"You're doing art differently me from me, therefore you're wrong."
This is a silly argument. There is nothing wrong with enjoying photographic equipment and settings without enjoying the "art" of capturing moments on film. People with $2000 cameras taking bad pictures have a $2000 camera because they think playing with fine machinery is fun: the output is irrelevant to them. It's a hobby and the goal is enjoyment, so there is absolutely nothing wrong with this.
I'm not even sure how it's worth the time to write an article like this. All I got out of it is "I'm bad at my hobby and so is everyone else, but everyone else is having fun without me! Don't they understand that they're bad!?"
(I hear this a lot on bicycling fora: don't play with the components on your bike, go ride! That's great, but some of us like playing with components and riding, so we're going to do both. Do I need a $3000 bike for my two hours a day I spend on it? Nope. Do I have one anyway? Yup. Why? Because I think it's cool and it makes me enjoy life more. If that's a problem for you, don't tell me, because I don't care.)
This is a silly argument. There is nothing wrong with enjoying photographic equipment and settings without enjoying the "art" of capturing moments on film. People with $2000 cameras taking bad pictures have a $2000 camera because they think playing with fine machinery is fun: the output is irrelevant to them. It's a hobby and the goal is enjoyment, so there is absolutely nothing wrong with this.
I'm not even sure how it's worth the time to write an article like this. All I got out of it is "I'm bad at my hobby and so is everyone else, but everyone else is having fun without me! Don't they understand that they're bad!?"
(I hear this a lot on bicycling fora: don't play with the components on your bike, go ride! That's great, but some of us like playing with components and riding, so we're going to do both. Do I need a $3000 bike for my two hours a day I spend on it? Nope. Do I have one anyway? Yup. Why? Because I think it's cool and it makes me enjoy life more. If that's a problem for you, don't tell me, because I don't care.)