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So if I see a memorable family moment I want to photograph in close quarters, I simply don't? This seems like too much commitment to minimalism or photography as art as a single priority. Sometimes there are things worth capturing even if I can't capture them perfectly or have to carry a backpack with a couple of extra lenses.

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> So if I see a memorable family moment I want to photograph in close quarters, I simply don't? This seems like too much commitment

Humanity did that until around 2010 so I would say you'd be fine.

Say what? Pentax ES cameras where made in the 70s and had a good selection of wideangle and telephoto lenses. These were not even new, automatic shutter speed control was.

It helps me to separate photography into two areas 1) Art 2) Documentation. If I feel like "creating something" I might challenge myself to work within certain confines. If I need to "document something", I bring the proper tools for the job.

If I didn't do this, then I wouldn't have had the joy of successfully executing pinhole photography (i.e. Art). While also capturing whales jumping out of the ocean a few feet in front of me in a small boat in the Pacific (i.e. Documentation)

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