At the Obama rally on Sunday night I had serious lens envy. Professional photographers from outlets around the nation (world?) were present and their gear was amazing.

I was using my DSLR and phone – the DSLR was for all of the pictures you see here and the phone was for social media uploads, though I did get some good shots on it. I was fortunate in that there were a lot of iPad photographers there to make me feel better about myself. The pictures might turn out okay, but it just looks so … awkward.

I’m not saying you have to have a fancy camera, though I would never discourage it. But I do think if I was going to see his guy

or this guy

then I might not walk around shooting pictures with my iPad.

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