Time to downsize? If only I could...

[Evergreen States]

That is a really good advice I plan to follow. I'm a hard editor with my images, maybe I should look them in a new light, not thinking "I don't like it" but instead "how could that improve?"

Many photographers are averse to cropping, but many of my favorite pictures are ones that didn't work until I scrolled through my Capture One catalog, saw something I didn't see before and then cropped, sometimes quite heavily. I understand why some people dislike cropping, but to me, the picture is what counts in the end.

 

[jsrockit]

why on earth would this image be shared, it’s a classic example,of what I am calling RUBBISH. And he does not even use a lens hood for a camera that desperately needs one in bright light, producing the obvious results !!!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michel...hasselbladswc/

It is shared because he wants to share it. It is simple as that. Like I said, flickr is an amateur site that anyone can use. To him, it was good enough. He probably doesn't know it is bad yet (judging from his other photos, he might not care either). It takes time to figure out what is good and why and is part of the learning process. Many people think the cliches are great. Now, is it good to me? No. It's not horribly composed but is flat and boring. Lens flare can be used creatively, but maybe not in his photo. The banal is a completely a thing in photography. Individual images that appear to not have meaning can take on meaning when used with other images. Probably not this one though... 😉

 

[JeffS7444]

The reason I can let stuff go is because I vividly recall economics class and the concept of an Opportunity Cost. In this instance, consider what meaningful opportunities you may be giving up by keeping your $$, space (physical and mental) and time invested in cameras. If given the choice between an an amazing 2-week vacation or ownership of a minty Leica M4, perhaps GF would suddenly decide that it's just a silly old camera after all 😛

OTOH, if you feel that your "investment" in cameras is negligible, consider setting them aside for a few months to a year, and revisit this topic. From the original post, it sounds like any number of factors could be dampening the urge to photograph.

 

[Darthfeeble]

You have the perfect amount of cameras, one for each day of the week. Why mess with a good thing?

 

[PRJ]

The best way to decide whether to sell any given item is to find out how much it is worth, then ask yourself the question, if I didn't have it, would I buy it for that price? if the answer is yes, then keep it. If no, then sell it.

You probably aren't making as many pictures because you enjoy trying new things. In that case it means you need to buy more cameras.

By the way, you don't have that many cameras. Some of us couldn't even tell you how many cameras we have.

 

[Pál_K]

... Now I have only those seven bodies, and a dozen or so lenses:

...

As I mentioned earlier, this is really not a lot and what you do have is very nice. If those were mine, I could find something interesting to do with each one of them and enjoy them - I would devise projects for each.

 

[CMur12]

I have to agree with Pal_K. That is an especially nice grouping of cameras: Each unique relative to the others; each offering a different experience.

You don't want to sell the ones that would bring in some money and the others are worth more to keep than they are to sell. In your place, I would hang on to them all.

- Murray

 

[JeffS7444]

I recommend a "trial separation", and here's how it works: Find a suitable container such as a cardboard box, and put all suspect items in it. Wrap up individual items nicely so they're properly protected, and most importantly, out of sight, and slightly inconvenient to access. If, after say, six months, you have all but forgotten about some of those things, that may be a great indication that you're not as attached to them as you once supposed. I do this all the time: Sometimes I wind up retrieving items, but most often, I don't.

 

[Ambro51]

tell the Wife what you spent on all that stuff and she’ll nag you until you have no choice but to sell.