This hobby is one of the best things to reduce stress. It gets you up early in the morning to take the photo with the exact lighting, it makes you stay out late into the night to capture the perfect star clusters, it rewards creativity, or it instills patience in waiting for the grand daughter to flash the perfect smile. The number one reason to take up photograph is that it is fun with travel coming in second.
In the olden days (the 1990’s and earlier) it was considered an expensive hobby. Cameras had to have the right lenses, the special filter, the brightest flash equipment, or the fastest shutter speed. Now, every cell phone takes exceptional photos.