One of the things I learned early on when I started photography is...
wait for it...
wait for it...
here it comes...
The camera is an inanimate object, and it only does what the user tells it do.
SHOCKING, right?
Look at this way:
A microphone doesn't make Celine Dion sound amazing. She sounds amazing because she has a gift, and she trains her voice every day.Something all of those people have in common is they've worked hard at perfecting their talent. Yes, the microphone, pots & pans, baseball bat, or paintbrush helped deliver the quality of their work, but in a different set of hands, the results would be completely different. The same goes for photography. Dropping $2000 on camera equipment will not make you a photographer. Trust me. I did that. It didn't work. Seriously. Look at these photos I took in 2006, shortly after I bought my Canon Rebel XT.
Pots and pans don't make Rachael Ray an incredible cook. She's an incredible cook because she's been given a talent, and she's worked hard it.
A baseball bat didn't make Cal Ripken, Jr., into one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was an incredible baseball player because he worked hard at utilizing his gift.
A paintbrush didn't make Vincent Van Gogh into one of the greatest artists in history. He was given a gift, and he worked hard at his gift.
