365 Project

Day 160 / 525 –

Yesterday, I was driving the back roads, looking for things to shoot, and I came across this place.  I reached back for my camera and realized that I didn’t have my longer lens on me, the longer zoom.  It’s not a really long zoom, or a lens that is highly rated, but I thought to myself, oh no.

And yet, the short zoom, the kit lens, was great for this.  At times, I think I need a different lens setup.  I would like to have a longer zoom range, or maybe some better optics, or some such thing.  And yet, it doesn’t really matter.  What matters is how you feel about what you see, and expressing that in the image.

Yes, there is one lens I will probably get soon.  Something I can use to start exploring portrait photos, as well as macro photography (shooting small things close up).  There are a few lenses I would like to have, that would give me a few other options in terms of wide angles, or longer ranges.

But the truth is, gear can be a crutch.  I have three lenses for my Sony, and they do a great job (wide angle, short zoom, long zoom).  More gear would just mean more to keep track of, more disappointment from inadequate shots taken with more expensive gear (when the issue would most likely be my own lack of experience, thought, practice, etc), and of course, more things that can break at a higher price point.

I forgot that lens yesterday, and because of that, I did miss a shot, but I can go back.  And I am rather pleased with what I did get.