Originally Posted by DeanCapture

This quote doesn't try to cover the entire spectrum of what it takes to be proficient. It states a very simple yet very powerful message that....the camera doesn't make the photographer - the photographer does. Veteran shooters know this of course but newbies don't. People ask me all the time.... "what camera did you use to take that picture because it's very pretty"? The camera didn't make the picture pretty - I did