well I bought a ton of gear thinking it was going to make me as good as you guys.. and wow did I make a big mistake.. the more I bought the more i had to learn and it all made me loose focus on the shot and i was thinking more about gear and what does what and not seeing the picture anymore... now that i dont worry about my gear and i just shoot. i go oh well I got what I got. and I see people on here that use these small pocket cameras for $300 and do such amazing work. it makes me want to hang up my camera with all the buttons on it and go buy a pocket camera lol

I love seeing people with RAW talent.. the bad part about RAW talent I dont like is. I can not go buy it in a store for myself lol

my husband does some amazing graphics on a computer and he has never been to school for it. and we have seen graphic artist that have been to school for many years and have all the right gear but none of them can draw a stick man without the computer. and when my husband draws anything with a pencil away from the computer it looks like a black and white photo. so I think you have to be some kind of artist first all the gear in the world wont make you an amazing artist.

i find my self studying other peoples images now way more then I would a manual from some gear I bought. I find I learn more from images and I want to know how it was done. if there is an image I really want to know how to get that look I make it my wallpaper on my computer so I have to look at it everyday till I figure it out. then I try it with my own twist to it.