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You don't need my camera.
You need to develop an eye for color, composition, to be able to see light, shadows and how they interact. Some of that you can learn. It's basic tech stuff that is the foundation of good photos but both of my teacher's they said I had a painter's eye. I got that because I'm a complete art freak. I study art a lot, always have. I do art outside of photography, draw and paint, so I think that really helps.
Go to museums and look at art and see what the painters were doing. How they used light and shadow, form and color. If you can train your eye to see that then your photography will benefit enormously.
That is true, but i have upgraded my cam body not too long ago and plan to get a great new lens. Its a night and day difference to shooting with my old ass gear. Sure the "eye for it" is No. 1 element for a good shot, but gear gotta be No.2
No 2 without No 1 is useless though, how many times do you see peoples’ flashes go off in infinity focus landscape?
Nobody cares if someone else we don’t know called you an art freak.
This is funny as I came from a painting background and moved into filmmaking around six years ago. I often think how different much of my painting would be if I thought about light the way DPs do rather than painters. Broadening one's horizons is always a good thing.