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lol It's easier to drool over new tech and blame on equipment failure than to spend the time to practice and to grow for most people. And it applies to many other things in life, not just tennis and photography.
I never thought of a typical tennis player and a typical photographer have one thing in common: focusing on their equipment over skill. So true Tony.
I've seen tennis players keep changing their rackets instead of improving their skills. It's so much the same for many amateur photographers I know, including myself, always look into upgrading the equipment over sharpening their skills.
Have you ever come across a player who blamed on the racket for not hitting the ball right?
Some of the best photos that I've seen are shot by little kids with beaten up gears. I truly believe that kids have no fear to try new things and are willing to take photos with their instinct. That's why kids often come up with unique perspectives and fabulous photos. Most adults are too afraid of failures or are thinking too much about the photography rules instead of trusting their own instincts or to look at things differently. Moments pass when you forget to click the shutter.
Like everything else, I believe you learn faster when you make mistakes. Keep your bad shots so you can go back and study them. Personally, I find it more useful to look at my bad photos so I learn not to repeat them again.
Camera is merely a tool to the photographer just as a tennis racquet is a tool to a tennis player. In the hands of a skilled user, these tools can do amazing things. As with any craft, you do want to know your tool well so you don't have to think about it. All you have to do is to recognize and to capture great images.
I have Canon 50D w/ some good lenses. As a newbie, I took on this hobby seriously, started shooting at anything and everything around me for awhile but mostly family events. I've great interest in landscape photography, unfortunately, opportunity does not come my way very much.
Last month, I had an opportunity to shoot in a sport event for the first time. A friend who got in the final, tennis of course, and I was there to give supports. Sport photography is new to new but I know one thing, the requirements are: fast and long lens and/or extender to get better pictures. They don’t come cheap.
Thanks for the compliment, Steve. For a consumer body, the D7000 is simply fabulous. Some minor quirks, but you can't be the price. As you can see, it proves that it is capable in demanding real world environment. :-)
Sounds like you are a photographer yourself. What do you shoot with? More importantly, what do you like to shoot?
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