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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 491557" data-attributes="member: 9240">OK, that was the right answer, but also the cute one, and I know you want a little meat to go with it.&nbsp; First off, I'm going to relate this only to the taking of the picture, which for me is where photography is concentrated.&nbsp; There are many things I've purchased that have immediately made me a better producer of photographs - but that's a different thing (we can go there later if you want).There are two ways to improvement for me that would relate directly to adding new equipment.&nbsp; First, I am finding a limitation with the equipment I have and need something else to express myself as a photographer.&nbsp; Second, the equipment opens a creative door for me that I didn't know was there or that I wanted to explore.Both of these happened for me when I got my Sigma 8-16mm.&nbsp; I'd lived life with an 18-105mm and a 28-300mm, and a few primes, but as I looked at the work of folks that inspired me I knew there was something about WIDE that I wanted to do and couldn't.&nbsp; The minute I put it on my camera I was able to grab hold of that vision.&nbsp; But at the same time, after seeing the world from that perspective I was never able to look at it again the same way.&nbsp; Pretty (boring) landscapes now became these huge vistas when the light and the clouds were right.&nbsp; Corners of a building now became these divided scenes open for exploration.&nbsp; Once I saw them I couldn't stop seeing them, and any time your eye is looking for a photograph where it hadn't before you're a better photographer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 491557, member: 9240"] OK, that was the right answer, but also the cute one, and I know you want a little meat to go with it. First off, I'm going to relate this only to the taking of the picture, which for me is where [I]photography[/I] is concentrated. There are many things I've purchased that have immediately made me a better producer of photographs - but that's a different thing (we can go there later if you want). There are two ways to improvement for me that would relate directly to adding new equipment. First, I am finding a limitation with the equipment I have and need something else to express myself as a photographer. Second, the equipment opens a creative door for me that I didn't know was there or that I wanted to explore. Both of these happened for me when I got my Sigma 8-16mm. I'd lived life with an 18-105mm and a 28-300mm, and a few primes, but as I looked at the work of folks that inspired me I knew there was something about [B][I]WIDE[/I][/B] that I wanted to do and couldn't. The minute I put it on my camera I was able to grab hold of that vision. But at the same time, after seeing the world from that perspective I was never able to look at it again the same way. Pretty (boring) landscapes now became these huge vistas when the light and the clouds were right. Corners of a building now became these divided scenes open for exploration. Once I saw them I couldn't stop seeing them, and any time your eye is looking for a photograph where it hadn't before you're a better photographer. [/QUOTE]

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