Simplicity by Ken Rockwell

There is much truth in Ken Rockwell's recent post on simplicity. In brief summary he is suggesting that bringing less gear will translate into making better pictures. This past September I went on a trip to Italy and brought a D70 camera body, a 50mm f1.8 lens, a polarizing filter, and .... nothing else. Here are some of the pictures that I brought back with only that single fixed focal length lens which costs only $124.95 at bhphoto.com.

http://www.thelensmount.com/2009/09/slide-show-from-italy.html

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