Why Buying a New Camera Will Not Make You a Better Photographer
Learn to see the picture without a camera first
New cameras will not make you a worse photographer unless you’re confused by its amazing new technology. Then you might pay more attention to the camera than to the picture. That can happen and often does.
Unfortunately, there are so many new cameras with amazing features; we’re all left drooling over what we don’t have. Shouldn’t we be learning how to make better use of what we have?
I know, there are some pictures where you really need that cool new feature available only in the newest camera, but do you even take those kinds of pictures? What is the one thing you can do to improve your photography?
“A great camera can’t make a great photograph, any more than a great typewriter can write a great novel.” — Peter Adams
Learn
No, I don’t mean “learn” how to control your camera. Of course, you should learn the basics of exposure and focus and how to control them on your camera. I mean something more meaningful.
Learn from the masters, the photographers who had limited equipment and produced amazing results. Think of the pictures that attracted you to photography in the first place. How did they do it…
