Gear, Gear, Gear
The Annapurnas, Nepal. 1997
Gear is necessary to some extent in photography. You obviously need a camera. Depending on what kind on photography you do, that may be a simple point and shoot or a DSLR system with a number of lenses or something else entirely. For some photographers though, gear seems to be the goal and it’s not uncommon to see photographers carting around enough gear to cover almost any situation when something much simpler would do. I don’t know how it is in other parts of the world but photographers in Taiwan are often great examples of people with too much gear. Here it’s not restricted to photography rather it’s an essential part of any hobby. Looking the part is sometimes more important. For example. a few years ago, a cycling craze swept the island and people were going out and buying expensive carbon fiber road bikes only to walk them up and down hills and not even bother with proper cycling shoes. A year later, they’d probably moved on to other hobbies and spent similar amounts of money.
As a quick reminder, don’t forget to sign up for the free 5 video series ahead of Clarion Call 2011 a 2-day telesummit for photographers taking place in February. The video series is available now. Sign up here.
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