early on in my photography journey, i acquired the canon 24-105mm f/4 is lens, and for the course of six years, it barely ever came off my 5d mark iii.
when i broke that lens a couple of months ago (i realize that i talk about this a lot lately), i finally understood what smashing pumpkins was referring to with melancholy and the infinite sadness.
but once i got over the shock of it, i realized it was probably the best thing that’s happened to my photography game in a really long time. i say this because with that lens, i was way too comfortable. maybe that’s not always a bad thing, but when it comes to creativity, comfort is not a great catalyst.
now with my new gear set up, i have to be creative, rather than simple being iterative and falling back on my previous experience, to get the shot.
i should’ve realized i was in need of something new to drive my photography to the next level when i opted not to take my 5d mark iii to bangladesh. instead, i packed my iphone and my new moment wide and telephoto lenses.
but sometimes it takes a traumatic experience to force us to accept that we need change. hopefully if you’re reading this, you can avoid the trauma.
i don’t think that it always comes down to new equipment and spending money, but in my case, that’s the shape that the water took when it filled my glass (that’s a lens pun).
all of this is to say, the best thing you can do for itself is to