I used to love photography. Started out with a canon 50d and loved that camera and took it everywhere we went. Got some amazing photos thoughtout my time with it and had a blast. Really got into photography from seeing people on social media and YouTube. Photography was a huge reason for us to go out and explore areas. Found out i was actually pretty good at photography. Switched to a few sony mirrorless cameras and it seemed since the switch I lost my spark with photography. Really hated the sony platform and the camera was really small feeling in my hands (a6000). Recently sold all my sony gear and thinking going back to canon. I even have a samsung s22 ultra phone for the camera ability and only use it here and there for quick shots. I also found my dad’s old sears film camera and started thinking about having it cleaned to start messing with it. Those that fell out of the hobby and got back in, what did you feel helped?
As silly as it will sound, what reignited my spark in photography was selling all my equipment and shooting with my iPhone.
I found that having all the good gear put an incredible amount of pressure on me to shoot and create and I felt no result was enough. With a good camera phone (I have iPhone 13 Pro and about to upgrade to 15PM) I got the spark again. Now I still have an extremely capable device in my pocket but to seriously photograph on travels or on day by day basis but I don’t feel the pressure that if I don’t go out to shoot my expensive gear is depreciating.
This years trip to the US I photographed fully on my phone and I am still happy to frame some of the pictures on my wall.
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