Theories：

1. You’re dissatisfied that you don’t have as many likes or followers on social media, when compared to your friends, or other photographers you admire.
2. You feel envious of the “success” of other photographers, who you perceive to be less talented and skilled than you.
3. You’re dissatisfied with your photography because it bores you and looks the same. Solution：shoot differently, switch it up, and evolve as photographer by following your child like curiosity.
4. You’re dissatisfied because you look at the new cameras and equipment that is coming out, and suddenly you’re dissatisfied with your digital camera or phone. Because you think you’re at a disadvantage. Therefore, you lose motivation to make pictures, because you think your gear isn’t “good enough.”
5. You’re dissatisfied because your city, neighborhood, job, or life bores you. You cannot find inspiration to shoot. Suggestion：take a different commute or route to work. Don’t eat at the same places. Add randomness, novelty, and serendipity within the routineness of your life. For example, don’t always shoot the same places, visit the same coffee shops, the same bars, or the same restaurants. Do new shit. And experience the zen of shooting with your phone.

Why is dissatisfaction bad?

Dissatisfaction leads to us：

1. Having the desire to buy new gear, but having that pent-up frustration because we cannot afford it… or it is “imprudent” or “reckless” to do so.
2. Dissatisfaction leads us to visiting camera rumor sites, to finally discover that one new equipment or gear that will finally inspire us to take more pictures.
3. In short, dissatisfaction in our photography leads us to taking fewer pictures, therefore feeling more miserable, and less empowered in our photographic art and life.

To solve any dissatisfaction in your photography, JUST SHOOT MORE.

And when in doubt, JUST SHOOT IT.

BE STRONG,
ERIC

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HOW TO CONQUER GAS >

GAS: (Gear Acquisition Syndrome): wanting to buy new cameras, because you feel like your photos aren’t good enough, because your camera isn’t good enough:

• Why Are We So Obsessed With the “New New Thing”?
• TIMELESS CAMERAS
• Why it is Cooler Shooting With a Shittier Camera
• No Camera Lasts Forever
• Why Do We Buy Cameras?
• Why Camera Companies Want You to Be Perpetually Dissatisfied With Your Gear
• DSLR CAMERAS ARE LAME.
• Why You Shouldn’t Go Into Debt For Your Photography
• PHOTOGRAPHY SLAVES
• How to Conquer GAS
• How to Stop Pixel-Peeping
• Why I Shoot With One Camera and One Lens
• 30 Tips to Conquer G.A.S. (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)
• Gear Allergy Syndrome
• Disregard Differences, Notice Similarities
• More Megapixels, More Problems
• Sensor Envy
• If Your Camera Isn’t Good Enough, Your Camera isn’t Expensive Enough
• How to Be Grateful For What You Have
• Having No Choices is the Ultimate Freedom
• Technology Won’t Fix Your Problems
• Why is Image Quality Important?
• Why Sharpness is Overrated in Street Photography

START HERE.