shoot Canon Elph. My kind of setup would currently cost (using the same level of goods, not the actual goods – “entry-level = entry-level”) somewhere around $1,000. So for $800 more than what The Girl has, I have gotten like ~10% improvement in my images. So from where I’m at, I could conceivably spend some $5,000-$8,000 more to have the equipment “Mr. Hot-Shot photographer” has, and maybe see another 5% improvement in my shots (I almost typed sh!ts, which ironically wouldn’t have been far off the mark considering), but still be a world away from where this guy is.

So then I have to ask myself: Why the hell should I spend $8,000 more to achieve results that are incremental baby-steps from what I could take with a P&S anyway?

The answer of course is that I shouldn’t. And honestly, I don’t I’m not going to. I’m going to sell my equipment, and the funds from that will pay for my new Canon Elph. Simple.



No more galleries?
Actually I expect that it’ll result in more galleries, as most my galleries anymore are of “me” things, not artistic things. This type of camera that I plan to have will allow me to have those types of moments caught quite a bit faster and put up on the web quite a bit faster. So yeah, maybe more pictures actually.

So I guess depending on what side of it you’re on, that’s either good news, or bad, bad news. See you on the other side.



Entertaining read
If you have a sick sense of humor, you may find this blog funny. I did.

Peace.

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