Is my camera holding me back?

[Aayria]

Thank you so much for this post! You've given me a lot to think about... which is good! I think i'm going just going to try to perfect my flash photography before just running out and buying a high ISO camera. Those are beautiful photos btw. I would have never guessed you used flash.. especially a pop up!

Thanks, will look forward to seeing the work you come up with as you learn =) Oh- and as for the pop up flash, it's pretty hilarious.... I'll shoot a wedding, completely with my D5000 and 50mm...pop up flash when needed...And there will be guests there taking horrible pictures with their D700's and 70-200mm lenses (I'm not kidding, I've had two weddings now with guests who had amazing gear lol.) I've had guests approach me and ask what the heck I'm doing to my camera, because it looks to them like I'm trying to block my own flash or something. I'll just hold a buisiness card up to the flash and angle the light to the surface I want to bounce from. Now...if I was doing this professionally and charging, I think looking professional goes a long way. So I would at the very least invest in a speedlight instead of pop up flash haha.

 

[tevo]

Well, I have a D7000 and it handles ISO pretty well. I'm not sure I have any experience in what you are interested in, but I do know that the D7000 doesnt start getting noticeable grain until like 4500.. at night.